Author: Rhys Gregory

Quantum Advisory has taken on its second apprentice at its Cardiff headquarters.

The Paris Air Show 2019 was a resounding success with one company, Tritech Group, securing more than £5 million worth of new deals during the Welsh Government trade mission, Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales, Ken Skates has announced. Six companies from Wales were on the Welsh Government stand at The Paris Air show which ran from 17-21 June 2019: Compact Orbital Gears (Rhayader) Denis Ferranti Group (Bangor) Faun Trackway (Llangefni) Tritech Group (Wrexham) Qioptiq (St Asaph) Winslow Adaptics (Brecon) Between them, the businesses also engaged in conversations that could lead to potential orders worth a combined total of…

LEADING Welsh independent school Christ College Brecon have welcomed a furry friend to their junior school to help pupils learning to read. Eight-year-old Golden Labrador, Tegan has recently joined St Nicholas House to spend three afternoons a week with students working to improve their reading ability.  Extensive research has shown the value of bringing gentle animals, such as dogs, into schools to work with children. This has led to a number of programs being developed to break down the barrier’s children experience to reading, one of the biggest being confidence and anxiety.  The University of Buckingham Vice-chancellor, Sir Anthony Seldon…

Heavy rain associated with Storm Dennis is expected to move east across England and Wales on Saturday and Sunday. Accumulations of 15 to 30 mm are expected widely, with 50 to 70 mm across parts of the higher ground in the west. This rain is expected to fall across areas already wet from recent rainfall. What to expect There is a small chance that homes and businesses could be flooded, causing damage to some buildings There is a small chance of fast flowing or deep floodwater causing danger to life Where flooding occurs, there is a slight chance of delays…

The BA (Hons) Graphic Design and BA (Hons) Advertising & Brand programmes at UWTSD’s Swansea College of Art have once again completed a dynamic industry event at their annual Design Week. Now in its 7th year, the event has attracted employers and influential artists and designers who are making important contributions to the creative world. This year’s theme was Community and Truth and featured a talk by Sky Senior Creative, Gareth Winter who is a graduate of the BA (Hons) Graphic Design programme and Harry Ward, Design Director at Sky. The talk highlighted how good intention, combined with design skill…

The Development Bank of Wales has invested £250,000 in Yimba, a fintech multimedia and marketing platform enabling banks to differentiate their mobile wallet offering and generate new consumer insights through advanced technology. The investment, which is also expected to generate over 50 new fintech jobs, will accelerate Yimba’s capabilities to help banks and fintechs improve the customers’ experience with personalised payment cards and digital wallets, enabled by its technology platform that provides connection to the ‘closed’ digital payment network. Yimba’s provision for low cost and low maintenance solutions makes it simple for developers to integrate with its services, turning the…

What a difference a year has made for patients of a Gower surgery which is now in the very best of health after a £1.2 million transformation. The new-look Penclawdd Health Centre reopens this month after closing last spring for an extensive refurbishment. Five new consultation rooms have been created, along with two new treatment rooms. There is also an interview room which can be used by GPs and for community services. The offices have been refurbished to provide a fully accessible reception. The waiting room has also been updated and includes new seating and GP information and booking screens.…

A proud Welshman will be one of the judges running the rule over the world’s best chefs at the IKA/Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart from February 14-19. Colin Gray, managing director of Capital Cuisine, Caerphilly and vice president of the Culinary Association of Wales (CAW), will join the panel of Worldchefs judges at the world’s largest and oldest international culinary art exhibition. He previously competed three times as a pastry chef for Culinary Team Wales at the Culinary Olympics, where around 2,000 chefs and pastry chefs from more than 60 nations will be competing. Senior and junior chefs will represent Culinary…

Specialist corporate finance advisory firm Verde Corporate Finance has announced another successful year in 2019 following revenue growth of more than 50% and transaction values in excess of £50m in the period. The team at Verde worked successfully on several of the regions highest profile transactions including the management buy-out of leading creative agency S3 Advertising , the acquisition of Morris Minor restoration business Charles Ware and numerous funding projects. The Verde Corporate Finance team has grown into a team of nine as at the close of 2019.  The team consists of qualified accountants with Big 4 backgrounds and credentials,…

BookingLive has this week launched its new company headquarters at The Maltings in Cardiff’s dynamic tech hub, after securing £1.31 million in new investment from Blackfinch Ventures and the Development Bank of Wales. The funding will help BookingLive with its plans to more than double revenues during 2020 – and a recruitment drive is now underway to hire at least seven new employees for the new office. Founded by Ammanford native CEO Vinnie Morgan in 2014, BookingLive provides online booking and reservation software to over 700 private and public sector customers. Its Enterprise system clients include Microsoft, BMW, Universal Music…