Author: Rhys Gregory

A renovation project planning for the home or the investment property is always an exciting time, but it can be stressful too. Renovations take work, time and are much more challenging. Even if you exactly know what is your requirement or what you want to do and have got reliable contractors for doing it, still how you will schedule for every person to be there at the exact time? If you want some surety that your renovations model goes smoothly, then create a comprehensive timeline with the max budget for your project. With such vigilant planning and research, you can…

National treasure and Welsh icon Sir Tom Jones will play an exclusive outdoor concert at The Event Arena in Rhyl on Wednesday 1st September 2021. The show is an additional date for North Wales alongside several rescheduled shows across the UK. Tickets go on general sale on Friday 16th April at 10am and are available from ticketmaster.co.uk orrhylpavilion.co.uk. With a career spanning over five decades, Tom is a tour de force in music, winning the admiration of critics for his live performances and a career that has seen him record over 40 albums! In that time, he has amassed more…

A small business owner in Penarth has fundraised £1,500 to pay for 10 days of nursing care in City Hospice’s Donate a Day campaign. Jodie Tanner is the owner of The Queen B Boutique, a clothing retailer specialising in high-end mother of the bride and occasion wear, with stores in Penarth and Barry. Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, including store closures for the majority of 2020 and cancellations of weddings and other events, Jodie adapted and diversified her business. The Queen B started offering products online along with more casual wear to meet the needs of customers staying…

As the capital’s retailers eagerly await to open their doors on Monday, a cleansing team have been committed to freshening up the city centre behind the scenes, ready to welcome shoppers back onto the high streets. After over 100 days of retail closure, the Cleansing Team, run by FOR Cardiff, have been working hard jet washing the streets, removing rubbish, washing away graffiti tabs and repainting signage ready to greet shoppers. On top of the team’s day-to-day cleansing duties, businesses have been able to suggest areas of the city centre they wish to be cleaned. Retailers are hopeful that by…

While armchair travel might just be about the only way to experience holiday destinations at the moment, National Churches Trust, has thought about how Wales’ churches and chapels, and their surrounding landscapes, could play a role in offering future visitors fulfilling and meaningful travel experiences. The charity, which is dedicated to supporting the UK’s places of worship by promoting church visits and tourism, as well as providing grants for repairs and support with maintenance, has unveiled a series of bespoke tours combining Wales’ sacred places and beauty spots as part of its ‘Exploring Sacred Wales’ programme. From kayaking along the…

Homelessness charity Emmaus South Wales is set to reopen its doors after a 16-week closure due to the Covid-19 shutdown. The charity, which helps people out of homelessness, is preparing for a phased reopening, with its Bridgend Superstore and high street shop on Caroline Street the first to welcome customers back on Monday 12 April. With a smaller than usual staff team, the charity hopes to open its Maesteg and Porthcawl shops later this month. Around 90 per cent of the charity’s income comes from the sale of donated pre-loved items and house clearances. For every week closed during lockdown,…

A new made-in-Wales blood test has been developed to harness the power of artificial intelligence to detect the early signs of bowel cancer – a disease that affects over 260,000 people in the UK today. Swansea University-spin out, CanSense, is working hard to save lives in Wales after spending seven years developing an affordable and accessible cancer test that can be performed at local GPs to avoid lives lost through delayed detection. April marks Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, but unfortunately the UK is one of the worst performing nations for early diagnosis of cancer, with survival figures some of the…

The GS Verde Group has announced the appointment of Neil Creswell, who joins to become the Finance Director of the corporate finance led, multi-discipline group. Mr Creswell has spent the last 10 years in a senior role, heading up the Business Services department at UHY Hacker Young, and advising some of Wales’ fastest growing businesses.  In his new role, Neil will have responsibility for the companies’ financial strategic direction, bringing his valuable experience to the rapidly expanding professional services Group. The senior appointment will also see Mr Creswell join the Group’s board at a time that has seen the business…

Yesterday (Sunday, April 11 2021) marked the 11th anniversary of the murder of Aamir Siddiqi in Cardiff. 17-year-old Aamir was brutally murdered at his family home in Roath on the afternoon of Sunday, April 11, 2010 while waiting for his Quran teacher. One man, Wales’ most wanted man, remains wanted in connection with his murder – Mohammed Ali Ege, from Riverside, Cardiff. Ege, 42, fled to India before he could be arrested in connection with Aamir’s murder. In 2013 he was arrested in India but in 2017, while awaiting extradition, he escaped from Indian custody. Four years on, his current…

Have you ever struggled to decide how to price your goods? Many owners and startup entrepreneurs use competitors’ prices as a jumping-off point. It’s a simple enough technique but often ignores key, and unique, components of your own product’s variables. Whether you look at competitor websites, make rough estimates, or just flip a coin to set prices, it’s even better to take realistic factors into consideration. Here are five that companies have relied on for years. Materials Unless you’re selling a service or a digital product, one of the core components of retail and wholesale prices will be the cost…