Author: Rhys Gregory

Savills, and joint agent Knight Frank, on behalf of Aegon Asset Management, has completed the letting of 101 St Mary Street in Cardiff, to Hamlyn Williams, the specialist recruitment firm. Hamlyn Williams has agreed a five year lease on the second floor suite extending approximately 6,461 sq ft at £116,298 per annum. 101 has been refurbished to provide high quality open plan office space with a number of modern features including exposed services, concrete wash hand basins and feature lighting with each floor providing approximately 6,461 sq ft. The building also benefits from shower facilities and air conditioning. Gary Carver, office…

COVID-19 Resilience Group launches hotlines and self-assessment for Welsh food and drink manufacturers A Welsh Government backed group of specialist support organisations has launched a range of resources to help Welsh food and drink manufacturers recover from the impact of COVID-19. The resources have been produced by the COVID-19 Resilience Group, which was set up to support the delivery of the COVID-19 Recovery Plan that was created in collaboration between the Food & Drink Wales Industry Board and Welsh Government. The COVID-19 Resilience Group has established hotlines which enable manufacturers from across Wales to quickly and easily obtain targeted support…

The Welsh Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund is providing essential support to theatres, music venues, heritage sites, libraries, museums, galleries, archive services and independent cinemas, right across Wales – which have all experienced a dramatic loss of revenue due to the Covid-19 pandemic. To date more than £30m has been distributed through the Welsh Government’s Cultural Recovery Fund, with the Arts Council of Wales allocating a £20m package for the sector in October. The Welsh Government launched the first Freelancer Fund in the UK, deciding to include freelancers as a key part of the Cultural Recovery Fund recognising the essential role they play…

Residents of a North Wales town will soon take part in a pilot for a new digital method of tracking recycling, helping Wales on its route to a zero-waste, circular economy. The Welsh Government is joining Polytag Ltd, Conwy County Borough Council and WRAP to trial a new deposit return scheme (DRS) in Colwyn Heights, Conwy. The four-week trial – the first of its kind in Wales – will involve a number of homes in the area, and is due to start in the spring. Householders will be provided with a set of bottles tagged by Polytag, which they will…

Work starts next week on a new outdoor gym facility at Port Talbot’s Aberavon Seafront. The project will include a range of fitness equipment designed to give users an all-round workout while enjoying the fresh air and sea breezes at beautiful Aberavon Beach. The outdoor gym will be based in the sunken gardens at the seaside location and will include safety surfacing. The equipment has been funded by Knights Brown, the construction company which carried out the recent multi-million pound coastal defence works at the Aberavon Seafront under the Welsh Governments Coastal Risk Management Programme, as part of the company’s…

100 Cherry trees are to be planted in Heath Park as part of The Sakura Cherry Tree Project, which will see thousands of sakura trees planted across the UK. In addition to the trees in Heath Park, trees will also be planted at five Cardiff schools: Fitzalan High School, Kitchener Primary School, St Monica’s CW Primary School, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr, and Whitchurch High School. The Welsh launch of the project,which is a part of the Japan-UK Season of Culture, washeld today (December 4th) at St Fagan’s Museum of Natural History. Speaking ahead of the launch, The Rt. Hon. Lord Mayor…

If you’re planning to get a head start on your present wrapping, please note that Cardiff Council has made changes to how you can dispose of wrapping paper this year. Wrapping paper often has a very high ink content, contains non-paper additives like glitter, plastics, gold and silver coloured shapes which cannot be recycled. Others are very thin and contain few good quality fibres for recycling. This product is often rejected during the recycling process. In previous years, the Council has been able to separate it from other material at Cardiff’s recycling facility, but this is no longer possible due…

Electric car owners in Newport can now benefit from an increase in the number of charging points available in the city. Eighteen dual fast chargers and two rapid chargers have been installed across the following eight public car parks: Belle Vue Park Faulkner Road Hill Street Maindee Mill Parade Riverfront Rogerstone train station Stow Hill The points have been installed under a Gwent-wide project using funding provided by the participating local authorities and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles. In Newport, Welsh Government has match-funded installations via the local transport network fund. The charging points have been installed and will…

Swansea University bioscientists are helping a community create a butterfly and wildlife garden in the heart of a Swansea village. Three Crosses Butterfly Project, led by senior lecturer Hazel Nichols, sees volunteers working together to help reverse nature’s decline by creating a garden at the village’s community centre. Working with Three Crosses Community Council, the project has been supported by environmental charities Keep Wales Tidy and the Woodland Trust. Dr Nichols said: “It feels fantastic to create a space for wildlife; we will have meadow areas and a mini-woodland that will be a great boost for nature. We will be…

Online shoppers are being encouraged to consider buying a holiday, short break, visitor experience, craft items or food and drink products from Mid Wales tourism and hospitality businesses as Christmas presents this year. The call comes from MWT Cymru, which represents more than 600 tourism and hospitality businesses in Powys, Ceredigion and South Gwynedd. The company has created a new page on its Visit Mid Wales website – www.visitmidwales.co.uk/christmas – to promote gift ideas in the run up to Christmas. Gift ideas range from animal, falconry and pottery experiences to rides on narrow gauge railways and a selection of Mid…