Author: Rhys Gregory

Wales manager Ryan Giggs has named a 26-player squad for a training camp in Portugal ahead of next month’s Euro 2020 qualifying round matches against Croatia and Hungary. [aoa id=”1″]Giggs has selected a strong squad for the camp including Gareth Bale, Joe Allen, David Brooks and Dan James. Ben Davies and Ben Woodburn will be unavailable due to Tottenham Hotspur’s and Liverpool’s involvement in this year’s UEFA Champions League final while Harry Wilson, Tom Lawrence and Neil Taylor will be taking part in the EFL Championship play-off final. Other notable absentees include Aaron Ramsey and Ethan Ampadu through injury.[/aoa] Meanwhile,…

A North Wales solicitor has made history by becoming the first ever female helmsman at her lifeboat station. Elissa Thursfield, head of employment law at Gamlins Law, achieved the landmark after passing a series of tests and assessments with flying colours. It means she can now take command of the Atlantic 85 lifeboat at Abersoch RNLI lifeboat station. The RNLI describes the duty of a helmsman, ‘to use utmost endeavours to safeguard and rescue the lives of those in danger, whilst having regard for the safety of their crew’. Elissa has been a crew member at the station for 14…

Student entrepreneurs at Bangor University are now able to take advantage of enhanced support from Santander Universities as the University launches the Santander Enterprise Accelerator or SEA. [aoa id=”1″]SEA provides a unique opportunity for Bangor University students, and encourages those who are enterprising to use their skills and ambitions to start companies in the region. The programme has a number of strands or levels of support for enterprising students and graduates wanting to develop their own businesses or projects.[/aoa] Explaining the new programme available to Bangor University students and recent graduates, Bryn Jones, Head of Knowledge Exchange at Bangor University,…

Welsh exhibitions specialist EDB UK Ltd has leased 14,000 sq ft of warehouses and offices at the Avana Business Park in Newport. [aoa id=”1″]The company is moving from Bedwas, Caerphilly to Avana to enable it to expand and reach its key UK markets in London and Birmingham more easily.[/aoa] EDB managing director Gareth Hall said: “We are investing more than £100,000 in the two units to create a state-of-the art design studio and offices in one of the units and workshops, CNC production equipment, paint shop and storage in the other.” EDB designs, manufactures and constructs exhibition stands for exhibitions…

A group of talented learners from a south Wales college will see the costumes and props they have created take the spotlight on stage for the opening night of the musical theatre adaption of the Oscar winning fairy-tale movie, Shrek. [aoa id=”1″]Twenty-seven aspiring Costume Construction and Prop Making learners from Coleg y Cymoedd have been working tirelessly to create an array of costumes and props needed for the live action recreation of the Dreamworks animation, which arrives at Cardiff’s New Theatre from 29th May.[/aoa] As part of a collaboration with Orbit Theatre, first and second year Costume Construction for Screen…

With two weeks until Quest Wales, the unique adventure racing event comprising kayaking, cycling and running, there’s still time to sign up and discover your inner sense of exploration! [aoa id=”1″]Hosted on June 8, 2019 in the picturesque Snowdonia National Park, Quest Wales goes beyond a traditional event as you sign up to be part of a community that has been hooked in for life by a unique challenge and atmosphere. Suitable for all fitness levels and abilities, participants have the option of three scenic routes; 25km Challenge, 42km Sport or 53km Expert. If you can run a 10km, then…

Cardiff-based branding and creative agency, Stills Branding, has secured a six-figure equity investment from creative industries specialist, Rockit Media, in a deal that secures its future. [aoa id=”1″]The agency is one of Wales’ most respected branding, creative and digital consultancies, working with blue-chip companies and organisations across Wales, including Hodge Group, Saucony Footwear, Welsh Water and Welsh Government.[/aoa] Stills was founded in 1994 in Newport and moved to its Sophia Gardens offices in central Cardiff in 2013. The business now employs 10 staff. The investment by Rockit Media, which is run by FastGrowth 50 twice winner, Byron Lloyd, will allow…

A Llanelli netball team will be shooting for glory after receiving a new kit from Principality Building Society. The kit, which was donated by Principality’s Llanelli branch, will see Ysgol Y Strade’s budding netball team through the new season at home and abroad. Ysgol Y Strade and Wales’ largest building society have forged strong links through the Business Class programme, a Business in the Community scheme which aims to develop and support business skills in young people. [aoa id=”1″]As well as supporting the health and wellbeing of the school, Principality colleagues have spent time mentoring the students at Ysgol Y…

Tenovus Cancer Care is delighted to announce the appointment of Judi Rhys as the charity’s new chief executive. She takes up the role today (Monday 20th May) and replaces Claudia McVie, who steps down later this month after 12 years in charge of Wales’ leading cancer charity. Judi Rhys said: “It is such a privilege to be chosen as the new chief executive of Tenovus Cancer Care. “It’s a charity I have admired for many years and I am really excited about working alongside a fantastic team of staff, volunteers and supporters to continue and build on the excellent work…

A top-class development team is to create an exciting new vision for Swansea city centre’s Castle Square area. [aoa id=”1″] Swansea Council invited professional teams to submit bids to produce a feasibility study for the high-profile location – and Spider Project Management has just started work. Spider is an independent property and building consultancy providing focused, high-value project management services. [/aoa]In Swansea they will work with design partner Acme, a London-based international practice with expertise in urban planning and contemporary architecture. Their work over the next few months will consider how Castle Square could be transformed. A key…