Author: Rhys Gregory

A project in a former builders’ merchant in Rhyl is a win-win benefiting the town centre while creating jobs, bringing training opportunities and supporting affordable housing Economy Minister Vaughan Gething said today. The Creating Enterprise timber frame manufacturing unit is being developed on the former Travis Perkins depot in the town supported with funding from the Welsh Government’s £6m Transforming Towns Coastal Communities Fund. Managed by Creating Enterprise the new factory will manufacture modular build components for the new build housing sector.  The project will create eight new jobs as well as providing support into employment for local unemployed people.…

Thirteen professional accountancy bodies from around the world – including AAT, ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants – have joined forces to fight climate change by committing to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The accountancy bodies are part of The Prince of Wales’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) Accounting Bodies Network. This network represents more than 2.5 million professional accountants and students, who work with businesses and governments in 179 countries.[1] The bodies have committed to reach net zero emissions as soon as possible and will publish plans to do so within the next…

Hospital Innovations has its headquarters in South Wales and specialises in delivering innovative, specialist products for use in orthopaedic and corrective surgery to hospitals and clinics around the world. The launch of The London Tissue Company will enable supplies – which include bone, soft tissue and skin – to be safely stored in the south east making it considerably quicker to distribute provisions to the end-patient. The new purpose-built facility is located in Brentford, with close connections to the M25 and Central London, as well as import hubs Heathrow and London Stansted Airport. The move bolsters Hospital Innovations’ status as…

October will see the return of the Swansea Science Festival, hosted by Swansea University, in partnership with the National Waterfront Museum. From 22-30 October, there will be a host of special events, including in-person shows, workshops, online activities, and a brand-new school programme, allowing people to access the Festival wherever they are in the world. Featuring over 30 events, adults and children alike will be able to explore the magic of oxygen, the science and art of dreams, the wonders from ancient Egypt, coffee cups made from coffee and more. There’ll be big bangs from Brainiac Live and the Royal…

According to The Open University’s annual business report published in partnership with the Institute of Directors, employers in Wales are facing a skills shortage when it comes to hiring talent. The Open University’s annual Business Barometer 2021 report reveals 67 per cent of organisation leaders in Wales are struggling with recruitment as candidates lack specialist skills and relevant experience. In fact, almost two thirds (62 per cent) of Welsh businesses say there is a skills shortage in their organisation as Covid-19 has made it harder to hire people with the right skills. But even with the recruitment challenges of the…

Experienced finance professional Joel Dunning has joined the GS Verde Group, as Associate Director within GS Verde Corporate Finance, following a decade advising corporate clients across South West and Wales. Joel, who will be based in the GS Verde Group’s Bristol and South West offices, joins from HSBC where he occupied a senior advisory role in Wales and the West of England.  During this time, he has worked with high growth businesses with funding for acquisitions, working capital and organic growth, as well as working on a number of cross border international deals. Joel has also previously worked in industry…

A Cardiff Rugby player has swapped mauls for macchiatos for a day to celebrate the opening of a new café at his former college. Dillon Lewis, who co-owns speciality coffee shop Fat Dragon Coffee with Cardiff teammate Brad Thyer, will be supplying coffee beans and ground coffee to the brand new Caffi Blodyn Haul on Coleg y Cymoedd’s Rhondda campus. The Church Village born player was a member of the elite Cardiff Blues Academy at Coleg y Cymoedd from 2012 to 2014 while studying at the college, and the prop has since become an integral fixture for Cardiff and Wales.…

Countless hours spent completing essential paperwork for patients is fast becoming a distant memory for nurses and other healthcare staff in Neath Port Talbot Hospital. The nursing documentation required for a single admission to hospital can run to more than 70 pages. This is not only time-consuming, but frustrating for patients and carers, who may have been asked the same questions several times by healthcare staff elsewhere before they came into hospital. Now a digital solution known as the Welsh Nursing Care Record (WNCR), is being rolled out across Wales. It means much of this work can be done electronically…

A MAN who attacked a paramedic and left him with life-changing injuries has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Cemlyn Hughes, of Manod, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, pleaded guilty to assaulting an emergency worker, and was given an 11-week custodial sentence suspended for a year at Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The 29-year-old was also ordered to abstain from alcohol for 120 days and pay £500 compensation to his victim, the Welsh Ambulance Service’s Dylan Lloyd Davies. Paramedic Dylan was called to reports a man had been stabbed in Blaenau Ffestiniog in December, but on entering the property, found the defendant…

Terror Mountain returns later this month with its biggest ever live Halloween event which is guaranteed to make visitors scream and laugh in equal measure. Set in the heart of the Cambrian Mountains, just outside Aberystwyth, Terror Mountain is ready to deliver a night of terror, thrills and fun for all attending on selected nights between October 22-31. Visitors can experience five terrifying live action horror attractions and many more surprises. The creative team at Terror Mountain has developed an array of attractions that bring a variety of horrors to life, in terrifyingly themed experiences, all whilst being set in…