Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff Bus is offering travel advice to customers ahead of Halloween and Bonfire night. The bus operator is alerting customers to service diversions that will come into effect on the evening of October 31st and the evening of November 5th. Halloween route alterations will apply to services 11, 13 to and from Ely & Drope, 44 & 45 and 49 & 50. Bonfire night will see route alterations on the City Circle Services 1 & 2 as well as services 11, 13 to and from Ely & Drope, 44 & 45, 49 & 50 and 65A. Full information on the…

Award-winning Welsh Beef jerky manufacturer Trailhead Fine Foods has secured an order to supply Selfridges stores in England. The Selfridges stores in Oxford Street, London and Manchester Trafford began selling the gluten free beef jerky in their delicatessen sections last week. The jerky, which is normally sold in 40 gram packs with Get Jerky branding, is being displayed in presentation dishes on the deli counters at the two stores. Selfridges has chosen six of the eight Get Jerky flavours to feature in the stores – Original, BBQ, Spicy Chilli, Hot Smoked Chipotle, Teriyaki  and Devil’s Wrath. The Spicy Chilli and…

Welsh businesses are being urged to bid for new contracts on building the £135m Swansea Central Phase One scheme. Principal contractor Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd, working in collaboration with Swansea Council, wants to maximise the use of local and regional expertise. There are 10 work packages available, with a total value of almost £2m. The value of the individual work packages starts from £10,000. They include cleaning/builder’s clean, landscaping services, mastic application, asphalt laying, street furniture supply and installation, fencing, gates and barriers, and white lining. A full breakdown of these and the individual smaller work packages will be available…

The Liberty Stadium is the venue for Swansea City’s Championship match against Blackburn Rovers this weekend. The hosts will be hoping that this fixture gives them a treat instead of a trick as they look to extend an unbeaten run of three matches. Fourth in the table, a win over Blackburn could see Swansea climb to second. Rovers will hope that this Halloween contest doesn’t freak their fans out, especially after watching the side lose 4-2 at home to Reading on Monday night. That defeat was Blackburn’s third in four games, a result which leaves them 12th in the league.…

A £12.5m package of funding to support vulnerable children and families has today [Thursday October 28] been announced by Julie Morgan, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services. It will support a range of services for children and families whose lives have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The funds will also enable the development of Wales’ first Family Drug and Alcohol Court to be explored, in line with a recommendation from the Commission on Justice in Wales. Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services Julie Morgan, said: “Coronavirus has had – and continues to have – a profound…

The founder of a Pontypridd charity which has supported hundreds of want-to-be entrepreneurs into self-employment was this week named one of the most awe-inspiring women from across the UK. Karen Davies, chief executive of Pontypridd charity Purple Shoots, is one of three inspirational and successful female social enterprise founders in the running for the Gaia Award in the NatWest everywoman Awards. Karen is the only Wales-based finalist. Now in their 18th year, the NatWest everywoman Awards celebrate female entrepreneurs from all walks of life, and this year’s finalists include environmental and sustainability disrupters, technology innovators and visionaries who risked everything to build their businesses from scratch. All…

Covid-19 has meant a change to so many things. Our daily lives, our jobs and how we interact with others, but that isn’t stopping Focus Carmarthen Enterprise Hub from hosting its annual conference aimed at celebrating women in business. The only difference is that this year it will be virtual.Open to all, the conference will run on 17th November, 2020 from 10:00 – 14:00 and will feature award winning speakers including: Elinor Davies-Farn owner of Olew, Kelly Davies co-founder of Good Wash Company and Marian Evans founder of Elevate BC.An entrepreneur from Aberystwyth, Elinor Davies-Farn started her own business from…

Businesses can now apply for funding from the third phase of the Welsh Government’s Economic Resilience Fund (ERF). Last week, the Welsh Government announced it was doubling this phase of the fund, making nearly £300m available to support businesses that continue to be affected by Covid-19. As a result of the “firebreak”, which began on Friday 23 October and continues until Monday 9 November, a range of businesses have had to temporarily close their doors or reduce their operations. The third round of the ERF will ensure further help for businesses across Wales. To date, the fund has supported more…

In partnership with Awen Cultural Trust, RCT Council is inviting residents to share their stories, memories and pictures of Pontypridd’s Muni Arts Centre from years gone by – in the first stage of public engagement for the planned £4.5m investment in the building. During late 2019, the Council announced Awen Cultural Trust as their preferred tenant and operator of the Muni – and jointly announced an ambitious long-term plan to refurbish the Muni in partnership with architects Purcell. The aim is to secure the building’s heritage and celebrate the stunning gothic architecture for which it is recognised and listed –…

Newport City Council is planning to remove the recycling banks located on Tregwilym Road. The site has unfortunately become a fly-tipping hot spot and a source of problems for local residents, which has resulted in the proposal to remove the banks. Despite CCTV monitoring being in place, and our efforts to empty the banks several times a week, the issue has not improved and removal of the banks has been provisionally scheduled for the week commencing Monday 23 November. The council has already issued fines for fly-tipping in the vicinity, with a total of 36 fly-tipping and 10 littering fixed…