Author: Rhys Gregory

Deciding to sell your home requires patience, perseverance and sometimes, thick skin. There’s nothing more disheartening than struggling to sell your home and often, it’s the interior design and style that many prospective buyers struggle to overlook. Some of the biggest issues that turn prospective buyers away from your property are bad smells, clutter, poor kerb appeal, confusing colour palettes and designs and coloured bathrooms! Thankfully, a few straightforward changes and updates can not only tempt buyers into making an offer but also add value to your home. It’s easy to think that you have to spend thousands on making…

After being outed by Denmark in the round of 16 of the 2020 Euro Tournament clouds of uncertainty started flying over the heads of the Wales national football team, with doubts about what the future both near and far hold for them. With the Qatar 2022 World Cup Tournament being the next big hurdle in the international football horizon and with soccer predictions today having the Wales team still with very lively fighting chances to make it to FIFA’s biggest tournament in the world, what needs to happen for Gareth Bale and company to continue holding on to their spot…

Bitcoin has attracted a lot of investors from all over the world. Its rapidly increasing value and great popularity have turned it into a profitable investment from a simple cryptocurrency. Now, there are several ways in which you can make money using bitcoins and get rich. If you want to earn maximum money with minimal effort, there are some ways mentioned below that would help you to make money using bitcoins. Bitcoin lending One of the latest and simplest ways to make money with bitcoin is by lending them. Bitcoin has a limited supply but at the same time has…

Conwy school named Wales’ most promising young business talent at national ‘enterprise’ awards A team of business-savvy school children from Abergele have won a national competition looking for talented young entrepreneurs in Wales. Pupils from Ysgol Bro Cernyw picked up the top title at the annual Enterprise Troopers competition, which was live streamed to a panel of judges at Cardiff Metropolitan University. Enterprise Troopers is delivered by Big Ideas Wales, the Welsh Government’s Youth Entrepreneurship Service. After impressing the judges with their business acumen and entrepreneurial flair, Ysgol Bro Cernyw were presented with the top prize for their business idea…

BBC Children in Need has announced that it has awarded a new grant of £116,008 to a local project working with disadvantaged children and young people in the Vale of Glamorgan and across Wales. The new funding award – made possible following BBC Children in Need’s 2020 Appeal in November – will support the delivery of vital services to young people in the area and means that the charity now has more than £185,300 invested locally. Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice will use a three-year main grant of £116,008 to fund a palliative care play specialist for children and young people…

A leading civil engineering company has been recognised for achieving the highest level of health and safety performance for a 13th straight year. Ruthin-based Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has been awarded a 13th consecutive gold award by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The award was given off the back of the company’s health and safety performance between the period of January 1 and December 31 2020. Jones Bros has also been named among the recipients of the President’s Award, given to companies which earn gold award status for 10 or more years in a row.…

A MECHANIC who switched gears on her career to join the Welsh Ambulance Service is encouraging others to apply for a role. Helen Pritchard, 42, of Bala, was a mechanic and later a teaching assistant at Ysgol Dinas Bran in Llangollen before joining the ambulance service as an urgent care assistant. The mum-of-three is now training to become an emergency medical technician, and has ambitions to qualify as a paramedic. She is encouraging others to apply for a role at the service. Helen said: “I’d always wanted a job in the ambulance service but I thought there’d be no point…

St. David’s Dewi Sant Cardiff has opened a new Calm and Safe Space, a specially created facility for autistic visitors and guests with learning difficulties or sensory processing differences. The Calm and Safe Space features Human-Centric Lighting (HCL), designed to work with the circadian rhythm of our bodies using the natural colour of daylight. The lighting’s ‘calm mode’ is proven to increase melatonin levels in the body, aiding in relaxation. Visitors to the space are also welcome to use the sensory toys provided there. St David’s has worked alongside Autistic Minds to develop the space, and autistic designers at the charity worked on the centre’s updated bilingual Autism Guide which can be found at the Guest Services…

This autumn will mark 70 years since the designation of Eryri (Snowdonia) as a National Park, and to mark the occasion the National Park Authority has launched a digital gallery of old photographs. It is a very special year for us here at the Park Authority as we celebrate 70 years of our designation as a National Park. Over the weeks and months leading up to the official designation date of October the 18th, the Authority will undertake many projects to mark the special occasion. One of those projects is the completion of a gallery of old photographs of Eryri…

St Asaph-based Designweb is expanding after securing new clients and partnerships. Led by director Paul Lyons, from Rhyl, the business has customers from across the UK, Europe and even New York. The 44 year-old says Designweb met the challenges of the pandemic head-on and is now preparing to take on recruits to meet a surge in demand as sectors build back from the impact of Covid-19. Having launched the company in 1998 aged just 21, Paul witnessed many technological advances over the past two decades, but like most people has never experienced a period like this. “The last year has…