Author: Rhys Gregory

A growing number of entrepreneurs are going mobile as a result of the coronavirus crisis, according to Europe largest trailer maker. Ifor Williams Trailers say sales of their innovative Business Inabox model – that can be used to set up shop in different places – are soaring across the UK and farther afield as companies adapt to the new challenges posed by the pandemic. Customers have the option of having living accommodation at the front that can be kitted out like a two-berth caravan with seating for three people and an en suite toilet if required. It can also have…

Travel restrictions and current social distancing measures have made it much harder to find new and exciting places to visit. Large queues at studio tours and stuffy indoor attractions are not likely to be at the top of any of our to-do lists right now. But did you know that Wales is actually home to a large number of excellent British TV filming locations? In this guide, we reveal Wales’ best outdoor TV spots so you can relive your favourite TV moments whilst social distancing and enjoying the beauty and diversity Wales has to offer. Doctor Who  – South Wales…

WORK to prepare land in one of Cardiff’s most sought-after neighbourhoods for luxurious new homes is now underway. Magor-based Edenstone Homes has acquired a four acre site, south of Lisvane Road. The land already benefitted from planning consent, but the independent homebuilder made some minor amends to the plans. Groundworkers are now on site carrying out preparatory work and will soon be laying the foundations for the properties. The first homes at the development, known as Beaufort Gardens, are due to be released for sale next month. Along with 35 new homes, in a choice of four and five-bedroom designs,…

A social enterprise has announced ambitious plans to build nearly 350 carbon zero homes after clinching a five-year deal with the company that developed them. Creating Enterprise have signed a contract with Beattie Passive giving them exclusive rights to their pioneering Passivhaus build system in North Wales until 2025. Around 50 new jobs will be created, and they have also pledged to use local sub-contractors and suppliers wherever possible to boost the regional economy. The concept is flexible which means the system can also be used to make one-bedroom pods or build two-storey family homes with three, four or more…

Powered by digital technology, Cadw has announced the launch of its very own, virtual representation of Wales’s annual and ever popular heritage event, Open Doors. The physical event, which famously offers visitors free entry to hundreds of historic monuments, museums and unusual landscapes during the month of September, has been cancelled this year to help keep visitors and the wider communities of Wales safe against the threat of coronavirus.Determined to offer an alternative way for people across the UK and beyond, to engage with Wales’s built heritage, Cadw’s Open Doors Online festival will enable thousands of people to virtually explore…

The pandemic has probably meant fewer postcards being sent – but Swansea is about to buck that trend. As holidays have been cancelled, postponed and rearranged, the team at the city’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery got their thinking hats on. And now they’re asking people to send them “postcards to the future.” They will feature drawings, poems, writing, paintings, collages or photos. They should all be focused on the future. For example – What are your dreams? What changes do you imagine taking place? What challenges do we face? What world might we create together? Many of those submitted will…

People visiting the great outdoors in Wales this Bank Holiday weekend are being urged to consider the impact ‘fly-camping’ can have on the environment and wildlife and to only camp at designated campsites. An open letter signed by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, Snowdonia National Park Authority, National Trust Wales and the RSPB Cymru, highlights the damage that fly-camping can do to the local environment and the surrounding communities and urges campers to find and book official sites ahead of their visits. ‘Fly-camping’, the term given when campers pitch tents or…

Dogs in Carmarthenshire are set to be in for a real treat as a brand-new pet spa has opened its doors in Kidwelly. Local pet food company, Burns Pet Nutrition, has opened its very own dog grooming and pampering centre, ‘The Dog Spa’, located at Burns’ popular Parc y Bocs Farm Shop. The new salon will offer a whole host of canine services and treatments, from traditional washing, grooming and styling, to nail trimming, ear cleaning and even facials and paw balms. It will be run by grooming specialist Jackie Bowen, who has over 10 years’ experience working in the…

Emergency services are dealing with a large diesel train which is on fire on the track near Llangennech. A cordon has been put in place around the train, with roads closed and homes being evacuated. Dyfed Powys Police are urging people to avoid the area. In the early hours of this morning, Police introduced an evacuation zone in the area. Officers are contacting people in this area to leave their homes and convene at Bryn School. Supt Ross Evans said: “This is an ongoing major incident, which no doubt caused a significant amount of disruption for those evacuated in the…

A brand new hospital for Wales will open four months ahead of schedule the Health Minister, Vaughan Gething has confirmed today. The Grange Hospital will officially open mid-November this year, instead of the original planned date in March 2021. The new facility based in Cwmbran, which has received over £360m Welsh Government funding will provide emergency and urgent care, brings together services previously provided at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport and Nevill Hall Hospital in Abergavenny. Parts of the hospital were made available to the NHS early as a field hospital to assist with the Coronavirus pandemic. The 60…