Author: Rhys Gregory

Today, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) Wales have released their manifesto for the forthcoming election, explaining that only when the private rented sector (PRS) is regarded as part of the solution to the housing crisis can landlords and tenants prosper. The representative body has six key calls for parties standing in the 2021 Welsh Parliament elections: streamline licensing; support landlords and tenants; improve homes; introduce a Welsh Housing Survey; improve justice for landlords and tenants; and, rejecting rent controls and Right-to-Rent. To achieve these objectives, the NRLA is advocating measures such as eliminating the need for local licensing by adopting requirements in national frameworks, introducing a housing court, and removing the second property Land Transaction…

Patients staying at a Penarth hospice over the Christmas period will be able to enjoy beautiful light displays thanks to generous donations. Pontyclun-based Floodlighting and Electrical are among those who have volunteered to support the Marie Curie Hospice, Cardiff and the Vale, in a bid to make their Bridgeman Road gardens festive this season. The company has installed icicle lighting as a goodwill gesture for the staff, patients and visitors to enjoy during December. The charity had put out an appeal for outdoor lighting, in order for inpatients to enjoy Christmas displays from their rooms. The Penarth RFC Mini and…

Swansea City face a big test in the Championship this weekend when they travel to Cardiff for the latest South Wales derby. One point off top spot after 17 games, fourth-placed Swansea have failed to win five of their last eight matches. While only two defeats occurred in that sequence, this isn’t good enough form for a club in pursuit of direct promotion. Perhaps it could secure a playoff spot, but, given the fierce competition for one of those, that form would also leave a place to chance. Cardiff City, Swansea’s opponents on Saturday, are one team hoping to capitalise…

This December, companies are being encouraged to swap the office ‘secret Santa’ for toy donations to KidsOut — the charity helping to bring joy to children in domestic violence refuges across South Wales and the UK. Between April and May this year, KidsOut delivered over 100 boxes of brand-new toys up to the value of £100 to children in women’s refuges in South Wales, bringing fun and relief at the height of lockdown. But it hasn’t been easy. With nearly half of donations made to KidsOut coming from corporate fundraisers each year, the charity has lost around £800k from postponed…

Business is accelerating rapidly for a Denbigh-based container sales business who have helped an expanding quad bike adventure company hit the ground running after the recent lockdown. Denbigh-based Container Sales Centre has supplied three new storage units for Tile Farm Off-road, in Guilden Sutton, to house its increasing fleet of all-terrain vehicles when they’re not roaming round 250 acres of Cheshire countryside. Pandemic restrictions forced them to close for four months earlier this year but since then and until the latest England-wide closure their customer mix of motocross bikers and quad bike enthusiasts had kept them busy. The use of…

The GS Verde Group, a multi-discipline professional services business, has announced a formal partnership with marketing and PR agency Dragonfly Creative. Following the recently announced launch of the Elevate investment network, the group has seen a growing need for businesses looking to increase their marketing presence as part of the process of an investment raise. Having already been able to support businesses with both corporate finance and legal advice from within the group, the partnership with Dragonfly will enable the group to offer the full cycle of support needed by its clients, with the marketing agency able to assist in…

A takeaway premises in Lampeter 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 Oh My Cod in Lampeter by Ceredigion County Council’s Public Protection Officers due to non-compliance with The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 4) (Wales) Regulations 2020. The improvement notice requires the business to ‘provide or require the use of personal protective equipment and face coverings by persons working on the premises’ and warn that failure to comply with the notices can result in a premises closure notice being…

Puddle Ducks is spreading the festive cheer to vulnerable families this holiday season, as they have donated supplies to Cwtch Baby Bank in Cardiff and Bundles Baby Clothing Bank and Birth Support in Newport, who provide parents with much needed baby essentials throughout the local area. For their annual Christmas campaign, the swim-school, which operates lessons throughout South East Wales, decided to give back to their local community as they know this year has been such a difficult time for many. Puddle Ducks had to halt their classes throughout lockdown and the firebreak, with lessons stopping in March and only…

St Joseph’s has started recruiting for 50 positions across the hospital, ahead of the opening of a new day surgery unit in April 2021. Roles include qualified theatre practitioners, registered nurses, healthcare assistants, administrators and housekeepers. Applications close on 15 January. Located in Newport, St Joseph’s is easily accessible from Cardiff, Bristol, Monmouth and Abergavenny. 2021 is set to be particularly significant as it marks the 75th anniversary of the hospital, which was founded by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Annecy in 1946; two years before the birth of the NHS. A £3m project, the new unit is a part of the…

Cardiff-based jobseekers under the age of 25 can now access extra support in their search for work thanks to a new Youth Hub that’s been launched in Butetown. The hub, which is based at the Butetown Pavillion Youth Centre on Dumballs Road, is part of the UK Government’s £30bn Plan for Jobs. This will be discussed by the Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions, Therese Coffey, and the Welsh and Scottish Governments’ Ministers for Economy, Ken Skates and Fiona Hyslop, during a virtual meeting today. Young jobseekers across the Welsh capital are among those in many…