Author: Rhys Gregory

A North Wales pharmaceutical manufacturer backed by the Development Bank of Wales is accelerating its global expansion by launching two new products and unveiling plans to extend its global reach. Reacta Healthcare, based in Deeside, is transforming the way food allergies are diagnosed. It employs 80 people and their Oral Food Challenge (OFC) products, are shipped to over 300 clinical trials sites worldwide. Reacta Healthcare is recognised as the only OFC supplier working to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards and operating worldwide supplying global clinical trials. The company is extending its global footprint as demand for its pharmaceutical-grade, food allergy…

Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospice has launched its new “Every Precious Life Appeal” which aims to raise £400,000 in just 60 hours. Donations made within the 60 hour appeal window, which will start at 10am on Sunday November 23 and finish at 10pm on Tuesday November 25, will be doubled thanks to a match-fund pot the charity has put together. Tŷ Hafan’s “Every Precious Life Appeal” focuses on stories of families who have experienced baby loss and who are being supported by Tŷ Hafan. Emrys Arthur was just 8 days old when he passed away on 14 March 2024 after he…

Exactly a decade after teaming up with MG Motor, Welsh car retailer Nathaniel Cars has sold its 20,000th new MG to establish the family business as the brand’s leading UK dealership. The landmark sale comes just ten years after the family-run business, founded in Bridgend in 1980, took on the MG franchise. Today, Nathaniel Cars has grown from a 43-strong workforce selling 1,000 new and used cars a year to a team of 200 people across four sites – Bridgend, Cardiff, Cwmbran and Swansea – with annual sales exceeding 8,000 cars. The relationship with MG began at a time of…

Monmouthshire Building Society has partnered with St David’s Hospice for the next two years to help raise funds for the charity. St David’s Hospice Care is a charitable organisation providing comprehensive, palliative care to patients, their families and carers facing life-limiting illnesses. It has become one of the UK’s largest providers of hospice at home care, caring for over 3,200 patients and families every year, serving communities in South East Wales (Newport, Caerphilly, Torfaen, Monmouthshire, as well as Mid and South Powys). The Building Society will take part in various fundraising events over the next 24 months to help raise…

Two women have rebuilt an essential community building after receiving a £50,000 grant. Denise Roberts and Helen Rodrick can continue their work transforming Pentre Comrades Club thanks to a substantial grant from the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund. Sat in the Rhondda Valley, the club has been an important institution for the area for more than 100 years, with very few other options for the community to come together in a shared space. Denise and Helen met more than 30 years ago while working as barmaids and through the years began to take on increased responsibilities. Today, Denise…

Nationwide movement Walk for Wellbeing has reached an incredible milestone this year, raising over half a million pounds for UK charity Hospitality Action since its launch in 2020. This remarkable achievement celebrates the collective spirit of the hospitality community, who have come together in their thousands each year to help fund vital mental health and wellbeing support for individuals and families across the industry. Walk for Wellbeing has become a highlight in Cardiff’s hospitality calendar, uniting teams, friends, and families across the city to raise vital funds that support the mental health and wellbeing of people working in the industry.…

This Christmas on Saturday 27 December, the hallowed Tramshed presents MandideXMAS, an uncompromising night of drum & bass, jungle and hard tekno curated by the unstoppable Mandidextrous. With very special guest [IVY] and local firestarter Blondy, this is the only Christmas event at Tramshed where the tinsel comes off and the subwoofer comes on for a wholly alternative festive celebration. Mandidextrous is set to bring a decade-plus career of genre-bending intensity to Tramshed, fusing a set that is equal parts technical, nostalgic and annihilatingly dancefloor-driven. As founder of Amen 4 Tekno Records, releasing on such prominent imprints as Ram Records, and…

Better leisure centres in Cardiff will be holding an open weekend on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 November. In keeping with this month’s ‘Social Enterprise Day’, the Open Weekend will run with the theme of ‘Thriving on Purpose’ – the aim being to celebrate the positive impact of inclusive, purpose-driven activities for people of all ages and abilities. A range of free activities and taster sessions is being offered – including basketball, swimming, badminton, pickleball, junior multi sports, dance, gymnastics, yoga and fitness classes. Operating under the Better brand, GLL is the charitable social enterprise that runs Eastern, Fairwater, Llanishen,…

Vital research to combat a killer horse disease has received a £15,000 boost thanks to two trailer companies marking a decade of working side by side. North Wales-based Ifor Williams Trailers joined forces with one of its Scottish distributors, the Stirling Trailer Centre to donate a top-of-the-range horsebox to an online fundraising raffle in aid of Equine Grass Sickness (EGS). The devastating condition is still one of the biggest causes of death in horses, ponies and donkeys across Britain – with eight in 10 cases proving fatal. Sean Cooper, General Manager at Stirling Trailer Centre, said the firm became involved …

David Spear Commercials has released new insight on the UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) market, revealing a widening gap between the performance of the new and used van sectors. While demand for quality used vehicles remains exceptionally strong, the latest industry data shows continued decline in new van registrations — a trend compounded by slow electric vehicle (EV) uptake and infrastructure challenges. Despite year-on-year growth in battery electric van (BEV) market share, progress remains significantly below the Government’s mandated target for 2025. According to the company, a faster rollout of charging infrastructure is essential to encouraging more operators to switch…