Author: Rhys Gregory

The UK arm of a global packaging firm has secured government funding towards a project that will set the world-wide standard on the transportation of batteries. [aoa id=”1″] Tri-Wall Europe Ltd has secured more than £700,000 of funding towards their £1.18million stake in a project that will set the standard for the future on how lithium-ion batteries are transported worldwide. Tri-Wall employs more than 300 people in the UK with 115 employees at its UK headquarters and factory at Monmouth. It is the first business in Wales to secure this type of funding. [/aoa] The company is part of a…

At approximately 15:05 hrs on Tuesday 18th June 2019 a Serious Personal Injury Road Traffic Collision occurred on Bishopston Road Ely Cardiff. A Blue Ford Focus was in collision with Black & orange KTM motorcycle, which was being ridden by an 18 year old local man. The rider suffered life threatening injuries as a result of the collision and is currently at the University of Wales Hospital Cardiff. The driver of the Ford Focus was uninjured in the collision. South Wales Police Roads Policing Department are appealing for witnesses to the collision or the manner of driving of either vehicle…

With World Food Week (24 – 30 June) just around the corner, it’s time to try some of the mouth-watering restaurants at The Red Dragon Centre. With seven restaurants and pubs in the entertainment centre, there is something to satisfy even the pickiest eater. Below are some of the delicious food options we offer at The Red Dragon Centre. 1. Celebrate the stars and stripes at Five Guys Treat yourself to burger and chips in all-American style at Five Guys. An all-time favourite amongst adults and children alike, Five Guys is famous for its juicy burgers that you can design…

A North Wales company has been shortlisted for a prestigious world industry award for its innovative biogas plant. Ekogea is in the running for the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Industry Awards ‘Best Biogas Plant below 1MWe’. The company’s shortlisting recognises the success of its Hendwr Farm Biogas Plant in Corwen, North Wales. [aoa id=”1″] The biogas plant has been in operation since 2017. The plant is currently producing over 1.5 times (150%) daily digester biogas production rate compared to a typical farm biogas plant. The plant is pioneering because the digester has been dosed with Ekogea’s BioComplex additive containing polyuronic…

Home video projectors have been growing in popularity in recent years. They are now more cost-effective than ever before, enabling you to have a cinema-like experience in your own home. There is a novelty about using a projector, it can cover an entire wall in your living room or bedroom, immersing you into the content. Nothing quite beats a Friday or Saturday night in, slumped in your favourite arm chair, enjoying, pausing and selecting your favourite digest. It’s quite amazing how powerful projection truly is. Even your favourite TV programmes, and I dare say it, adverts, all become attention grabbing.…

Education charity, Into Film, has announced dates for this year’s UK-wide Into Film Festival – known as the world’s biggest youth film festival. [aoa id=”1″]Taking place between 6 and 22 November, all teachers and pupils aged 5-19 years will have the chance to go free, with venues the length and breadth of Wales showing a portion of the Festival’ s 3,000 free screenings and special events. [/aoa] However, with screenings and events usually snapped up fast, Into Film Cymru is urging educators in Wales to sign up to the priority bookings system. This will offer schools an additional one-day priority booking period, allowing them the opportunity to book…

A young farmer in Powys has secured a six-figure finance package from HSBC UK to build a new, mobile free-range egg unit which can house up to 4,000 birds. 24-year-old Aled Jones, farmer at Penrhiw Farm in Llandinam, has grown up on the farm alongside his parents and has always had a passion for farming. After conducting market research to identify ways of developing the farm, Aled and his partner Rachel diversified by starting up their own poultry unit in 2018. [aoa id=”1″]The HSBC UK funding has been used to build the new mobile egg unit and install a Vencomatic…

It’s close to 250 years since the first building society was formed and despite widespread demutualisation’s at the end of the 20th century, traditional building societies still hold a sizeable share of the mortgage market and there is no sign of them slowing down, according to local building society, Swansea Building Society. [aoa id=”1″]In 2018, the UK’s 43 societies lent £68.9 billion, according to the Building Societies Association (BSA), with net lending up 12% on the year before. As a result, the BSA says that building societies now grant nearly a third (31%) of all new mortgages.[/aoa] It’s not just the…

Lesley Griffiths AM, the Welsh Assembly’s Minister for the Environment, Energy & Rural Affairs together with children from Mount Stuart Primary School in Cardiff Bay visited Mermaid Quay this week (17 June 2019) to mark the launch of the new REFILL Mermaid Quay scheme …. just in time for National Refill Day (19 June 2019). [aoa id=”1″]Refill is a UK-wide campaign to reduce plastic pollution by making refilling a water bottle as easy, convenient and cheap as possible, with Refill Stations on every street. The Refill app shows you where you can refill your water bottle for free.[/aoa] A total…

Work has commenced on South Wales’ only comprehensive scaffolding training facility.  Led by the Construction Wales Innovation Centre (CWIC) in partnership with Construction Industry Training Board Wales (CITB), the new centre will be located at a purpose developed facility on Fabian Way in Swansea Bay.  The new facility means that students based in Wales wishing to gain extensive scaffolding training will no longer have to travel to England or beyond to acquire a full set of skills. [aoa id=”1″]The Building is currently undergoing approximately a £1.5million refurbishment to create an Access Hall of 2,000 m2 including classroom and IT facilities. The…