Author: Rhys Gregory

Blake Morgan LLP’s Siân Jones has won the award for Litigation Lawyer of the Year in Cardiff at the Best Lawyers in the UK awards 2020, as ranked by her fellow peers. The Best Lawyers awards are the oldest peer review awards in the legal industry and are highly regarded by clients and legal professionals. The lists of outstanding lawyers are compiled by conducting peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Siân is a partner in the Blake Morgan dispute resolution team and is a specialist in property litigation and residential…

Asian Adventure is the latest attraction at the award-winning adventure park and zoo bringing new and existing Asian animals together in the £500,000 custom built enclosure.  New to the Folly Farm family will be a pack of endangered Asian wild dogs also known as dholes and a series of birds including white naped cranes, great white pelicans, red crested pochard, mandarin and marbled teal ducks. Asian Adventure will also be home to existing Folly Farm residents including the Chinese muntjac deer, Asian leopard cats and a breeding pair of red pandas, Lotus and Baika. Part of a European endangered species…

A Cardiff-based telecommunications start-up is accelerating its growth plans after securing a major deal with a leading law firm in the city. Blend Telecom, which specialises in providing broadband, mobile and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, will manage more than a hundred mobile phone contracts for commercial law firm Capital Law and provide mobile device management and repairs across the business. [aoa id=”1″]The deal follows the launch of the first ever 5G network in Cardiff – one of only six UK cities to benefit from the upgrade at this stage – which Blend Telecom will look to capitalise on…

Leading IP law firm, Wynne-Jones IP, has expanded its operations following double digit growth across all areas of its business and significant brand wins in the first half of the year.  [aoa id=”1″] The firm, which has been ranked the fastest growing IP firm in the UK according to a Plimsoll Report, has strengthened its Cardiff-based team with the appointments of Consultant Patent Attorney, Xuesong Yang, along with Trainee Patent Attorney and Analytics Specialist, Suzanne Gregson. Xuesong began her career over eight years ago in China as a technician and mechanical test engineer. Her technical expertise includes civil and environmental…

Cardiff Airport is gearing up for another busy summer season, as over the six-week period, over 318,000 customers will be jetting off for a summer holiday or to visit friends and relatives whilst the kids are off school. [aoa id=”1″] During the school holiday period between July and September, Wales’ national airport is expecting a 7% increase in passengers compared to last summer, making summer 2019 the busiest summer in over a decade. Customers can reach exciting long-haul destinations such as Bali, Thailand, Pakistan, India and Australia with daily flights with 5* airline Qatar Airways, via a connection in Doha.…

Following a ground-breaking ceremony at Adventure Parc Snowdonia on Thursday 18 July 2019, construction is now officially underway for the Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia – the first time the Hilton Garden Inn brand has been brought to Wales. [aoa id=”1″] A ceremonial spade was dug into ground at the construction site by deputy minister for culture, sport and tourism, Lord Elis-Thomas, along with Adventure Parc Snowdonia’s chairman Martin Ainscough and managing director Andy Ainscough. They were accompanied by Graham Dodd, managing director for Hilton in the UK & Ireland, along with Rob Smith and Mike Smith from HH Smith, the…

A new review published by Public Health Wales finds that Wales’ new tax-raising powers could be used to improve population health and reduce deaths from non-communicable disease. Dr Sumina Azam, Head of Policy at Public Health Wales and co-author of the review commented: “In the UK we have a long history of using tax to drive down consumption levels of tobacco and alcohol, which has helped improve the health of the population. “The report findings suggest that the Welsh Government has a unique opportunity to explore how its new tax-raising powers can help improve public health. Such a move could…

Cered: Menter Iaith Ceredigion have been working closely with Penrhyncoch Brownies over the last year to increase their use of the Welsh language and to raise awareness of its importance. The partnership has enabled Penrhyncoch Brownies to receive the Ceredigion Girlguiding Vice President award which represents their commitment and contribution to the Welsh language. Cered has been working closely with Girlguiding Ceredigion by working with Girl Guides branches as well as the Brownies. Cered’s intention is to continue working closely with Brownies and Girl Guides in Ceredigion so that they are able to offer a wide variety of Welsh language…

Shoppers in supermarkets across Canada and Shanghai will soon be able to taste the success of Welsh food exports, as salami made in Pontardawe’s Cwmfarm Charcuterie is expected to fill their shelves. Husband-and-wife team Ruth and Andrew Davies, who began rearing pigs on their 20-acre farm in 2010 to sell sausages and burgers from a catering trailer, soon diversified their business – and found a path to success through exporting. [aoa id=”1″]Since going on trade missions across the Atlantic and serving its range of Welsh delicacies to Prime Minister Theresa May and her guests at a St David’s Day reception…

The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) near Machynlleth is opening the doors to ‘Living Wales’, a brand new visitor exhibition which has been developed in collaboration with Aberystwyth University, this summer.  [aoa id=”1″]Using a combination of cutting-edge satellite observation, computer analysis and input from the public on the ground, Living Wales captures incredible details and information from the Welsh landscape and represent it though fascinating interactive displays.[/aoa] Acting as the public facing showcase for the project, the exhibition allows visitors to see how satellite imagery has revealed the scale of climate change over the last 30 years and to explore…