Author: Rhys Gregory

Often, game developers will pamper their fans by providing them with new online slots Canada each year, and 2021 is not an exception. Indeed, the last few years have released so many new slot titles that have shown us how far we have come in terms of in-game features and gaming experiences. In the early 2000s, almost every slot game looked the same, which were all fruit-themed slots. As the years went by, more than 777 casino slot games revolutionized into slots with background stories and graphics as video games. Today, you will hardly be surprised by the number of…

The Welsh Senedd will debate going ahead with a four-day working week pilot in Wales today (Wednesday) after a debate was secured by Plaid Cymru. The debate motion proposed by Siân Gwenllian MS calls on the Welsh Government to establish a four-day working week pilot in Wales to explore the benefits to all Welsh workers, the economy and the environment. Since the Covid pandemic, the four-day working week has gathered momentum and popularity with Government’s in Scotland, Spain and Ireland all planning national-level pilots of a four-day week with no loss of pay. Numerous studies have shown that a four-day…

An independent Welsh distillery has picked up a total of six stars at the  2021 Great Taste Awards, including the coveted 3-star rating which was awarded to less than 1.5% of the thousands of entries this year. Silver Circle Distillery creates handmade craft spirits in the Monmouthshire village of Catbrook, deep in the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Founded by Nina and Joe Howden in June 2019, they use local ingredients to create unique products which are often synonymous with their surroundings. Their Damson Negroni is a small batch, pre-mixed cocktail made with a special blend of Vermouths, Wye Valley Gin and Campari,…

THE Welsh Ambulance Service is seeking to re-enlist military support to assist with its Covid-19 effort. The Trust has submitted a request for additional support to Welsh Government under the Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) arrangement. If approved, it will be the third time that soldiers have supported the service through the pandemic. Chief Executive Jason Killens said: “Covid-19 has presented a challenge like no other, but the last couple of months in particular have meant significant and sustained pressures on our ambulance service. “The Trust is starting to return to some of the arrangements we had in…

The Mid Wales Growth Deal has passed a significant milestone with the approval of the draft Portfolio Business Case to be submitted to UK and Welsh Governments. The Growing Mid Wales Board this week (September 21) approved the portfolio business case to be submitted to both UK and Welsh Governments to consider and review. The decision signals a key point in the Growth Deal’s development, that subject to Government approval – will enable the focus to shift to developing the Programme and Project Business Cases. The Portfolio Business Case provides a framework for the growth deal and an initial set…

A Welsh gym, which was forced to close during the pandemic, has reopened after support from one of Wales’ largest not-for-profit organisations Welsh Water, and award-winning soft services provider A&R Services. Dowlais ABC, an amateur boxing club in Merthyr Tydfil has been providing a place for local enthusiasts to train for over 70 years, producing well over 100 ABA Champions. But earlier this year, as gyms and leisure facilities began to reopen following the winter lockdown here in Wales the boxing club found themselves in a difficult situation. After a failed COVID inspection from the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association (WABA)…

A leading Welsh university has detailed its plan to help bring the latest in digital technology and 5G services to the region as part of a plan to develop North Wales into a centre of excellence for digital signal processing (DSP). The scheme was discussed during a visit to Bangor University’s DSP centre in Bangor, Gwynedd, from Jack Sargeant MS and Carolyn Thomas MS. Askar Sheibani, managing director at Deeside-based telecommunication equipment supplier Comtek Network Systems, which is working alongside the university on various infrastructure and connectivity-based projects, also addressed the visiting members about the centre’s link with private industry.…

As shoppers make up for lost time on post-lockdown-fuelled shopping trips, the retail gurus at St David’s Cardiff reveal the trends making us tick and most-wanted products. As the social scene came out of hibernation, St David’s reports its fashion and beauty brands have increasingly welcomed back shoppers keen to update their wardrobes and create hot new looks. Simultaneously, the lifting of travel restrictions has sent shoppers hunting for new luggage and holidaywear from swimsuits to sliders. And the return of weddings has seen pent-up demand unleashed for guest outfits, shoes, gifts and engagement ring cleaning and re-plating for brides…

Macmillan Cancer Support has secured more than £19million in welfare benefit payments for people with cancer in Wales during the Coronavirus pandemic. New figures from Macmillan’s Wales-wide network of benefits advice services shows the charity helped more than 7,400 people in Wales to claim an average of over £2,600 between June 2020 and June 2021. The services, funded by Macmillan Cancer Support and run in partnership with health boards and councils across Wales, were set up to help people with cancer cope with the huge financial pressures that many people face as a result of their illness. Debbie from Machen…

A Welsh business making artisan vegan jams, marmalades and chutneys is planning major expansion after weathering the storm wreaked by Covid-19, with the help of a community banking fund. Rhondda Cynon Taf-based Enjoy Rogue is looking to expand across the UK into supermarkets and also overseas markets, following a £40,000 loan from Robert Owen Community Banking Fund (ROCBF) in Newtown. Asher Flowers, the man behind the firm, said he really valued the person-to-person financial help he received from ROCBF during the pandemic. The entrepreneur said his long-term ambition was to make the business “the Number 1 brand for the at-home…