Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff & Vale Health Charity, the official charity of Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, will host its second Cardiff Bay Bed Push Challenge, taking place on Sunday, May 12. Doctors, Nurses and Health Board staff will be pushing hard to be crowned winners of the bed push challenge, with prizes also for the most amount raised for Cardiff & Vale Health Charity as well as for the best decorated bed. Sixteen teams of five will be competing to be the first to make it from one end of the Cardiff Bay Barrage to the other. Last year’s event saw some fantastically…

The Cardiff food and drink discovery app Wriggle has hit its initial crowdfunding target after just one day of going public, already exceeding an initial target of £600,000. [aoa id=”1″] 186 individuals (including Wriggle’s own users and restaurant-owner clients, alongside experienced angel investors) invested in Wriggle, who will use the funds to begin their UK roll-out. Due to the success of the crowdfunding round, Wriggle will keep the round open for a while longer, to allow more users to participate. [/aoa] Investors can get involved with a minimum investment of £15, with the total equity on offer of 10.64%. Some…

TV’s ‘Dirty Vegan’ Matt Pritchard will host a huge vegan supper club in Cardiff on 15th June. [aoa id=”1″] By teaming up with award-winning Cardiff catering company The Tidy Kitchen Co, Matt will be bringing his unique brand of rock ‘n’ roll veganism to The DEPOT, and serving up a five-course vegan feast inspired by his recent trip to Bali. On the night, up to 100 ticket holders will also be able to enjoy music from a live DJ, and drinks from a bar stocked with vegan wines, beers and spirits. [/aoa] Tickets for the event are available now and…

Train companies are making it a struggle for passengers to get compensation by demanding up to 24 separate pieces of information during the claim process, according to new research from Which?. [aoa id=”1″] The consumer champion looked at the online claims forms of 24 operators and found they required between 10 and 24 pieces of information from passengers seeking compensation for delayed or cancelled services – creating an unfair and fragmented system that treats passengers differently depending on which service they use. [/aoa] Which? has been calling for the rail compensation system to be simplified by the introduction of automatic…

The Women in Investment Awards 2019 has revealed this year’s full list of nominees – which includes a Partner at Cardiff-based Quantum Advisory, Amanda Burdge.

In a UK first bike share scheme nextbike is helping doctors dish out a dose of pedal power to help people cycle their way to better health and potentially save lives. [aoa id=”1″] Launching on Wednesday (May 8) the groundbreaking pilot scheme will allow local GPs in Cardiff to prescribe patients with a six month membership to nextbike – as doctors say regular cycling could cut the risk of death from heart disease by half. The pilot, which is led by Cardiff and Vale UHB, is the first of its kind in the UK and will start with three GP…

STAYCATIONING Brits are helping to boost tourism businesses and jobs in Swansea, new figures have revealed. [aoa id=”1″] Despite Brexit and austerity, the latest figures for visitor spend in the Swansea Bay area show more people than ever are visiting and importantly, they’re spending more when they’re here. Thanks to major events last year like BBC’s Biggest Weekend, the Wales Airshow and the Admiral Swansea Bay 10k, visitor spend rose by more than £20m to almost £450m. [/aoa] Almost 4.8m people visited Swansea Bay in 2018, 3% up on the previous year, helping support 5,700 jobs. Occupancy rates at self-catering…

Energy bills, petrol prices and public spending cuts are the areas of most concern among Welsh consumers, Which?’s first Consumer Insight Report for Wales has revealed. [aoa id=”1″] The consumer champion’s in-depth analysis unpicks the trends and financial outlook of the average Welsh consumer and brings together extensive research garnered from speaking to a total of 1,005 people throughout the year. More than two-thirds (67%) of people said they were concerned about energy prices and a third (33%) expected their bills to increase within the next year. [/aoa] Earlier this year Ofgem, the energy regulator, introduced a price cap to…

Award-winning home builder Llanmoor Homes has announced the acquisition of land for up to 450 brand new homes in Tondu on the outskirts of Bridgend. The development will offer a range of two, three and four-bedroom open market sale homes. In addition, Llanmoor will be constructing up to 45 Affordable homes, helping Welsh Assembly Government to achieve their housing targets. [aoa id=”1″]Situated on 54 acres, close to the popular Village of Aberkenfig, the development has easy access to the M4 motorway and is adjacent to existing modern shopping facilities including a Lidl supermarket, Farm Foods & Home Bargains retail stores.…

A pioneering Swansea surgeon has restored a mum’s vision using a new technique that avoids the need for a traditional corneal transplant. Sharon Dancer’s eyesight deteriorated at such a gradual rate over the years she was unaware just how bad it had become. Now, after undergoing a minimally-invasive procedure carried out by Singleton ophthalmology consultant Mario Saldanha, the difference has been massive. “When I went on holiday, I never sat by the window on the plane because with my vision I couldn’t see anything,” said Mrs Dancer. “A few months after having the operation I happened to sit by the…