Author: Rhys Gregory

Spring is here and the green-fingered residents of Rhondda Cynon Taf can head back to Maesnewydd Garden Centre and Coffee Shop for all their ‘garden goodies’ – for the first time in two years. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is delighted that Maesnewydd Garden Centre and Coffee Shop in Aberdare is able to open its doors and welcome the public back after being closed for two years due to the global pandemic. Maesnewydd Garden Centre and Coffee Shop re-opens on Monday, April 11. It will also be open Bank Holidays and on Saturdays from Easter weekend onwards. Tracey Davies, manager at…

The Newport Ship Centre will shortly be opening its doors for 2022. From Friday 8 April, the centre will open on Fridays and Saturdays from 10.30am until 4pm. Visitors will be able to learn about the history of the fifteenth-century ship, its purpose, why it sank, and the project to reassemble it, which has been described as one of the world’s largest 3D puzzles. The centre also offers guided tours, as well as fascinating details about life in and around the time the ship was active. The visitor season is made possible thanks to a partnership between Newport City Council…

As part of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) initiative the Council has planted an array of trees across the County Borough to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. As we see the end of the official planting season, which runs from October to March, HRH has sent a message of thanks to people all over the United Kingdom who have come together to plant over a million Jubilee trees in her name. Her Majesty’s message marks the halfway point for The Queen’s Green Canopy initiative which spans two official tree planting seasons. Tree planting will re-commence in October 2022,…

The Welsh Government has announced it will extend its programme of school placements for Newly Qualified Teachers  until the end of the school year. The scheme, which offers paid employment in schools to Newly Qualified Teachers (NQTs), has been funded by the Welsh Government since September 2021. The Welsh Government provides extra funding to local authorities so schools can provide placements for NQTs. The Welsh Government will provide an extra £4.2m to enable the scheme to continue until July. Most NQTs have needed to undertake at least part of their teaching placements online, due to the pandemic. The programme supports…

Just a century ago, the first sources of light literally came to light in society: candles and kerosene lamps. With these pioneering inventions came incandescent lamps, which made a breakthrough in the usual light sources of people’s homes back then. But, it didn’t stop there because incandescent bulbs and other light sources rose to the market in the 1970s. Even though we were introduced to many efficient light sources, none was as innovative as the LED. The Light Emitting Diode or LED is a technology used in practically every electronic product since it is very efficient due to its solid-state…

The Six Nations competition, previously the Five Nations until Italy was included, has come in for a bit of criticism. Should it be expanded to include extra nations? Rugby supporters, fans of sports in general, and even punters who like to have the occasional bet on the games at sites like Energy Casino, believe it is time to make the competition less exclusive and make the competition more exciting by including more nations. The current format works fine, but other teams have been improving. And now feel they deserve a chance to play at one of the sporting world’s biggest…

Professional traders make their living from the financial markets, either trading their own money or that of other people. There are trading professionals in all areas of the financial markets, including forex, stocks, bonds, futures and options, and on all chart timeframes, from day traders to long-term investors. Each trader uses different inputs to make their trading decisions and form their trade setup. Some use technical analysis while others choose fundamental analysis, others use statistics or order flow, and some use a combination of methods. To trade like a professional, some retail traders replicate their trading strategies, techniques and personality…

Arbitrage technology is the trading which exploits the minor differences in price between those identical assets in two or more than two markets. The arbitrage technology is a trading in which the trader usually buys the asset in one market and then sell that in the other market at the same time for the means of pocketing the difference between those two prices. There are various complicated variations but all of them depend on identifying market naming the term as inefficiencies. In Arbitrage technology the arbitrage traders are known as they are mostly working on the behalf of large financial…

When you’re running a retail business, the number of things that you need to think about to ensure that you continue to find success can feel overwhelming at times. If you’ve gotten to a stage where your business is stable, it can be tempting to leave things how they are and avoid moving out of this new comfort zone. However, there is a high risk of this leading to the stagnation of your business. The continue your success, you’re going to need to consider the growth of your business, and when you grow a retail business, you’ll need to put…

A heritage office estate in Womanby Street in Cardiff city centre has been sold by Aegon Property Income Fund for £7.5m. The freehold investment sale of the Trade Collective estate was negotiated on behalf of Aegon by Cooke & Arkwright’s investment agency team and their joint agents, Savills. CBRE advised the purchaser, Telereal Trillium. The Trade Collective comprises four heritage buildings offering 43,850 sq ft of office accommodation along Womanby Street, with part of the estate fronting onto Westgate Street. 23 Womanby Street, Castle Buildings, and Westgate House & Court are warehouse style, period office buildings, while The Croft &…