Author: Rhys Gregory

On Thursday 7th October, for the first time, Cardiff’s historic arcades are opening after-dark in a new shopping experience, A Night with the Locals. After another challenging year for many retailers, the University of South Wales set a brief for its students to devise a campaign to help boost the profile of the stores in Cardiff’s arcades. The winning concept was coined by University of South Wales Fashion Promotion student, Rebbeca Villis (23), which will see Cardiff’s Morgan Quarter bring ‘A Night the Locals’ to life. The event will celebrate independent and exclusive retailers and showcase the people behind the…

Researchers at Cardiff Metropolitan University are the first to help women return to running following childbirth using recovery methods traditionally used in sport. The team of academic and clinical experts at Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences joined forces with Swansea University to provide a unique understanding of how medical practitioners can best support women in returning to running following childbirth. This pioneering research has resulted in the publication of a set of evidence-informed key messages to assist medical practitioners, such as GPs, midwives and physiotherapists, working with postpartum women after childbirth. The research team surveyed 881 postpartum women…

Daring to Dream, a charity that supports the emotional health of patients in Wales, is staging an inclusive festival-at-home experience for those with chronic illness. Lleswyl: The Daring to Dream Festival will be live streamed on November 26 and comes after a successful first year for the new charity. The charity’s aim is to support and promote the emotional health and well-being of adult patients in Wales through tangible means, by providing music and arts programmes, personal care services and patient day room transformations on hospital wards. In Wales, many people living with chronic illness, disability, loneliness and isolation have…

RCT Council could develop several significant 21st Century Schools projects thanks to an additional £85m in funding from Welsh Government’s 21st Century Schools and Colleges Programme – including the potential for a new special school, and improved facilities in Llanharry, Cymer, Glyn-coch, Penrhys, Llantwit Fardre and Talbot Green. On Monday, October 4, Cabinet Members will consider an update on the revised 21st Century Schools Strategic Outline Programme (SOP), which was recently approved in principle by Welsh Government. It outlines that the Council’s allocation has increased significantly from £167m to £252m, making an additional £85m available to transform schools through Band…

A digital innovation is saving Swansea Council thousands of pounds and its suppliers hundreds of valuable hours. The council’s switch from having many business contracts produced digitally rather than printed is also helping Swansea to tackle the climate emergency. In its first year, the council’s use of its new e-signature software saved more than 12,000 sheets of paper in the processing of more than 240 contracts. Suppliers who benefited from the time saved by the switch ranged from contractors building the Bay Field Hospital to suppliers of pot hole repair materials and from suppliers of tyres for council vehicles to…

The Open Spaces Society has appointed Gerald Davies as its local correspondent for part of Ceredigion   Gerald will look out for the society’s interests in his area, championing public paths, and commons, greens and other open spaces.   He was raised on a farm in mid Wales and studied agricultural engineering, and then spent over 35 years in land-based education with responsibility for a large estate.  Now he is retired, but continues to support land-based colleges in the evolution of their safety culture.    Gerald has experience of the issues in which the society is involved and has worked…

The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama today announced its new Promise strategy. As the National Conservatoire of Wales it promises to extend its reach and impact, and further transform its offer to students, celebrating its 75th birthday in 2024 as a world-leading creative skills hub.  Promise will be backed by a sustainable investment plan which the College has already put in place and by a £5 million fund-raising campaign to support specific goals. The ambition of the strategy has already inspired The Mosawi Foundation to donate the first lead gift of £1m, the largest single philanthropic gift received in the College’s history.  ‘The potential of future generations…

It is naive to think that studying at university alone is enough to master a profession. If you didn’t go to university just for the crust, self-study is an inevitability. Self-education is not so easy. It’s one thing to read and learn under the pressure of teachers and deadlines, and quite another to be responsible for your education yourself. Without outside supervision, it’s hard to force yourself to learn new information. Most students end up bogging down in self-study. To make sure you are not one of them, we will give you some tips for self-study in higher education. 7…

One of the UK’s fastest growing businesses has today confirmed it has committed its long-term future to Wrexham. Online retailer Net World Sports has been based on Wrexham Industrial Estate since 2014 and work has now begun on a new £25M warehouse and office that will be located just 1 mile away from their current site. The new 411,000 sq ft base which is due to be completed by mid-summer next year will serve as the company’s long-term home and will create a significant number of new jobs for local people across a range of different departments. The new warehouse…

Edwards Business Park / Parc Busnes Edwards of Llantrisant has launched Frams Enterprise Centre, the latest phase of development at its 25-acre mixed logistics and office complex adjacent to Llantrisant Business Park. The latest phase of development comprises 18 new office suites, bringing the total to 36 suites available for occupation at Frams Enterprise Centre from September 2021. Frams Enterprise Centre sits adjacent to The Courtyard, an earlier development of 14 ground floor and 24 first floor offices, which is now fully occupied following completion of four new lettings this year. Mark Siddons, Associate with Cooke & Arkwright’s Business Space…