Author: Rhys Gregory

Zip Clip, a manufacturer and innovator of wire suspension systems, based in Welshpool, Wales, has received a facility from HSBC UK to support the business during the Covid-19 pandemic, as it looks to ensure it meets demand from its existing and new customers. A customer of HSBC UK since the business was established in 2004, the funding has enabled the company to continue to distribute its products to building services contractors, with the unique design of the products making them easier to handle and simpler to install, which has proved vital due to social distancing restrictions. This includes contractor Geoffrey…

Principality Building Society has been announced as one of the sponsors of LGBTQymru’s Wales-Wide Virtual Pride 2020, the first pan-Wales Pride event, which takes place at the end of July. The Wales-Wide Virtual Pride event, hosted by not-for-profit community group, LGBTQymru, on 24-25 July, has been created to unite all the voices, stories and LGBTQ+ organisations of Wales. The free, two-day event that will feature shows by LGBTQ+ performers, artists and community groups, put together by nearly every regional pride organisation across Wales, including Pride Cymru, Bi Cymru, Glitter Cymru, and Pride Bangor. There will also be a number of…

Wales’s leading dairy company has provided over a ton of its award-winning cheese worth £10,000 to food banks and community schemes across Gwynedd and Anglesey. North Wales farmer co-operative South Caernarfon Creameries has donated 5,000 220-gram packs of its grated Dragon cheddar to help families in need across North West Wales. The company has maintained its milk collections from 135 farmer-members throughout North and Mid Wales and has continued to produce their Welsh cheeses and butter at their headquarters near Chwilog throughout the Covid-19 pandemic to help feed the nation. Managing Director Alan Wyn-Jones said: “Our structure is quite unique…

A pioneering new service has been launched to provide professional online lessons and fun music challenges for children in North Wales to ensure they don’t miss out because of the coronavirus restrictions. The platform, totally-music.com, has been created in record time by the North Wales Music Co-operative whose peripatetic teachers would normally tour the region providing singing and instrumental lessons to individuals and groups of pupils in different schools. From a standing start once the lockdown was imposed, it took just eight weeks to set up the online service with backing from the Welsh Government, Wrexham and Denbighshire county councils.…

Metro Bank, the UK’s community bank, has opened its 76th store in Cardiff on Newport Road, bringing Wales its first drive-thru banking experience. Metro Bank offers customers the choice to bank however, whenever and wherever they choose – whether that’s face-to-face banking in store, on the phone, online or via its mobile app. According to analysis from Which?, Wales has seen more than 230 bank closures since 2015 but Metro Bank is proud to be bucking this trend as it opens its second store in Cardiff. The new store will be opening in line with the latest Government guidance with…

The RSPCA is searching for the owner of a stray corn snake found in Brynmawr. Officers from the animal welfare charity were contacted after the snake was found by a member of the public on Somerset Street in the South Wales town, last Tuesday (2 June). Reports to the RSPCA suggest the loose snake had a near-miss incident with a motorcycle, but fortunately has no injuries. RSPCA Cymru now hopes an owner of the snake can be found and has urged anyone with information to contact them. The incident highlights the importance of appropriate, secure accommodation for exotic pets -…

Businesses can now find out if they are eligible to apply for financial support from the next phase of the Welsh Government’s Economic Resilience Fund (ERF). The online eligibility checker has reopened today and businesses will be able to make applications for support from this phase of the fund by the end of the month. The ERF is designed to support businesses, social enterprises and charities, which are not eligible for other Welsh Government and UK Government support schemes. The next phase of the fund will enable businesses to access a further £100m of financial support. It is being targeted…

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;…