Author: Rhys Gregory

Cheshire based children’s cancer charity, The Joshua Tree, hosted a Ladies Lunch at Delamere Manor, Cuddington on Thursday 25th November. The successful event raised £21,000 thanks to the lady’s huge generosity. TV presenter, Bruce Turner who gave freely of his time to the children’s cancer charity, entertained more the 140 guests to highlight the importance of the charity’s work and telling one family’s story about the bereavement of their son Noah to cancer, aged only four, and the support they still receive from The Joshua Tree.   Guests enjoyed a two-course meal and fizz reception while entertained by Gary Barlow tribute act Dan Hadfield and saxophonist Saxomad, alongside fundraising…

CITB’s annual migration report has revealed that the number of migrant workers in construction continues to fall significantly. This is at a time when the industry is experiencing a sharp rise in the cost of materials, wages, and an increase in demand for workers, Migration in UK Construction 2021 found. With output growth at its highest level in almost 25 years, the industry is finding it difficult to cope. This is partly due to the number of construction workers who left the UK since the EU Freedom of Movement ended.  Additional pressures experienced because of the pandemic have seen even greater…

Morrisons is committing over 25,000 Community Champion hours to spreading kindness this Christmas within local communities up and down the UK. Across 12 days, our team of over 500 Community Champions – who support charities and community groups in their local community – will carry out thousands of acts of kindness. This will include donating gifts to key workers, giving away flowers and mistletoe, making donations to local food banks and surprising customers with gestures of kindness. Other acts of kindness will be: Gifting hampers to local heroes who have played a big part in supporting their local community Donating…

A memorial has been unveiled in Abergynolwyn village to mark Llechi Cymru,  Slate Landscape of North West Wales, being designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bryneglwys Slate Quarry, Abergynolwyn and Talyllyn Railway formed an integral part of the successful bid as the central hub of the slate industry in Southern Snowdonia. The bid was led by Gwynedd Council in partnership with Cadw, the National Museum of Wales, Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, Bangor University, The National Trust, the Slate Wales Partnership and Snowdonia National Park Authority. Llechi Cymru is the 32nd UNESCO World Heritage Site in…

Children’s charity Barnardo’s Cymru has announced the opening of a new community office in Caerphilly, which will become the main hub for it’s adoption and fostering services in Wales. For the first time since the formation of the not-for-profit Barnardo’s Cymru Adoption and Fostering Services in 1980, the charity is moving out of Cardiff city centre and will be based at the Welsh ICE Campus, which also offers coworking space and business support for startups and small companies. The move comes alongside the team’s transition to a blended approach to working, with the option for staff to work from home…

More first time visitors discovered Mid Wales as a tourist destination this year due to the staycation boom, an annual meeting was told. MWT Cymru, which held the virtual meeting on Thursday last week, urged everyone involved in the Mid Wales tourism and hospitality industry to work together to ensure that these new customers return in 2022. Nia Meddins, of Wigwam Holidays Hafren, Staylittle, near Llanidloes, told the meeting that 60% of her business’ customers this year were first time visitors who loved the quietness and slow pace of life in Mid Wales. Some of them were retired couples who…

A new Wales-wide Click and Deliver service has been set up by Barod, a substance misuse charity in South and East Wales, where people can order the life-saving drug naloxone online and get it sent to their house, free of charge. Naloxone is a medication used to temporarily reverse the effect of opioid overdose, which can happen when using drugs such as heroin, tramadol, and morphine. Naloxone comes in two forms, an intramuscular injection and a nasal spray. This life-saving drug has been available from all Barod and consortium-based services since the Take Home Naloxone programme was rolled out by…

The Cornerstone Finance Group has launched a new financial business arm which will specialise in providing hassle-free international payments and finance sourcing for UK businesses trading overseas. Working in partnership with leading fintech payments company, Equals Money, Cornerstone’s new offering will help reduce the cost of international payments to companies. Cornerstone International, the Group’s eighth arm, will allow businesses to make regular or one-off payments, with the added security of a fixed current exchange rate up to 12 months in advance. Cornerstone International will also allow businesses looking to purchase commercial property, or finance new ventures abroad, access to international…

Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) members and officials recently met with Anglesey MP Virginia Crosbie to discuss the most urgent issues affecting the industry. Hosting the visit was FUW Anglesey county chairman William Hughes, who farms 45 commercial suckler cows and a flock of 350 ewes on the 240 acre farm near Holyhead. At the top of the agenda of discussion were the trade deals with Australia and New Zealand, the Northern Ireland protocol and the agricultural budget allocation for Wales. Union officials also took the opportunity to raise the issue of procurement for school meals on the island. Speaking…

Businesses throughout Swansea and the City Region as a whole have the chance to benefit from work packages forming part of a major new development in the city centre. An online Meet the Buyer event is being held on Thursday December 16, helping inform supply chain businesses about opportunities at the high-tech office scheme planned for the former Oceana nightclub site on The Kingsway. Organised by Swansea Council and Bouygues UK – the council’s main contractor for the scheme – the event will cover opportunities in areas including structural steel, masonry, street furniture, kitchens, waste management, road markings and signage.…