Author: Rhys Gregory

EE is taking on apprentices again at its customer service centre in Merthyr Tydfil, following a recruitment pause due to the pandemic. EE, part of BT Group, has recruited an initial intake of 24 apprentices at its major customer service centre in the town, and plans to take on more next year. The new recruits to EE’s apprenticeship programme will work as technical customer service advisors, managing technical queries relating to customers’ mobile phones. They will join the more than 800 people based at the Merthyr centre. The vast majority of the new apprentices – all aged under 25 –…

Chambers Wales South East, South West and Mid held its annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday November 4, reviewing the year and setting out their exciting future plans to support businesses in Wales. Chamber members and partners joined the organisation’s President Paul Slevin and Honorary Patron Carwyn Jones for the event, sponsored by Mrs Buckét Cleaning Services and supported by Aspen Waite, at the Gareth Edwards Lounge at Cardiff Arms Park. During the AGM, the Chamber praised the strength and resilience of Welsh SMEs over the past 20 months and shared how it had proactively supported businesses in 2020/21 through…

Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has launched a Green Taxi ‘Try before you buy’ pilot in partnership with Welsh Government. The scheme was launched by Cllr Huw David at the South East Wales Clean Transport event scheduled as part of the Cop Cymru programme running in parallel with COP26 in a series of roadshows across Wales with the CCR concentrating on the theme of clean transport. Bookings commence on the 10th of November 2021 with cars being released from 1st December. Cardiff Capital Region will be one of the first UK city regions to take part in a trial of this…

Mark the dates 3rd – 5th June 2022 in your calendar, because that is set to be a landmark weekend in Wales’ live music history as the first edition of In It Together Festival arrives in the valleys. The first wave of names for this unique multi-genre experience include headliners Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Two Door Cinema Club and Clean Bandit, as well as some huge global stars including The Editors, Armand van Helden, The Vaccines, Eats Everything b2b Skream, Soul II Soul, Hybrid Minds, Tinie Tempah, Roger Sanchez and many more. This rich, family-friendly melting pot of music,…

High growth startups and scaleups are attracting record levels of investment in Wales, according to a landmark new report released today by Beauhurst, the research platform and sponsored by the Development Bank of Wales, the fifth most active investor in the UK. Investment into Welsh businesses has been steadily increasing in recent years. Welsh startups and scaleups secured £129m in 2020, which was a record for the country. Beyond high growth companies, a record number of businesses were incorporated in Wales that year – 19,453. The resilience of Welsh businesses during the pandemic was strengthened by the COVID-19 Wales Business…

LEADING business advisory firm Grant Thornton UK LLP has announced further growth in its South West and Wales Corporate Finance Advisory team after an exceptional period of deal activity. The team, which has led many of the stand-out transactions in the South West and Wales this year, has recruited Adam Hughes from the Natwest Structured Finance team to lead the Debt Advisory function in the region and has hired two young dealmakers, James Smart and Thomas Bew as Lead Advisory assistant managers. With offices in Bristol and Cardiff, the Grant Thornton deals team led by partner Trefor Griffith and director…

Principality Building Society is introducing climate awareness training for every colleague as part of its commitment to be a more environmentally friendly organisation. The training allows individuals to understand what climate change is, what causes it and lifestyle changes that could be made to help support the environment, covering the topics of food, home, purchases and travel. The training, delivered over two workshops and an assessment, also discusses climate justice and organisational, community and society wide change to stop the effects of climate change. The workshops, which have been developed and delivered by Principality’s own colleagues, will be made available…

A series of measures will be introduced to make the streets of Rhondda Cynon Taf safer for women and girls thanks to a successful bid for funding by the South Wales Police & Crime Commissioner, Alun Michael. The Commissioner and his team have worked with RCT Council, the local police team and other key statutory and third sector partners to win £457,543 from the Home Office’s Safer Streets fund which has a current focus on matters of concern to women and girls. Following comprehensive analysis of victim data, community intelligence and feedback from the public and partners, the money will…

Undercover police officers will mingle with night-time revellers in the weeks leading up to Christmas in a move to keep women and girls safe. The new initiative has been announced by North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Andy Dunbobbin who has secured an extra £202,000  in funding to launch the operation in Wrexham town centre and Flintshire. The initiative, which is part of the Safety of Women at Night campaign, is the first of its kind in Wales. The team will be made up of four uniformed officers, two plain clothed officers and a sergeant, with at least one of…

New computer-generated images have been unveiled giving the first look inside a new 100-bedroom hotel being built as part of the Milford Waterfront development in Milford Haven. Set to launch in Spring 2022, the new hotel will be managed and operated by the team responsible for the iconic Celtic Manor Resort. This exciting destination is the latest addition to the expanding portfolio in The Celtic Collection and the Tŷ Hotels family, in partnership with the Port of Milford Haven. The CGIs released today show the spectacular views that will be enjoyed right on the water’s edge by guests at the…