Author: Rhys Gregory

If your business has been growing in a gradual process, you might think that it is okay to go at a slow and steady pace. However, eventually, you would like to up the stakes. If you are starting to think about growing your business and taking it to the next level, then you are on the right track. It might be hard the first time and there will be plenty of things to be done, but we are going to help you and share some strategies that will help you achieve huge business growth. Take a look at these four…

As far as gambling success stories go in the 21st Century you would seriously struggle to find any other example of a casino gambling game that has triumphed over the market in such a way as online slots. Seriously, these delightful little gambling games have well and truly taken over the world in the last two decades, with millions upon millions of players spinning the reels of their favourite online slots pretty much every day. Don’t believe us? Well just know that the overall revenue taken from online slots in 2020 is almost equivalent to any other casino gambling revenue…

The steel framework of the 3,500-capacity arena and the rest of the Swansea Central Phase One scheme continues to progress well. The arena’s shape is clear to see as are the areas that will become the stage, auditorium and some terraced rows of seating. Much steelwork for the auditorium’s lighting gantry is in place along with some concrete flights of stairs and lift shafts. On the site’s Mumbles side the two-tier car parking is starting to emerge; this car park’s roof will hold a coastal-themed parkland. The steel framework of scheme’s larger car park, over Oystermouth Road, is also advancing;…

Top-class sport continues to be a lucrative business, despite the earnings of the world’s top 100 athletes dropping in the latest Forbes rankings. That elite group of superstars raked in a combined $3.6 billion over the past 12 months, a year-on-year decrease of around nine percent. Disruption to sport on a global basis had an impact on the figures, although experts believe that the drop will be nothing more than a short-term blip. Football players fill three of the top four places on the list, but there is a new name at number one. Read on as we look who…

Founded in Cardiff in the tail end of 2019, the Matsudai Ramen pop-up is Wales’ only dedicated ramen ‘slurp spot’; serving up steaming bowls of hand-made noodles, long-simmered broths and deeply flavoured toppings. Attracting high praise from local foodies, popular food bloggers and even established ramen cooks from across the pond, tickets for Matsudai Ramen’s events routinely sold out within minutes of going on sale. Then on March 23rd, the Coronavirus lockdown came into effect, and like thousands in the hospitality business, Matsudai founder James Chant was forced to shut up shop. From today (Monday 8th June), Matsudai Ramen’s online shop…

Work has started on an improvements package at Swansea’s award-winning indoor market. Almost £440,000 is being spent on the venue – and the first of five projects to begin is the creation of a new public toilet unit. It is near the market’s Quadrant entrance and is being converted from a stall formerly occupied by the Powder Room. It will have three unisex cubicles, including a fully accessible unit, and a Changing Places facility for those with profound care needs. The facility will be free to use, will be open during market opening times and will be maintained by market…

Wealthify has grown significantly since its launch in 2016, expanding its original offering of Stocks and Shares ISAs and General Investment Accounts to now include award-winning Ethical Investments, Junior Stocks and Shares ISAs, and more recently Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs).  To help fund this journey, in 2018 Wealthify became majority owned by Aviva and this transaction contained the option for the founders to sell their remaining shares to Aviva. Following the natural progression of Wealthify’s growth, the founders have now exercised this option, and on 4th June 2020, Wealthify became 100% owned by Aviva. As part of this change, Wealthify…

The headline NatWest Wales Business Activity Index – a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of the region’s manufacturing and service sectors – registered 32.7 in May, up from April’s record low of 16.3. Nevertheless, the decrease in private sector activity was the second-sharpest in the series history as client demand remained subdued. Welsh private sector firms registered a third successive monthly decrease in new orders in May. The rate of contraction eased from that seen in April, but was the second-sharpest since January 2009. The downturn was widely linked to lockdown measures following…

Experts believe that outside London, Wales has the biggest growth in the fin-tech industry in the second decade of the century. Historically Wales was very slow when it comes to adapting to new technologies and embracing new business opportunities. Due to the big focus of Wale’s government on the digital world, fin-tech companies started a big movement. Offline businesses are trying to adapt to the online world and the number of those companies is growing every year. That’s where the fin-tech industry comes into the play as companies need different financial technologies to accept various payment options. Canada already achieved…

Schools in Ceredigion will start to make arrangements to reopen before the end of the summer term to ‘Check in and Catch Up’. This comes following an announcement by the Welsh Government’s Education Minister, Kirsty Williams, to enable schools to reopen on 29 June 2020. The schools will be open to all year groups, but with smaller numbers in each classroom and staggered break and finish times. Children will be offered sessions of face to face time with their teachers during this period. To allow schools time to plan, the Childcare Hub provision will cease on Friday 19 June 2020.…