Author: Rhys Gregory

Whether it’s rugby or racing, football or field hockey, watching sporting events is a popular way to spend an afternoon or evening. Cheering on your favourite team or sports person is a great way to get the adrenaline pumping – but how do you create the perfect viewing environment? If you want to make a real occasion of your sports viewing, here are five ways to really ramp up the entertainment factor. 1. Get The Right Tech Sometimes, watching sports on your phone feels like the easiest option, but does it really have that wow factor? A big screen means you’ll…

BT has connected four grassroots football clubs in Wales with broadband (Wi-Fi) and provided digital skills training, as clubs and their communities look to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. The work is part of BT’s role as lead partner of Welsh football. Working with the football associations, BT identified the key areas of the game that needed the most support and developed the transformational 4-3-3 football strategy. The partnership includes a commitment to provide grassroots clubs across the country with a package of free products and services including broadband and Wi-Fi connectivity. The aim is to support grassroots clubs in…

Crusader Medical Care, a specialist nursing care provider based in Cardiff has been acquired by Envivo Group.  Grant Thornton’s Cardiff Corporate Finance team and Capital Law advised the shareholders with Grant Thornton also providing tax advisory services.Crusader provides care for those with highly acute, complex care needs and challenging behaviours, including mental illness and acquired brain injury. It has an outstanding reputation for care quality with over 100 staff members and operates two care homes in the region. Crusader has been family owned and run since its inception over 20 years ago.Envivo operates a number of residential and nursing care…

Students, staff and parents at Llanishen High School have raised a significant sum, over £6000, by completing a virtual challenge to travel to Patagonia in March. The challenge involved walking, running, cycling and scooting the 12,000 miles it would take to reach Patagonia, the only other Welsh speaking country in the world. It was completed as part of City Hospice’s 100 Heroes Challenge. Head of Physical Education Harry Trelawny organised the challenge with the PE department, getting over 300 staff, students, parents and alumni to take part. The challenge was a great success and the school are entering into a…

The innocent Big Knit campaign has returned and Age Cymru is calling on the knitters and crocheters throughout Wales to get their knitting needles out to help raise urgent funds for older people most in need. This is the 18th year that innocent has been running the Big Knit in partnership with Age Cymru and woolly warriors are needed again this year to craft some little hats to sit on innocent smoothie bottles. For each be-hatted smoothie sold, Age Cymru receives 25p, which will help the Charity make a big difference to the lives of older people. With many of…

A new fund has been launched to help make a range of Vale of Glamorgan venues available as remote workspaces. The idea behind the scheme is to offer people work facilities within their localities, avoiding the need to commute to an office. Cowork Local Festival will be launched across the Vale in May with an online platform showcasing the type of spaces that people can work from. Potential spaces include cafes or bars, churches, sports clubs, hotels, community centres or existing business sites with unused space. As part of the Festival, venues can sign up to be listed as spaces…

Three charities in Wales will receive a share of almost £1.2 million funding from the ScottishPower Foundation, which supports incredible projects that make a positive impact on people and communities across the country. This year’s Foundation-funded projects – which support art and culture, education and empowerment, citizenship and society, and biodiversity and climate change – were selected on the basis of the significant and lasting contributions they will make to society, while enhancing people’s quality of life. Almost £9.2 million has been awarded to successful charities since the Foundation was established in 2013. Among the charities receiving funding this year…

Christmas has come early for a Denbighshire primary school which is earning itself much-needed funds thanks to a partnership with a high street giant. Enterprising Ysgol Y Parc Infants school in Denbigh have installed a storage unit from local company Lock Stock Self Storage and are selling surplus stock from Poundland in Rhyl to raise cash for classroom supplies. The 20-foot unit boasts 1280 cubic feet of space and currently much of it is taken up by a wide range of Poundland’s Christmas range including Christmas cards, wrapping paper, decorations and party bags. It’s set to be a major boost…

CatSci Ltd, a scientifically-led, commercially-minded and award-winning innovation partner for medicines development, has commissioned a new material science laboratory to expand its integrated drug development capabilities. The new lab will be operational from 1st June 2021, offering solid state expertise for both emerging and established pharma companies. This is part of CatSci’s £3 million investment plan and is another important milestone of the Company’s journey to become the leading innovation partner for pharmaceutical development. In many cases, the qualities sought in a drug substance are not well-suited to the drug product. Through fully integrated thinking, with an excellent line of…

As Great British Beef Week (23-30 April) celebrates its 11th year, and this week highlights the work British farmers do to support sustainable production practices, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) pays tribute to local Welsh farmers for their dedication and passion in helping British farming become one of the most sustainable in the world. Unlike other parts of the world, where water resources are depleted or significant land is used to grow feed, Welsh sheep and cattle are overwhelmingly reared on natural resources – grass and rainwater. With high standards of animal husbandry and pasture land management,…