Author: Rhys Gregory

This month, Towergate Insurance Brokers Cardiff are celebrating the run up to festivities with activities to raise money towards their chosen charities. The initiative has been organised by Adrian Bonas, Charity Champion at Towergate Cardiff and is encouraging involvement from all within the team to raise money for The Wallich, Save the Children, and The Alzheimer’s Society. A collection point for Cardiff Foodbank has also been set up for donations throughout the period. Much fun will be had as colleagues get involved in festive activities such as a quiz, cake tasting, Secret Santa, pass the parcel, and Christmas cracker pulling…

Creative Industries students from Cardiff and Vale College have decorated the New Theatre with their own work to tie in with its 2019 pantomime – Cinderella. The students were given a live brief to decorate all four floors of the Cardiff theatre. CAVC live briefs involve learners being commissioned to work for external clients, giving them the opportunity to test and validate their skills in a real, not just realistic, environment. Briefs are designed to give students work experience, ensuring that they meets the needs of the job market in their chosen industry when they leave the College. “It was…

Conwy chocolatiers, Baravelli’s, have created a bespoke chocolate Bison, on behalf of Rhug Estate, which will be featured in a Channel 5 programme next year.  Rhug Estate Farm Shop customers now have the opportunity to win the hand-crafted unique milk chocolate figure, worth £1,000 in time for Christmas. Husband and wife team Emma and Mark Baravelli have been hand crafting delicious chocolate for over ten years and have been recognised as crafting something very special with a tally of over 40 prestigious food awards. They have created unique chocolate designs for many high-profile clients. Originally trained in fashion design, Emma’s…

According to the latest NatWest Wales PMI® data, private sector firms indicated a renewed rise in business activity in November, despite a further fall in new order inflows. The decrease in new business quickened and was modest overall. The sustained decline in client demand also led to a strong reduction in workforce numbers and a slump in business confidence midway through the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, price pressures eased to the slowest since June 2016, whilst firms increased their charges at the quickest rate since April. The headline Wales Business Activity Index – a seasonally adjusted index that measures the combined…

NAT Group bus drivers across south Wales will be taking part in this Friday’s Christmas Jumper Day to raise money for Save the Children. Passengers are also able to donate on the day or via a Just Giving link.

Gareth Thomas was stunned when his mum and dad surprised him on stage with his Sporting Inspiration award at Thursday night’s Mirror Pride of Sports Awards, in partnership with TSB.  The Wales rugby legend had already received powerful tributes for his courage in dealing with HIV from Sir Elton John, Jason Leonard and Mark Foster, when Yvonne and Barry were introduced from backstage by Ben Shephard. Gareth, who had thought they were back home in Wales looking after his dog, gasped in shock and clasped his head in his hands when they walked on, before thanking them in the most…

The team behind an award-winning Cardiff pizzeria will open a brand-new restaurant in the city centre on Wednesday 11th December. Based in one of Cardiff’s historic Victorian arcades, DARK will nod to Dusty Knuckle’s roots by including a few new pizzas on the menu, but the focus will be on bolder choices and experimental flavours, with a ‘nose to tail’ ethos playing a big part. Dusty Knuckle is one of Cardiff’s biggest pop-up-to-permanent success stories. Having started life selling pizza from a homemade oven at local markets in 2014, the award-winning outfit has gone from strength to strength. With permanent…

TSR Legal Recruitment is delighted to announce an expansion to its hugely successful team and new offices to accommodate rapid growth. Celebrating its 15th year anniversary, niche Legal Recruitment Consultancy TSR Legal has expanded its Cardiff Head Office with four new hires. TSR Legal in early 2020 will also undertake a major office expansion & redevelopment program that will create a number of new jobs to service its national portfolio of clients and candidates. Legal Director Rob Adams said: “Since we opened our Cardiff head office in 2004, there has been exponential growth and increased demand for our services across…

Robotic technology is being harnessed to free up hospital pharmacists to spend more time where they are needed most – on the wards. Based at Morriston Hospital, the Medicines Homecare team manages outpatient prescriptions for people with chronic conditions. These prescriptions can only be written by hospital clinicians, and used for conditions ranging from cancer to rheumatology. The team manages the prescriptions from the moment they are written, all the way through delivery to the patient’s door. Each prescription has to be validated – checked – by hospital pharmacists to ensure they meet all the criteria. With the service having…

The creative brains behind Star Wars’ Yoda and designs in multiple blockbuster films have joined learners in south Wales to share their insights on how to create costumes and props ready for the big screen. Learners at Coleg y Cymoedd were joined by acclaimed artists, designers and costume makers from across the world of film and design to hear about their careers and top tips on how to succeed in the industry. Internationally renowned fantasy illustrator and movie conceptual designer Brian Froud, and his wife Wendy Froud, the doll maker behind the original Yoda from Star Wars, visited the college’s…