Author: Rhys Gregory

A fast-growing Welsh jerky brand is literally taking off after clinching an exciting order to supply two of Wales’ top adventure attractions, which attracts many thousands of visitors every year. [aoa id=”1″]Trailhead Get Jerky is supplying its award-winning premium Welsh Beef Jerky snacks, which are made in Welshpool, to the Zip World Penrhyn Quarry near Bethesda and Zip World Fforest near Betws-y-Coed.[/aoa] Zip World Penrhyn Quarry is home to Zip World Velocity 2, the fastest zip line in the world and the longest in Europe while Zip World Fforest has the UK’s only alpine coaster of its kind, adventure courses…

First snap of the brand-new inflatable Aqua Park coming to Cardiff Bay this month has been released, teasing visitors with a glimpse of what can be expected when the biggest aqua park in Wales splashes down on 29th June. Aqua Park Cardiff will span 8000 square metres and feature 70 exciting obstacles for visitors to take on during their aqua park challenge. Located on the Barrage at Cardiff Bay, visitors can bring the whole family along including children over six and splash out for a family fun day out, the perfect alternative to a summer office party or as an…

A litigation specialist with over 15 years’ experience is the latest appointment at leading law firm CJCH Solicitors. Debra Spedding has joined the Cardiff-headquartered firm as Senior Solicitor with her appointment signifying a further expansion in its corporate offering. Debra joins the firm from Everett Tomlin Lloyd and Pratt with a wealth of experience in civil litigation, having also worked at Eversheds LLP and Harding Evans LLP. Debra has brought with her extensive knowledge within banking and finance, commercial and professional litigation, dispute management and both claimant and defendant work. [aoa id=”1″]Her appointment comes as the firm looks to strengthen…

The rate of bank branch closures in Wales has rapidly accelerated in the last four years with more than 50 branches shutting their doors each year, new analysis from Which? reveals. The consumer champion has tracked bank branch closures across the UK since 2015 and found 216 have closed in Wales in the period up to the end of 2018, the equivalent of 54 a year. This suggests the rate of closures has rapidly accelerated in recent years. Previous FCA figures showed that 148 branches closed between 2012 and 2017 – the equivalent of 30 a year. [aoa id=”1″]Which?’s research…

Specialist police officers have been searching Roath Park Lake after receiving reports of someone having entered the lake at around 3.00am this morning. A body has been located and has been recovered. Next of kin have been informed and formal identification has taken place. The matter is not being treated as suspicious and a file of evidence will be prepared for HM Coroner.

THE future is bright for global information provider GlobalX, formerly, LegalinX-7side, following strong growth after a major rebrand and a host of new recruits. The company, which operates out of Cardiff, London, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, has seen demand for its services soar since the business was acquired by GlobalX in 2011. Now to be known as GlobalX, the company has recently moved from their home on City Road, Cardiff, to new premises in Churchill House, Churchill Way, taking 26 staff with them. Following the successful move to larger premises, GlobalX has recently welcomed a further five new recruits to…

The proposed closure of the Ford Bridgend plant in 2020 with the resultant loss of 1700 jobs was discussed as an urgent item at the meeting of the Cardiff Capital Region Regional Cabinet on Monday. [aoa id=”1″]Describing the announcement by Ford last Thursday as a ‘significant economic blow to the whole region’, the ten local authority leaders discussed the importance of the £1.3bn City Deal which it oversees and its relevance to building a new economic future.[/aoa] Chair of the Regional Cabinet and Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, where it is thought almost 400 of the plant’s workers live,…

Following James Brokenshire’s suggestion that youngsters should be allowed to access their pensions savings to help them get on the property ladder, Stuart Price gives his thoughts.

One of the UK’s most respected horseracing historians has written a book to celebrate Ffos Las Racecourse’s 10th anniversary. Jim Beavis, has detailed the first successful decade of the Trimsaran course with his insightful book, Ffos Las, The Birth of a Racecourse, which is published this month.  Jim has chronicled the history of courses including Brighton, Fontwell, Windsor and Uttoxeter in the past. Now he has told the story of Ffos Las Racecourse, which was the first new National Hunt racecourse to be built in Britain for 80 years, sited at a former open cast mine, back in 2009.  Going from…

Wales-based mental health charity, Gofal, is launching ‘Not Forgotten’, a powerful exhibition sharing the memories of Cardiff residents living with dementia. [aoa id=”1″]Funded by the National Lottery and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, two projects; [DIAL and Not Forgotten], have formed the basis of the exhibition which will feature a documentary film and an interactive display to delve deeper into these memories. Stunning portrait photographs of participants will be on display, as well as a variety of craft-based projects, dementia awareness workshops and ‘how to’ workshops offering practical advice and guidance about Cognitive Stimulation and Reminiscence Therapy.[/aoa] The projects have…