Author: Rhys Gregory

Cornerstone Finance Group has appointed Phil Emanuel as Group Business Development Director. Phil, 59 and from south Wales, has a long career spanning 32 years where he has worked in sales roles across the UK in the finance and insurance sectors. He joins Cornerstone Finance Group to drive and increase the company’s network of Appointed Representatives and Registered Individuals. The Cornerstone Network is part of the Cornerstone Finance Group – a hub of financial industry experts offering specialist interlinking services that work together to provide unrivalled service. The Group operates across five different sectors of the UK financial services market,…

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s (UWTSD) Cerebra Innovation Centre is collaborating on a project to build 10 new sensory stimulating Pod Chairs, thanks to a £10,000 donation from Nationwide. The Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC) – a partnership between UWTSD and the Carmarthen-based children’s charity, Cerebra, is based at the University’s Swansea College of Art, where the team design and build innovative, bespoke products that help disabled children discover and engage with the world around them. The Pod Chairs are sensory stimulating and empower children to feel more grounded, balanced, and safe. They are hugely popular and have already…

Having endured one of the toughest 12 months of trading on record, a popular Cardiff-based restaurant is in the final preparations to throw open its doors to guests as the latest Covid-19 restrictions are eased. The Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill, which can be found at Hotel Indigo in Dominions Arcade is now looking forward to welcoming guests to enjoy indoor dining for the first time in over four months on 17 May. Tom Gaskell, general manager said: “The phone has been ringing off the hook while online-based reservations have also been coming in thick and fast –…

In line with the latest Welsh Government guidelines, award-winning Sri Lankan bar & restaurant group The Coconut Tree has announced it will reopen for indoor dining at its city-centre Cardiff restaurant from Monday 17th May. Four brand new, covered huts will also offer ‘indoor-outdoor’ options for guests who want to enjoy the atmosphere on Mill Lane, but still remain sheltered from the unpredictable Welsh weather. Bookings for the Mill Lane restaurant (both indoor and outdoor areas) are now open at https://www.thecoconut-tree.com/cardiff. The Coconut Tree has also confirmed the extension of 50% off for all eat-in customers (Monday to Wednesday) until…

A digital concert starring a group of “sensational young singers” from Denbighshire will launch this year’s virtual Urdd Eisteddfod.  The spectacular showcase has been put together by serial festival winner Steffan Hughes, a multi-talented musician, singer and choir master, who hails from Llangwyfan in the Vale of Clwyd. The Urdd National Eisteddfod had been due to take place down the road in Denbigh last year but it’s now been pushed back until 2022 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year the Urdd instead held a virtual event, Eisteddfod T, which proved to be a huge success with 6,000 competitors taking…

A North Wales company has invented a revolutionary ice-making machine powered by renewable energy to replenish melting polar ice caps in the battle against climate change. The prototype developed by Real Ice, formed by a team of graduates and current students at Bangor University, is being sent out to be tested in the icy wastes of Northern Canada. The project has caught the attention of the United Nations Development Programme and Real Ice could be sharing screen time with Hollywood superstar Jessica Alba as they have been filmed for a video sponsored by car-making giants Hyundai as part of the…

Small business and coworking experts TownSq has appointed Carl Turner as its Senior Community Manager as the business expands across the UK. Carl, who was previously the Community Manager at the Wrexham Enterprise Hub, will now be responsible for overseeing all of TownSq’s Northern hubs in Wrexham, Chester and Rhyl as well as working to secure other opportunities in the North West. Pete Rogers will take over day-to-day management of the Wrexham Enterprise Hub as the new Community Manager and is joined by Elizabeth Stone, who steps into the Community Coordinator role alongside new hire Katy Hughes as Community Assistant.…

Cycling products and services retailer Halfords announced the launch of a new bike (re)cycling scheme. The Pre-Loved scheme, is being trialled across four stores in Wales where it will be evaluated before being rolled nationwide, will encourage customers to trade in ‘pre-loved’ bikes for gift cards at its stores. Bikes will then be serviced and resold with a discount. The aim of the new scheme is to minimise waste while also offering customers more affordable options that have been serviced by Halfords experts, are safe to ride and come with a Halfords warranty. Halfords is introducing the scheme at a…

THE Welsh Ambulance Service has joined forces with Macmillan Cancer Support in Wales to launch a new initiative to improve the care delivered to terminally ill patients. The collaboration, which launches this Dying Matters Awareness Week (10-16 May 2021), is designed to improve the training delivered to ambulance crews so they can provide the very best care for patients at the end of life. The training will help to give staff a greater understanding of end of life care, supporting clinicians to better recognise when a patient is nearing end of their life, and improving communication and symptom management skills…

Ahead of International Nurses Day on 12 May, specialist healthcare provider, Ludlow Street Healthcare, has announced the appointment of a new nurse consultant to lead a team of mental health nurses. Dave Chapman has joined the team at Heatherwood Court as nurse consultant, an Approved Clinician specialising in mental health disorders, becoming one of only a handful of Approved Clinicians in the whole of England and Wales. Approved Clinicians are qualified nurses who have specialised in a chosen area of practice and take on some of the responsibilities which would previously have been the reserve of doctors, psychiatrists, and consultants.…