Author: Rhys Gregory

A pioneering sports data management firm spearheading a high-profile sports rights case worth an estimated £400million has announced a major new investment. Global Sports Data and Technology Group Limited says a consortium from fast-growing Q Financial Services Ltd has acquired a ten per cent stake in the business for an undisclosed fee. Global Sports – co-founded by former Cardiff City manager Russell Slade and data management expert Jason Dunlop – is currently spearheading major legal moves to ensure footballers and athletes in all sports and at all levels benefit properly from the use of their personal data. The campaign, called…

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is today setting out its manifesto to recruit legions of new UK exporters as its research continues to show poor overseas trade growth. BCC research also shows that exporters are uniquely facing a wide range of issues, from unprecedented inflationary pressures and global supply chain crises to a raft of new requirements flowing from the EU trade deal. The Manifesto sets out a comprehensive list of steps to get more UK businesses, currently just 10%, involved in international trade. This compares to more than 60% of companies which are members of an Accredited Chamber…

To meet the demand from our community, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board are now offering walk-in sessions for first, second and booster doses to help protect communities and stop the spread of COVID-19. Walk-in sessions are available daily at all three of the Mass Vaccination Centres (MVCs) to ensure anyone who has been missed has an opportunity to get vaccinated. Whether you need your first, second or booster dose, you can now walk-in to Bayside MVC, Splott MVC or Barry Holm View MVC from 8:30am to 7:30pm to get vaccinated. This week, they are also running walk-in sessions at…

A former director of a not-for-profit business in Aberystwyth has failed in his bid to re-open a rejected request to appeal a judgment which found him and his fellow director both in “breach of their duties” to the company as a result of taking the store’s grant-funded premises and placing it into a pension scheme to benefit themselves. The decision comes as a huge relief to the current directors of Ceredigion Recycling and Furniture Team (CRAFT), who were represented by specialist solicitors at Wales’s largest law firm, Hugh James. It means the business can now take steps to recover its…

Dan Jervis has won Commonwealth Games medals and battled it out with the world’s best swimmers at the Olympic Games. But his journey to the global stage began in his local pool after his grandfather got into water to recover from a life-changing event. The 25-year-old was introduced to aquatics from an early age after his grandfather suffered a heart-attack and used the pool as a key part of his rehabilitation. Two decades on, Jervis was stepping onto the podium in Glasgow before securing 1500m freestyle silver on the Gold Coast in 2018. The Resolven swimmer now has eyes on…

John Fowler Holidays, one of the UK’s largest family-owned holiday park businesses, has purchased Cardigan Bay Holiday Park in Pembrokeshire thanks to a multimillion-pound finance package from HSBC UK. John Fowler Holidays, a third-generation family business established in 1953 in North Devon, now owns 13 holiday parks. Cardigan Bay Holiday Park, located on the West coast of Wales in Pembrokeshire, is the business’ second purchase in the last two years following the acquisition of Llanrhidian Holiday Park in December 2019. The addition of this new park is estimated to contribute another 3,000 holidays (6%) per year for the business and…

It was in 1922 that Francesco Dallavalle first started selling his ice cream around the Amman Valley on a horse and cart. The Italian art of making ice cream has since been passed through the generations with grandsons Renaldo and Giulio Dallavalle, Directors of award-winning Frank’s Ice Cream, having now opened a new gelateria and innovation centre alongside the company’s existing manufacturing site in Capel Hendre. Funded by a £500,000 loan from the Development Bank of Wales, the new purpose-built facility houses the latest in ice cream making machinery and technology. Built by lead contractors Malpross Services of Cross Hands,…

AS world champion mountain bikers, the Atherton family know a thing or two about success. Between siblings Dan, Gee and Rachel, they hold 49 world cups and eight world championships. But their latest venture – setting up a manufacturing plant in Machynlleth, Wales, to produce bikes using Formula 1 technology and aerospace engineering – is set to shift the family business into a different gear. After over two years of crowdfunding, support from Dragons’ Den star Piers Linney and Development Bank of Wales’ angel network, Angels Invest Wales, the family is set to launch a new website selling a range…

Thackeray Group, the real estate investment, development and asset management company owned by Antony Alberti and Brett Palos, has acquired out of receivership the landmark Howells Building in the centre of Cardiff with plans to carry out a sensitive repositioning of the building as a mixed-use destination. The Howells Building is a 275,000 sq ft Grade II*-listed building on a 1.7-acre site, fronting St Mary Street, Wharton Street and Trinity Street in the city’s prime shopping district near to the St David’s Centre, Queen’s Arcade and The Hayes. It comprises an array of building forms, including the original 1800s’ stone…

RSPCA Cymru has welcomed the publication of the Welsh Government’s new Animal Health and Welfare Implementation Plan 2022-2024 – and hopes the document will pave the way for “big improvements” at a “critical juncture” for animal welfare in Wales. Calls come after the Welsh Government published the final Implementation Plan under the current ten-year Framework. The plan expands on the Welsh Government’s Animal Welfare Plan for Wales – including more detail on proposals for a national model for regulation of animal welfare, improving the qualifications for animal welfare inspectors and requiring CCTV in all slaughterhouses. It is also hoped the…