Author: Rhys Gregory

Two accomplished Welsh hospitality managers will return home to their native Pembrokeshire to take on the most senior roles in running the new Tŷ Hotel Milford Waterfront. Hotel Manager Adrian Andrews and Executive Head Chef Simon Crockford have both forged successful careers away from West Wales and are delighted to be returning to their roots for the exciting new challenge. Opening in April, the development will be one of Pembrokeshire’s largest hotels with 100 bedrooms and an attractive restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out over Milford Marina. Mr Andrews worked in a number of private hotels in his home town…

After two years of hard work to secure £25,000 of funding, commission contractors and bring a pipedream to life, Cambrian Coltz RFC have thrown open the doors to their new clubhouse at The Bush Hotel. After purchasing the derelict building in 2020, seeing its vast potential in acting as a hub for players, their families and the wider Tonypandy community, a team of Cambrian Coltz stalwarts set about refurbishing the dilapidated first floor 128 sq. metre area. With the room simply a shell, work involved rewiring, plastering, building seating, and painting to ensure that it was fit for purpose. It…

A man has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of seven wildlife offences – which included disturbing a red kite nest and taking a baby chick. Dewi Price of no fixed abode, had previously pleaded not guilty to seven wildlife offences – including one under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 – where on 8 February 2018 in the Builth Wells area that he did wilfully kill or injure a badger. The other six offences – under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – related to May 2019 when in the Gelligaer area, Price on two…

Looking for places to visit and things to do this February half-term? We’ve put together a round-up of ideas in Mid Wales to inspire you. 1. Half term dolphin spotting trips in New Quay New Quay Boat Trips, run by Winston Evans and his son Jonathan, will be welcoming passengers onboard its Dreamcatcher boat for one-hour trips from New Quay pier, starting from February 11. The company usually begins its trips on April 1 but has brought them forward this year due, weather permitting, to the high demand from customers. As the Dreamcatcher only carries 12 passengers, passengers are advised…

Wales’ largest music festival, Green Man has announce the first wave of acts to be playing their 20th anniversary event, returning once again to the epic surroundings of the Black Mountains deep in the heart of the Brecon Beacons. Joining already-announced Michael Kiwanuka as headliners for this year’s festival are iconic electro-pioneers Kraftwerk, acclaimed Baltimore duo Beach House and eclectic party starters Metronomy. Welsh acts confirmed for the 2022 event include Melin Melyn, Adwaith, Adam Walton and Huw Stephens. Monmouthshire native Ailsa Tully will also be bringing her own brand of alt pop to the Black Mountains event following the release…

Compass Cymru, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, the UK’s largest food and support services firm, has partnered with Bridgend College to offer a new Management Academy, delivering hospitality apprenticeship and career development opportunities in Wales. Bridgend College, an award-winning provider of further education and training, will work with Compass Cymru to provide tailored leadership opportunities at all levels of the organisation, through both management apprenticeships and non-apprenticeship management training. The management academy apprenticeships are designed to develop practical skills and experience for new and existing managers in Levels 2-7. They cover a Level 2 CMI Foundation Apprenticeship in…

AN INNOVATIVE trade and training project will support and guide entrepreneurs and start-ups as they begin their business journey. New Skills New Start is a UK Government initiative funded via the UK Community Renewal Fund, led by Ceredigion Council, and delivered by Antur Cymru Enterprise. Participants will be able to test their ideas, products and processes in the county’s town centres and advisers will be on hand to deliver guidance via workshops, one-to-one sessions, and mentoring. The pilot scheme runs until July and is also focused on breathing life into Ceredigion’s high streets and retail areas, uniting potential and regeneration.…

Former international referee Nigel Owens has told William Hill that England and Wales need to learn from last weekend’s indiscipline, which led to sin-bins for Luke Cowan-Dickie and Josh Adam, or risk more uphill struggles in this year’s Six Nations campaign. England were punished as they conceded a penalty try and Cowan-Dickie was shown a yellow card for a deliberate knock-on into touch in their defeat to Scotland, while Josh Adams was ordered to the sin-bin following an off-the-ball hit which left Wales with a mountain to climb in their loss to Ireland. “These two incidents have shown why it’s…

Most graduates starting their careers in their chosen fields, would not expect to be lecturing on the subject less than two years later, but for two Gleeds junior staff members that is exactly what happened, thanks to an invitation from the University of South Wales. Graduate Quantity Surveyor Darcie Walbrook and Apprentice Quantity Surveyor Luke Sullivan gave a lecture to final year students to tell them about their experiences of working for a consultancy such as Gleeds, as well as working the construction industry generally. Darcie and Luke are members of Gleed’s Emerging Talent Group (ETG), which brings junior staff…

Military veterans in the Colwyn Bay region have further opportunity to socialise with like-minded individuals after two Armed Forces charities teamed up to provide an afternoon of activity on the last Wednesday of each month. The new partnership between Help for Heroes and Woody’s Lodge launches on Wednesday, 23 February, with an hour’s swimming at Colwyn Leisure Centre (13:30-14:30), after an hour’s getting-to-know-you session (12:15-13:15) over a ‘cuppa’ at Woody’s Lodge, in Eirias Park. Sarah Hattle, Help for Heroes’ Project Case Manager for North and Mid Wales, explained: “This activity is open to both Help for Heroes and Woody’s Lodge…