Author: Rhys Gregory

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will continue to help safeguard Merthyr Mawr Warren National Nature Reserve after its management lease comes to an end on 31 December 2020. National Nature Reserves are areas of the countryside where special examples of Britain’s habitats and wildlife are protected. NRW will continue its work at Merthyr Mawr, which is home to the highest dune in Wales known as the Big Dipper, through the Sands of LIFE dune rejuvenation project. The project aims to revitalise sand dunes by recreating natural movement and rejuvenating habitats, which are home to some of UK’s most rare wildlife. Merthyr…

An annual appeal co-ordinated by Caerphilly County Borough Council has raised over £9,000 to support local food banks. The Christmas appeal saw online donations, supermarket gift cards and food donated from Council staff, contractors and suppliers; in line with their community benefit contractual offerings.  Donations will be shared out between food banks in Blackwood, Rhymney, Caerphilly and Risca. Companies who supported the appeal include A L Landscapes, A P Waters, A.G. James & son, Albert & Flaherty, ART Travel, CAE UK, Cardiff Lift Company, Carter’s Taxis, CDS Systems Ltd, Centerprise, Colin Laver Heating Ltd, Creigiau Travel, DNA Heating Ltd, DP…

Caerphilly County Borough Council served their one millionth free school meal delivery on the 16th December when they delivered their Christmas meal boxes. Rachel Booton and her three children received the one millionth free school meal delivery and were gifted with a bunch of goodies to celebrate this fantastic achievement, sponsored by W R Bishop, the Council’s free school meal fresh produce suppliers. Included in the Christmas meal box is a Christmas dinner, a Christmas cracker, festive deserts and a selection box. In March, the Catering team were challenged to feed over 6,000 children and young people in the Caerphilly…

Currently, learning to manage projects is essential for the industry. No wonder most colleges and universities teach this subject in most of their study programs. Whether you major in engineering or business, you’ll take at least one course in project management. However, such a course can be very demanding. More likely than not, students have to write many papers for this course. Many of them are case studies of industrial projects. In other cases, you have to submit a management proposal for a given project. In all these cases, you have to invest a lot of time and effort. However,…

Are you looking for the most recent iPhone or need to get away from Apple and go for Android? Well, selling your present iPhone can help you get some quick money to put towards the new device. Fortunately, iPhones usually hold their resale value as compared to Android handsets. So you can opt to sell iPhone X online by following these important tips. How does the selling of old mobile phones work When it comes to selling phones, it is a fairly straightforward process. Here’s everything you need to know when you want to sell your mobile phone. Research well…

An investigation into the sale of fake cigarettes and tobacco led by Merthyr Tydfil CBC Trading Standards Service led to the prosecution of Mr Alan Gubrail and Mr Shirwan Ahmad at Merthyr Magistrates Court on the 26 November 2020. The investigation began following a tip off in early 2019 when Trading Standards received information that illegal cigarettes were being sold at half price from a store in Merthyr Tydfil, initially known as Carlos European Mini Market, which subsequently changed its name to the European Mini Market. Undercover test purchases, including an underage test purchase, were made and the cigarettes were…

Swansea-based Brother Engineering has become the first mask manufacturer in Wales to gain the regulatory approval needed to be able to supply the Welsh NHS. The engineering firm has adapted its way of working in recent months to support the Welsh Government’s efforts to produce and supply vital PPE items. The move, which is backed by the Welsh Government’s COVID-19 Research, Development and Innovation support fund, has created new jobs including employing three people who were made redundant from local companies as a result of the economic impacts of the pandemic. Under the name of Blu Thomas Medical, the company’s…

The Development Bank of Wales is co-investing with corporate investor Creo Medical Group plc alongside other funders as part of a £1.5 million equity round into IQ Endoscopes Ltd. The investment will support the rapid product development of the IQ platform – a range of single use flexible endoscopes which provides images of the full length of the gut, helping in diagnostics and therapeutic procedures. AIM listed Creo Medical is an emerging Med-Tech leader and has developed CROMA, an electrosurgical Advanced Energy Platform powered by its unique full spectrum Kamaptive technology, which combines bipolar radiofrequency for precise localised cutting and…

A Macmillan team including GPs and nurses have been shortlisted for a prestigious award for their work to help people with cancer in Wales. The Macmillan Primary Care Cancer Framework team, which works across Wales to improve cancer care in GP surgeries, has been shortlisted in the General Practice Awards. The team, made up of programme staff, GPs and nurses, has been shortlisted in the Clinical Improvement Award: Public Health and Prevention. Since being funded by Macmillan Cancer Support five years ago, the team has improved care for people living with cancer by working with and training GP practice staff…

ANOTHER milestone in the fight against Coronavirus has been reached as care home residents and staff receive their COVID-19 vaccination. Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB’s vaccination teams visited Ty Pentwyn care home in Treorchy to provide the vaccine to staff and residents as it is rolled out across the Cwm Taf Morgannwg region. This is part of an initial pilot using the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine which requires careful storage and moving. As further vaccines become available which require normal  storage processes we will be able to increase our vaccination programme at pace for care home residents and our over 80s population. Trained vaccinators…