Author: Rhys Gregory

Alternative SME credit specialist Caple has supported S3 Advertising, a national full-service advertising agency, with an eight-year unsecured loan. This deal with Caple will enable the current S3 Advertising management team to complete a management buy-out and retain independence.  Following the MBO, S3 Advertising plans to pursue more national business by demonstrating its commitment to creativity and to delivering results to its clients. Managing director Mike Webb, business director Rebecca Campbell, HR and operations director Mel Matthews and finance director Louise Evans acquired the business from founder Matt Jones. The loan has helped S3 Advertising solve the equity dilemma.  Without…

It will help kick-start the busy festive season and form part of the 50th anniversary city status celebrations. Thousands of spectators will see hundreds of local people in the parade. There will be special effects, loud noises and flashing lights. A council spokesperson said: “This will be a bright, colourful, sociable and Christmassy occasion. “We want everybody to have a great time to help families and businesses start the festive season in memorable style.” So how can you best enjoy the parade?  What will be happening? Swansea’s Christmas Parade and Lights Switch-On will start at 5pm on Sunday, November 17. There will…

Global insurance software provider Sapiens has moved its Cardiff office to 3 Assembly Square in Cardiff Bay. The company has signed a 10 year lease on a 7,374 sq ft 4th floor office in the multi-let Parmer Cardiff Waterside building at a headline rent of £23 psf. Sapiens (UK) Insurance Software Solutions Ltd is a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, with UK offices in London, Uxbridge and Cardiff. It’s Cardiff office was previously in the nearby Caspian Point building. The Grade A six-storey 3 Assembly Square is located adjacent to the National Assembly for Wales’ Senedd Building,…

Archives across Wales are getting ready to celebrate and showcase their services and collections for Explore Your Archive Week, which this year runs from November 23-30. The week-long campaign encourages people to discover the stories, facts, places and people that are at the heart of Welsh communities. As part of the celebrations, many archives will hold special activities and welcome the public to experience, understand and take pride in the wealth and variety of material they hold. Special Archive Ambassadors, who have made professional and personal use of archive collections and services, will launch the festival at the Bandstand in…

A FLINTSHIRE company boss has run his first marathon and raised almost £9,000 in memory of a ‘beautiful’ young woman who died suddenly from a rare condition. Paul Hollingsworth took part in the Chester Marathon last month and has now more than doubled his original £4,000 fundraising target in aid of Ataxia UK. He ran the 26-mile race and fundraised the money to remember Scarlett Salisbury, the daughter of his close friend Jeremy, who died in March, just days after celebrating her 21st birthday with family and friends, including Paul and his wife Suzanne. Scarlett, of Colwyn Bay, was diagnosed…

A woman who became a virtual prisoner in her own home because of mental health issues has battled back and won a good neighbour award. Community stalwart Sheila Campbell, 60, from Trinity Avenue in Llandudno, was honoured at a housing association’s special day celebrating the lives of older people. More than 200 tenants of Cartrefi Conwy from across the county attended the Older Person’s Day at Venue Cymru in Llandudno. The gala event gave them the chance to meet and mingle with people of a similar age from some of the association’s 3,800 properties. The highlight of the day was a…

Swansea University scientists’ hard work in the fight against endometrial cancer has seen them being granted a US patent for pioneering new therapy. Professor Deya Gonzalez and Professor Steve Conlan, of Swansea University Medical School’s Reproductive Biology and Gynaecological Oncology group, developed a method of treating gynaecological cancer which it is hoped will minimise side effects for patients. Their work on the discovery and the pre-clinical development of this new targeted therapeutic has recently been published in the Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer. Uterine cancer is the most common female reproductive cancer and eighth most common cause of death by…

15,000 young people in Wales have pledged to tackle Wales’ biggest social issues with the launch of ScoutsCymru’s A Million Hands project. Over the next four years, Scouts from across the country will work with the support of charity experts taking part in community action activities Working with Crisis, WWF, Mind Cymru, National Autistic Society Cymru, British Red Cross and Save the Children, young people will address and tackle six issues of national importance that are representative of young people’s concerns. These include ending homelessness, promoting better mental health, disability, refugees and displaced children, kindness and the environment. The initiative…

Local Welsh charity, City Hospice is encouraging the people of south Wales to raise their auction paddles for their annual art exhibition and auction. Held at the beautiful arts and culture space, Cornerstone on Charles Street, guests can enjoy complimentary canapés and a drinks reception whilst viewing a range of thought-provoking art pieces that have been donated to City Hospice by artists across Wales and the UK. The art pieces will be then auctioned off by BBC One Bargain Hunt auctioneer, Ben Rogers-Jones to help raise vital funds for the charity. City Hospice need to raise £2million a year to…

Park Plaza Cardiff is leading the way in the fight against single-use plastic, already becoming one of the first adopters of paper straws and replacing all plastic spoons, the four star hotel is now replacing its traditional Christmas crackers with eco-friendly paper alternatives.