Author: Rhys Gregory

Wheely Wonderful Cycling has welcomed twice as many overseas visitors for cycling holidays in Mid Wales and the bordering English counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire compared with the same period last year. [aoa id=”1″]Forty per cent of all the company’s holiday customers come from overseas and there is a big increase in the number opting to use electric bikes on their holidays. Most of the overseas bookings are from English speaking countries including the USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.[/aoa] “Is this due to Brexit?” surmised Chris Dartnell, who runs Wheely Wonderful Cycling with his wife, Kay. “The good exchange…

The £100 million urban village, recently awarded Residential Development of the Year at the Insider Property Awards, is one of Wales’ biggest regeneration schemes. [aoa id=”1″] The Mill is a partnership between Cadwyn, Tirion and Lovell, with support from the Principality Building Society and Welsh Government, and will provide 800 homes on the site of the old Arjo Wiggins papermill building in Canton. It will create a vibrant and sustainable new community with 442 homes available for rent for not-for-profit housing company Tirion through Cadwyn and the rest on the open market through Lovell. [/aoa] The long-term vision of creating…

Expanding property development and investment company Garrison Barclay Estates has appointed a new Head of Property. The Cardiff-based firm, headed up by founder Andrew McCarthy, has welcomed Jennie Howells into the team to manage its growing property portfolio. Jennie, 28 from Cardiff, has been working within the property industry since graduating from the University of West England with a degree in property management and investment. She started her career in Nuttall Parker as a graduate surveyor before moving into the commercial investment team at JLL where she gained her chartership (MRICS). She has vast experience working across Wales and the…

The men were caught as part of Operation Etna to tackle the supply of class C drugs into the UK and their onward distribution in the Bridgend area. This was a multi-agency operation led by officers from Bridgend’s Organised Crime Unit and involved The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, UK Border Force and the National Crime Agency. The defendants were responsible for the importation of more than 350,000 diazepam tablets which could have a potential street value exceeding £32,000. The investigation began when UK Border Force officers intercepted a number of parcels sent form Sri Lanka to addresses in…

Tackling mountainous obstacles around the park, the team took the opportunity to use the aqua park as a creative recovery session. Aqua Park Cardiff is Wales’ biggest inflatable aqua park measuring 8,000 square metres and features more than 70 exciting and challenging obstacles. [aoa id=”1″] The Cardiff Blues hurled their teammates into the air on the super soaking blast bag and showed off their flips and tricks off the Action Tower, exercising team trust and creating lots of healthy competition. Robin Sowden-Taylor, head of strength and conditioning at Cardiff Blues, said: “It was brilliant to finish our first week of…

South Wales headquartered construction firm, Jehu Group, has appointed two new directors to support the continued growth across the group, following a successful first quarter of 2019 with an order book worth more than £86m. The new directors will work alongside the established senior management team. [aoa id=”1″]Neil McCarthy, previously Commercial Director for Jehu Project Services, has stepped up to take on the newly created role of Managing Director of Jehu Project Services. Jehu Project Services currently delivers 14 to 16 concurrent schemes within the affordable housing, care, commercial and retail sectors with average contract values exceeding £6.5m.[/aoa] Mr. McCarthy…

A Welsh Government funded project has helped bakery companies to incorporate innovative ingredients into their products to make them healthier. This is in response to directives such as the Welsh Government’s Well-being for Future Generations Act. [aoa id=”1″]Project Hexagon brought together four Welsh bakery companies to work alongside new product development experts from Cardiff Metropolitan University’s ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre and Univar Solutions, a global ingredients company.[/aoa] Using ingredients from Univar Solutions, ZERO2FIVE carried out a number of successful trials for each company to help them develop their products. These included enriching sandwich maker Panini’s gluten free bread with protein…

Cardiff is a city with much to recommend it. As the capital of Wales and the 11th largest city in the United Kingdom, it naturally acts as a cultural and entertainment centre, meaning that there’s plenty to do when you’re trying to impress someone.  A wonderland of towering castles, gorgeous beaches, and top-class bars and eateries, it offers lots of choice for those hoping to plan the ultimate date night. Want some help in choosing your venue? Then, here are three fantastic spots to consider. Go boating on Roath Park Lake When it comes to organising a date night in summer, you…

Hull-based construction software providers, Sypro, has been announced as a key partner in the £738m Transport for Wales infrastructure project. The new integrated transport project, which forms Phase 2 of the South Wales Metro, will improve bus and rail links for businesses, commuters and residents in the Cardiff region.  [aoa id=”1″]In what is seen as the largest infrastructure venture for Wales, the scheme will improve connectivity for 1.5 million users and increase transport frequency on rail routes between Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare, Treherbert, Rhymney and Coryton. In addition, there will be five new Metro rail stations at Crwys Road,…

A BUSINESS enterprise has leveraged almost £2million of investment for the Bay of Colwyn and funded events attracting more than 100,000 visitors since being formed three years ago. [aoa id=”1″] And Colwyn BID (Business Improvement District) has unveiled plans for more projects to support communities and companies in Rhos-on-Sea, Mochdre, Colwyn Bay and Old Colwyn over the coming 12 months. Ambassadors are being recruited to further engage with the hundreds of firms in the area and feed back on where they believe money should be spent, what schemes will benefit the Bay of Colwyn and how best to generate revenue…