Author: Rhys Gregory

The FUW Ltd. Group is once again taking part in one of the biggest walking and running challenges yet, as it joins five nations who have teamed up to inspire rural communities to take to the countryside to help improve their mental health. The challenge, #Run1000, is calling on people to sign up to be part of one of five teams – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and New Zealand. The competition will take place from January 1 to January 31, 2022 and will see each team run or walk 1,000 miles, with the nation that reaches the milestone first announced…

In the summer and autumn, a shortage of HGV drivers was widely reported, sparking concerns about fuel, food deliveries and other supplies in the lead up to Christmas. At the height of the crisis the Road Haulage Association estimated that the sector was short of 100,000 drivers, exacerbated by a backlog of tests for prospective drivers, EU drivers returning to Europe and drivers entering retirement. Since the DVSA reopened, it is believed that the shortage has now been reduced to approximately 80,000. Businesses across Wales have been impacted. In Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid’s recent Quarterly Economic…

New life is being breathed into a St Asaph strip of land to help support the growth of biodiversity across Denbighshire. Denbighshire’s biodiversity team has worked over the last few months to reseed an ex-horse pasture at St Asaph with wildflower seed. The seed was gathered from a local meadow and includes species such as Common Spotted Orchid, Pignut and Bird’s-Foot-Trefoil. The Wildflower Meadow project started in 2019, following Denbighshire County Council’s declaration of a climate and ecological emergency, and is part of the council’s ongoing commitment to enhancing biodiversity across the county. Nearly 60 sites, including highway verges, footpath…

Tesco will power into the new year by launching the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks. Two new 37 tonne DAF electric vehicles will transport food and other products from Wentloog rail terminal outside Cardiff to Tesco’s distribution centre in Magor, Wales, in partnership with logistics and international freight forwarding company FSEW. Heavy goods vehicles make up around 16 percent of the UK’s domestic transport emissions and addressing this can play a significant role in delivering the UK’s net zero ambitions. Despite significant advances in battery technology and charging infrastructure for smaller vehicles, there hasn’t been…

Nightingale House Hospice will once again be collecting real Christmas trees for recycling in January. Working in partnership with local firms and volunteers it will be the third year the hospice has offered the service when, for a small donation, people can have their trees collected for recycling on Saturday 15 January 2022. Postcode collection areas have been extended this year to: CH4 0, CH4 9, CH5, CH6 5, CH6 6, CH6 9, CH7, CH8 7, CH8 8, CH8 9, LL11, LL12, LL13, LL14, LL20, SY12 0, SY12 9, SY11 4, SY11 3. To book in your tree visit nightingalehouse.co.uk/tree…

Facebook is one of the most popular social media platforms in today’s world. With 2 billion users monthly, Facebook is a rapidly growing platform. Through Facebook Live, one can directly stream a live video feed on his or her page and get increased exposure. Users can broadcast pages on their timeline live. In recent times, it has been seen that people prefer to watch videos compared to reading blogs. Around 80% of consumers prefer watching live videos. And a live video receives 82% more responses than social media posts.   Facebook Live is fast gaining popularity among youth and mature…

If you have a home office then you will know how important it is to keep it feeling spacious. After all, a cramped office won’t help you with productivity and it certainly won’t help you to stay focused on the task at hand either. If you want to ensure that your home office stays looking nice and open, even when you fill it with equipment then this is the guide for you. LVT Flooring One of the best ways for you to keep your office looking spacious is choosing from the range Wood Floor Warehouse click vinyl range. You may…

Wales’ leading doctor has urged everyone to take steps to protect themselves from Covid-19 as case rates are surging to their highest levels in the pandemic. Dr Chris Jones, Wales’ deputy chief medical officer, encouraged people across Wales to get their booster vaccine and follow measures to curb the spread of the virus. The latest figures show case rates have risen sharply to more than 910 cases per 100,000 people – the highest levels since the start of the pandemic. Some 6,000 new infections are being confirmed daily, the majority of which will be caused by the new omicron variant.…

Foster and adult placement carers are to be offered a one-off £500 payment in recognition of their resilience and commitment during the Covid-19 pandemic. The payment comes after carers were called upon to support care experience children and adults with learning disabilities when lockdown was introduced across the UK. Foster carers were, for example, asked to step in to facilitate contact of children with families via the phone or using Facetime. Often, this was the first-time carers had taken on the role and had little time to prepare, get training or access support. In recognition of their resilience and determination…

Work to transform a former derelict building in Bridgend town centre has brought the premises back into use as a successful local business and new affordable accommodation. Located at 11 Nolton Street, the privately-owned building was most recently used as a McDonalds restaurant until it closed in 2006. The building then stood vacant for almost 10 years before it was purchased by Swansea-based housing association, Coastal Housing. Coastal Housing carried out extensive renovations on the building by accessing Welsh Government social housing grant support in partnership with Bridgend County Borough Council, and the site now houses affordable apartments on the…