Author: Rhys Gregory

Bus passengers heading into Cardiff city centre on Saturday June 8th are getting travel advice ahead of the Take That concert at the Principality Stadium. [aoa id=”1″] 2019 marks Take That’s 30th Anniversary and to celebrate their milestone, the band announced a massive UK arena and stadium tour performing their much-loved greatest hits and will be joined on-stage by special guest Rick Astley. In order to keep travel disruption to a minimum, Cardiff Bus is alerting customers to road closures, route diversions and bus stop changes being put in place in the city centre from 5.30pm until end of service.…

What began as a way of using blackberries picked on countryside walks has become a thriving business for Pembrokeshire preserve producer Anne-Marie Harries, who has just opened a new base for her burgeoning business. [aoa id=”1″]She first began selling her jams at her parents’ pub – The Farmers Arms – in Mathry. Now with not one but three Great Taste Award winning preserves to its name, Farmers Food at Home’s jams, chutneys, and marmalades sell like hot cakes in retailers across the county and beyond.[/aoa] There are now more than 25 different varieties of preserves, among Crab-apple, Rosehip, Rhubarb &…

First Minister Mark Drakeford has scrapped plans to build the £1.4bn M4 relief road. [aoa id=”1″] Mr Drakeford has said to have axed the scheme due to the high cost and the environmental impact that it would have on the area around Newport. The relief road was tabled as a solution to tackle congestion at the Brynglas tunnels in Newport, which can leave that stretch of the M4 in lockdown during peak times. [/aoa] Robert Lloyd Griffiths, Director IoD Wales said: “This is desperately disappointing. Congestion is holding us back and is also deterring investors from considering us as viable…

The studio at Hospital Radio Glamorgan (RG) has thoughtfully been renamed in memory of a dedicated volunteer. John Wilce from Penarth joined the station based at the University hospital of Wales in Cardiff in 2003 but sadly passed away after a short illness in September last year. Recently appointed Radio Glamorgan Chairman, Jamie Pritchard said: “Since John’s passing, we have all been thinking of ways of how we could honour him and his legacy at the station for many years to come. The renaming of our on-air studio to “The John Wilce Studio” was a popular choice to recognise his…

UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE) has provided more than £100 million of financial support to aspiring businesses across the UK following its latest deal, its board has revealed. [aoa id=”1″]The organisation, which was founded over 40 years ago and works in traditional steel-working areas across the UK to help businesses grow, recently agreed a six-figure deal with dynamic Scottish biopharmaceutical firm, Antibody Analytics.[/aoa] Simon Hamilton, managing director, said: “This is a fantastic time for UKSE. We work hard to support companies across the UK and we are truly proud to have reached the £100 million milestone. “The steel industry has experienced…

Redkite Solicitors, attended the South Wales Law Awards on Wednesday 15th May, held at the Bear Hotel in Cowbridge, and won both the Residential Conveyancing Services of the Year Award, and the Employment Law Services of the Year Award. [aoa id=”1″]Emma Selfridge, Associate Solicitor and Head of Residential Conveyancing in Cardiff, on receiving the Award for Residential Conveyancing, was thrilled and said “It was an honour for Redkite to have been shortlisted against such prestigious competition, including some very large Cardiff practices, so we were absolutely delighted to win. It does demonstrate that our philosophy of offering commercial and private…

Local community housing projects and charities are being urged to put their case forward as Nationwide, the world’s largest building society, makes £500,000 available to help make a difference to communities across the region. The Society is inviting applications for grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for housing projects that will support the most vulnerable in local communities. [aoa id=”1″]Gareth Franks, Nationwide’s Regional Director of Wales, said: “In 2007, our members voted for us to donate at least one percent of our pre-tax profits to good causes and asked that we focus on tackling housing issues.  We recognise there is…

Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade a UK voluntary organisation can receive. The award, often described as ‘the MBE for volunteer groups’, was announced by Buckingham Palace in a special edition of The London Gazette published on Sunday. The citation reads that the W&LLR is honoured for “Operating an eight-mile steam railway to demonstrate how it served its rural Mid Wales community from Edwardian times.” [aoa id=”1″]Volunteers reopened the W&LLR as a heritage railway in 1963, seven years after the 2ft 6in gauge line was closed by British Railways.…

A new research facility specialising in advanced engineering has reached completion.  [aoa id=”1″]The Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies (IMPACT) is a £35 million state-of-the-art engineering research operation based at Swansea University Bay Campus and forms part of the College of Engineering, providing it with space for strategic expansion.[/aoa] The completion of the building marks a major milestone in the successful delivery of the IMPACT research operation.  Construction commenced in December 2017 with a design created to further support the global engineering industry with collaborative, fundamental research.  The transformative design combines laboratory and office space to provide a…

A 22-year-old from Caerphilly who has worked in the costumes department for a hit Netflix series has opened her own clothing company in a bid to tackle ‘fast fashion’. [aoa id=”1″] Shaunnah Crosbie set up Shaunnah’s Sew Crafty, after graduating from the University of South Wales with a degree in Costume Construction. Shaunnah has worked in the costumes department for several television and theatre productions, including BBC’s Doctor Who and Netflix’s Sex Education. [/aoa] As well as costumes, Shaunnah has now turned her attention to vintage clothes, soft furnishings and bags, while offering sewing workshops in her studio in Llantrisant.…