Author: Rhys Gregory

Swansea traders are urging people to continue shopping local through and beyond lockdown. They are working with Swansea Council to launch a #ShopLocalShopSwansea campaign this weekend (November 21) – within current government guidelines. The initiative will embrace the whole area and will begin with a close focus on Morriston to build on existing regeneration work there. Robert Francis-Davies, the council’s cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, said: “Local retailers and hospitality businesses have continued to show their true worth during the pandemic. “They’ve been here for Swansea – and local residents have supported them as they have done for…

Licensed premises across Swansea have been thanked for working closely with the council and South Wales Police during Beaujolais Day. In the build-up to Thursday all businesses that chose to promote Beaujolais Day were provided with information by the council’s licensing team about current coronavirus restrictions. Licensing officers, working with colleagues from the police, were out throughout the day and evening visiting premises including those in the city centre, Uplands, Mumbles, Clydach, Brynmill and Pontarddulais, providing further advice and ensuring the rules were being followed. They have reported that in the vast majority of cases businesses were well-run. Unfortunately having…

The delivery of a new 15,000-capacity indoor arena in Cardiff Bay will move a step closer when Cardiff Council appoints its preferred bidder at a Cabinet meeting scheduled for the 26th November. The planned new venue will cost around £150m to build and will attract more than one million visitors and an estimated £100m into the local economy every year. It will also deliver new jobs for local people, with over 2000 jobs created during its three-year build programme and, once up and running, another 1000 direct jobs and a further 600 jobs supported in the local economy. Since December last year…

The 18 year-old student who died after collapsing at a Cardiff halls of residence at the weekend has been named as Megan Pollitt from Rugby in Warwickshire. Megan’s family has issued the following tribute.  “Megan Pollitt, fondly known as Meg to family and friends, sadly passed away at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff on Monday 16th November. “Meg dedicated her time to everyone around her and was always there for others.  She had recently started studying law in Cardiff and was full of dreams and aspirations. “Having moved away Meg still enjoyed close contact with family and friends, sharing stories…

Dobbies Garden Centres, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has opened a new look foodhall in Swansea. This new wholesale partnership with Sainsbury’s brings a range of high-quality food and grocery products to the store. Shoppers at Dobbies’ Swansea can now enjoy a range which includes over 3,000 products, giving customers a choice of food to take home including ambient, chilled, fresh and frozen produce as well as other grocery, household and toiletry products. Graeme Jenkins, CEO of Dobbies, said: “It is fantastic to see our new look foodhall open in Swansea, with a diverse range of Sainsbury’s products now…

With more and more people interested in and participating in food production, and with growing at home at an all-time high due to COVID-19, now is a great time for small horticultural businesses to expand their ventures. To help grow smaller edible horticultural businesses operating in Wales, Food Sense Wales along with partners Social Farms & Gardens, are awarding up to six grants of between £2500 to £5000 to small businesses with no more than 5-Hectares of production land.  The grant application process is now open and the closing date for applications is midday, Monday 30th November 2020. This is…

As part of this year’s Explore Your Archives Week from November 21-29, The National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth will unveil a series of new artistic and creative commissions. The pieces, which vary in style and medium, are inspired by library’s collections that can be found online. Explore Your Archives Week is a national celebration of the many treasures and stories that can be found in archival materials. The campaign, led by the Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland), aims to raise the profile of the collections held at local, national, university and private archives. The series of works commissioned will be published on…

Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) were thrilled to be announced winners of the gold award for ‘Best UK digital transformation of a training programme in response to COVID-19’. The award reflected how HEIW utilised technology to provide rapid, responsive and remote learning materials to support the NHS Wales workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic. Central to this award was the development of Gwella – a digital leadership portal that was launched in August 2020. The judges said: “this was a hugely impressive and inspiring response to COVID-19. Not only does the programme demonstrate how effective and lasting digital transformation can…

A public house in Cardigan has been required to make improvements to safeguard the public’s health and well-being as part of the coronavirus regulations. A Premises Improvement Notice has been served to The Saddlers Arms, Cardigan by Ceredigion County Council’s Public Protection Officers due to non-compliance with the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 4) (Wales) Regulations 2020. As part of the Premises Improvement Notice, the public house must ensure that a distance of 2 metres is maintained between any persons on the premises, and take reasonable measures to ensure where persons are required to wait to enter the premises that…

Dr. Harrison Weisinger MBBS P.h.D., is a family doctor in Australia and has also worked in the UK, Europe and the US. Before he obtained his medical degree, he did a Masters and Ph.D. studying the effects of nutrition on brain development, bodyweight, and blood pressure. Throughout his working career as a medical doctor, university professor, and scientist,he has committed his life to improving human health. “​I’ve studied the effects of CBD for several years and find it to be one of the most powerful natural supplements out there” – ​Dr Harrison Weisinger (MB.BS, M.Sc., Ph.D.) Dr. Harry (​as he…