Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff Bus customers are being alerted to route diversions as a result resurfacing work taking place in Cadoxton. Cowbridge Street, Barry will be closed for resurfacing between 09:30 and 15:30 on Thursday 3rd, Friday 4th, Monday 7th and Tuesday 8thMarch, impacting the section of road past the former Three Bells Pub, Cadoxton between Church Road and Bridge Street. As a result, Routes 93, 94 will see diversions towards Cardiff, however journeys towards Barry will be unchanged. Route 95 towards Cardiff and Barry will also be diverted to avoid the road works. Gareth Stevens, Commercial Director of Cardiff Bus, reminds customers to…

KIND-HEARTED villagers went to great lengths for vulnerable and elderly members of their community during the Covid-19 pandemic. And the unique Lee Gardens Pool project will be able to help even more people in future as a £500,000 redevelopment project is due for completion this summer, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund with support from the Landfill Tax Communities Scheme and The Welsh Church Act. Led by retired schoolteacher Diane Locke and a hard-working committee – and supported by volunteers – the charity is centred around a popular outdoor pool and Penrhiwceiber Old Age Centre in Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon…

A North Wales-based HR consultancy is continuing its rapid expansion as it celebrates its second birthday. HR Anchor has moved to a new head office and recruited employment support executive Megan Bell, taking the team to seven. The company, which is now based at Morfa Hall in Rhyl, is on course to double its turnover this year to more than £250,000 following the growth in client numbers to more than 55 businesses in Wales, the UK and internationally. HR Anchor is headed up by Managing Director Elissa Thursfield, supported by Solicitor Advocate Jaimie Whiteley, HR specialist Rachel Kelleher, HR Administrator…

Wynne Construction has completed work to extend and improve the teaching environment and facilities at Ysgol Brynffordd including a new extension for the provision of Early Years services at the school. The Bodelwyddan-based construction company were appointed by Flintshire County Council to design and build a £7.1m package of works to expand pre-school provisions within the county. The enhancements are part funded by Welsh Government’s 21st Century Schools Programme. Work carried out by Wynne Construction at Ysgol Brynffordd was visited by members of the council as they toured the new-look building. Flintshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Youth, Councillor…

Students studying for an MSc in Strategic and Digital Marketing at the University of South Wales (USW) have been given first-hand experience of how a small business manages when faced with a potential unexpected crisis. The Strategic Brand Management in the Age of Uncertainty module, led by Dr Louise Westgarth, has prepared students for a crisis situation by bringing in an external case study organisation and PR experts to support their learning from a practical perspective. Over the past four weeks the students, based at USW’s Cardiff Campus, have worked in partnership with Andrew Hall, who is Managing Director, and…

Swansea Building Society has increased the interest rates payable on all its savings accounts, for the second time in just two months. The second interest rate rise has been introduced from March 1, 2022, following a previous increase brought in on January 1, 2022. The building society, with branch offices in Swansea, Mumbles, Carmarthen and Cowbridge, raised its savings account interest rates by 0.15% at the very start of 2022 and has now raised this by a further 0.25%. The latest rise means that all the Society’s savings interest rates have increased by 0.40% in the first eight weeks of…

High school pupils across Cardiff are being encouraged to channel their inner Barack Obama and become the debating stars of the future. In a first for Wales, Cardiff Council and FinTech Wales is launching the DebateMate Schools programme, designed to develop pupils’ oratory skills and awareness of the FinTech sector in a series of debating contests leading to a grand final later this year. As part of the programme, each of the schools – Cardiff West Community High School, Cantonian High School, Cathays High School, Willows High School, St Teilo’s CiW High School, Eastern High Community Campus, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg…

A Council Tax freeze together with a number of other proposals designed to help address the cost of living crisis and help the county borough recover have been approved. A meeting of Neath Port Talbot Council on Tuesday, (March 1st, 2022) agreed the draft budget and corporate plan and a £2m Hardship Relief Scheme to combat the cost of living crisis was agreed by Cabinet members who met on Monday (Feb 28th, 2022). AGREED: A freeze in council tax so it remains at 2021-22 levels An extra £6.364m for social care, taking the budget to more than £95.5m An increase…

An Ambleston farming family, who were told fast broadband would never reach their home, are now enjoying ultrafast fibre speeds, thanks to a pioneering Pembrokeshire project. The remote location of Anne and Richard James’ cattle farm led previous engineers to tell them that they could not receive anything other than their slow service along the old copper line. Problems on the line added to the frustration of barely receiving a pitiful 1Mbps, and the property sometimes went days without any service at all. Anne said: “The engineer, last time he came, said we would never get fast broadband here.” After…

After a welcome return last summer, the popular All Stars and Dynamos cricket programmes for youngsters are back once more this year. After the disruption of Covid, a record 472 children (previously 300) signed up in 2021 to enjoy the fun introduction to cricket that builds up skills and helps make new friends. This year there are 12 local clubs taking part. They are Burton, Carew, Cresselly, Haverfordwest, Llanrhian, Llechryd, Narberth, Neyland, Pembroke, Pembroke Dock, Saundersfoot and Whitland. Now in its sixth year, All Stars Cricket is a fantastic initiative from the England and Wales Cricket Board aimed at providing…