Author: Rhys Gregory

A pupil at Craig y Parc school, Cardiff, was treated to a special display by the local police service for her 14th birthday. Carys Bibby, who has charge syndrome, celebrated her birthday at the school for children with learning difficulties, where her dad arranged for police to pay a visit. The force pulled up outside of the school with the ‘blues and twos’, accompanied by some of the K-9 unit and the children watched the display from the hall. Charge syndrome cause multi-sensory impairment and learning difficulties, as well as a compromised airway. Craig y Parc is a school for…

LECTURERS are working full time to produce hundreds of safety visors for frontline workers and care homes. Andy Peck, a Product Design lecturer at Coleg Cambria, and partner Mari Ball, who teaches Business Studies and Economics, have based themselves at the college’s £15m Deeside Sixth Form centre to manufacture PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to help in the fight against the global Coronavirus pandemic. Using materials paid for by the institution – including polypropylene and acetate sheets – they have already created more than 1,000 masks and will continue to make them “as long as there is demand” over the coming…

Writing a PhD essay is an important process, and the result will probably define a lot of your future life. This is why you need to do the best job that you can and deliver a text that showcases you and your potential and display the skills you have to offer to the programme. In this article, we take a look at what makes a good personal statement and provide tips that will help you achieve a great PhD essay. Some useful tips for PhD Essay During Lockdown 1. Choose your topic carefully The most recommendable thing to do is…

Losing hair is a distressing issue for most people. It can lower your self-esteem, cause anxiety and even depression if you do not take it well. Hair loss is often associated with age, but a lot of other factors such as genetics, nutritional deficiencies, stress, and medical conditions can also contribute to hair loss even when you’re young. Fortunately, there are plenty of treatment options out there that can help you regrow your hair. You should always consult a dermatologist to see which option suits your needs. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the popular hair…

Diabetes affects millions of people globally. It is a leading chronic disease, but the good thing is that it is easy to manage. Upon diagnosis, many doctors advise their patients on the crucial lifestyle changes that they should make to live with it. Proper management helps to not only manage the sugar levels, but also to reduce the mortality rates and, most probably, reduce the hospital bills.  If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, here are practical expert tips to help you manage the condition. Observe your medication Medication is the most apparent method of managing diabetes. The main drug…

NatWest’s Cardiff-based entrepreneur accelerator has pivoted to become a fully digitalised programme for this month’s new intake of businesses while the coronavirus lockdown continues. The accelerator will welcome a record number of businesses on the programme with over 80 start-up and scale-up businesses from across Wales taking part. They will be supported in the exact same way the face-to-face programme operates with workshops, mentoring and other resources all being provided through the bank’s online portal. Fully funded by NatWest, participants do not have to be a customer with the bank to take part in the initial six-month programme or give-up…

Cardiff-based online booking and reservation software provider BookingLive has triumphed amongst 15,000 competitors from 98 countries in a Global Hackathon to provide solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic. BookingLive won the Empowerment, Solidarity in Action category for their Coordinate-19 solution, and was the only British team in the Top10 solutions globally. The company is now in discussions on using Coordinate-19 with the EU Commission and governments in France, Estonia, Malta, and Greece, along with many other international organisations. The BookingLive solution provides centralised resource, staff and volunteer management and deployment in the face of the coronavirus pandemic – getting the right…

The police and the RSPB’s wildbird crime investigators are probing the shooting of three protected red kites, the bodies of which were discovered in the Tregynon area, near Newtown on Sunday evening. A villager was out walking with her family when she found two of the dead birds of prey. She said her examination of the birds suggested they had been shot. She took a photograph of the birds and had planned to return to the spot to collect the bodies on Monday, but they had disappeared overnight. The body of a third red kite was discovered by another walker…

Newport based engineering company Cintec International with offices around the world are in the final stages of negotiation with the authorities in Egypt to supply a number of its modular pop up units (part of its Waterwall product range) for use as hospital units in Cairo. Some 18 months ago, Cintec supplied a number of units to the UK Ministry of Defence when there was great concern relating to the potential of chemical attack to the UK. The units can be assembled at speed by pumping in air and water into the units which are made of reinforced PVC coated double…

Cardiff based tech company MarketMate launches with the aim of revolutionising the way you manage your social media strategy. At the end of last year, technology entrepreneur Toby White secured a six-figure investment from the Development Bank of Wales to launch the business. Created to save users time, money and resource when it comes to creating unique content by automating your workflow, drive reach and enhance social presence. MarketMate, already trusted by leading global brands, offers a simple three-step solution for agencies, retailers, influencers and companies from any industry and size looking to proactively optimise their social media strategy. Powered…