Author: Rhys Gregory

Wales’ largest independently owned accountancy firm, UHY Hacker Young, has announced its latest strategic appointment to bolster the firm’s renowned business services department. Barrie Kenyon joins the practice as an associate director during a period of significant growth, which has already seen UHY Hacker Young report double-digit turnover for the last year. Based at the company’s Newport headquarters, Barrie will work alongside managing partner, Paul Byett, to further enhance the firm’s sector leading business services department. As an associate director he will oversee accounting services to clients across a diverse range of sectors. Mr Kenyon brings over 14 years of…

The £3m grant from the Business Innovation and Tourism Escalator Scheme (BITES) will see the Mona Island Dairy factory become the most sustainable in Europe, running solely on renewable electricity. The funding will support production of Welsh and continental cheeses at the 25,000 sq ft facility, based on Mona Industrial Park, Holyhead. Additional money in the form of loans and equity will contribute to the £20m site conversion, which is due for completion this September. When finished, the factory will be the most modern anywhere on the continent, capable of producing 7,000 tons of cheese a year. Managing Director Ronald…

Creo Medical, the company behind an innovative and disruptive new suite of advanced energy, minimally invasive electrosurgical devices, has been named as one of three companies shortlisted for the 2021 MacRobert Award. The Chepstow based business designs and manufactures highly advanced miniaturised surgical tools that uniquely integrate radio frequency and high frequency microwave energy for highly targeted, minimally invasive endoscopic surgery, dramatically improving patient outcomes for cancer care, while minimising the need for traditional surgical interventions, moving treatment out of the operating room. Founded in 1969, the MacRobert Award is overseen by the Royal Academy of Engineering and is the…

A local entrepreneur who just 4 years ago was a single mum on maternity leave from working as a social worker at Newport City Council, wondering how to create a business that could give her flexibility around her new baby, is celebrating a fabulous achievement today, having become a bestselling author for the 3rd time, but this time being at the helm of the process showcasing 16 other incredible women, and also fundraising for NAPAC – National Association for People Abused in Childhood, a charity that supports survivors of childhood abuse. Natasha Bray, 34, from Bridgend who Studied Masters in…

Two Aberystwyth University students are brewing up business success after securing funding and office space to get their premium tea business off the ground. Amy Aed, 22, and Emily Knipe, 20, who met at university and bonded over their love for tea, have launched EISA Tea co., a premium tea business with a focus on social and environmental responsibility. The duo started their business with the help of Big Ideas Wales, part of Business Wales and funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. The service is aimed at anyone between the age of 5 and 25…

Hundreds of people have sent postcards to Swansea’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery – and they’re now part of an exhibition helping the venue to re-open safely. The cards reflect key matters on peoples’ minds during the pandemic; topics include Covid, climate change, Black Lives Matter, community matters and human connections. The mini pieces of art were created and sent after the gallery invited submissions for its Postcards to the Future initiative. Robert Francis-Davies, the council’s cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, said: “I thank all those who took the time and effort to create a postcard to the future…

ParalympicsGB has today confirmed that archer Dave Phillips has been selected to represent Great Britain at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games this summer. Phillips will join the four other members of the squad named so far – Paralympic gold medallists Jess Stretton and John Stubbs, along with Nathan MacQueen and Hazel Chaisty. Although Phillips earnt his spot at the 2019 World Para-archery Championships in the Netherlands, his place on the team could not be confirmed until after classification was completed – meaning he wasn’t included as part of the archery team announcement back in April. But following confirmed classification…

South Caernarfon Creameries (SCC) has won two awards for its Double Gloucester cheese at the 2021 Virtual Cheese Awards, in association with Food and Drink Wales. The north Wales farmers co-operative won Best Territorial Cheese and Best Welsh Cheese for its Double Gloucester cheese, which is made to a traditional recipe, rich, buttery and mellow in taste. Ffion Davies, National Account Manager at South Caernarfon Creameries, said, “As a business we are delighted to have won two awards for our Double Gloucester cheese in the Virtual Cheese Awards. We are proud of the great quality cheese we produce at South…

Pupils across Wales are benefitting from an initiative to foster entrepreneurship and boost the use of the Welsh language in business. The Schools Initiative, created by independent economic development company Menter a Busnes (MaB), provides schools with first-hand business skills and experience. Delivered by dedicated members of MaB staff with support from local business people, the Schools Initiative includes primary and secondary schools. Launched in 2019 as part of MaB’s 30th-anniversary celebrations, the initiative builds on and complements the company’s ethos of promoting the Welsh language in business. MaB offers a wide range of bi-lingual business support and skills development…

Deloitte Wales continues with its commitment to promote talent from within as it announces a new partner and directors for 2021. Based in Cardiff, Shaun Curtis has been promoted to tax partner, with Rob Wallace and Dean Thomas promoted to director in the financial advisory team. Shaun hails from Pembrokeshire, attending Cardiff University before joining the firm as a graduate in 2007. He currently leads the business tax team in Wales, a team of 55, and is national lead of the Entrepreneur and Advisory Group for private client services. Across the UK, Deloitte promoted 79 to partner, 19 of which…