Author: Rhys Gregory

Walters Group – one of South Wales’s most successful family businesses – has announced Velindre Cancer Centre as its official charity partner. The charity partnership for 2019/2020 was officially launched by Velindre President Jonathan Davies and Walters Chairman Dave Walters to coincide with delivery of four new Walters vehicles. The vehicles – used to service the Group’s UK wide operations – will be Velindre branded, and for every mile the trucks travel, Walters will donate 10p. The Hirwaun-based business has an annual turnover of £100m and employs more than 500 staff. Wales rugby union and league legend Jonathan said: “We…

The Football Association of Wales is extremely pleased to announce a new three-year partnership between Boots and the Women’s National Team – signalling the biggest commercial agreement in women’s sport here in Wales. [aoa id=”1″] The partnership, which will include the time span of the upcoming 2019 Women’s World Cup in France and the 2021 Women’s European Championships in England, will focus on telling the stories of some of the inspirational role models represented in women’s football to inspire active participation from young girls and women across the country.[/aoa] For 170 years Boots has supported and empowered women to feel…

BUSINESS leaders in South West Wales are supporting a call for immediate approval of two major Swansea Bay City Deal projects. [aoa id=”1″] Private sector members of the City Deal’s Economic Strategy Board say they’ll do all they can to help get the ‘Yr Egin’ and Swansea City and Waterfront Digital District projects over the finish line. Their support comes after an independent review into the £1.3 billion Swansea Bay City Deal found that the businesses cases for these two projects are ‘fit for purpose’. The Economic Strategy Board is made up of experts in key City Deal themes like…

Today (26 March), Aberaeron Community Ambassadors organised and hosted a beach clean at Aberaeron beach during their lunch hour. Whilst carrying out the clean-up, the young people had the opportunity to learn about looking after the environment around them. Aberaeron Community Ambassadors is made up of Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron pupils and members of Aberaeron Youth Club. The group is part of Ceredigion Youth Service and is led by young volunteers and local young people. School-based Youth Worker at Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron, Rebeca Davies said, “The ambassadors did a great job organising and hosting their first community project, which was well…

Choosing to support South Wales Police in fighting crime, the first Special Superintendent role advertised within the force has found its match in the appointment of Jason Coleman. [aoa id=”1″]  By day Jason, from Llanharan, is Head of Quality Safety Health and Environment at Cardiff Airport. A self-confessed proud Welshman, Jason has been working as acting Special Sergeant based at Pontypridd Police Station. He’s been in charge of the deployment of 26 Special Constables to ensure secure policing at events, walking the beat and on frontline operations. Detective Superintendent Jason Davies has spoken about how: “Jason’s strategic management of quality…

The UK Government’s push to increase mobile phone coverage across Wales has hidden, and potentially expensive,  side effects for farmers, according Farmers’ Union of Wales [aoa id=”1″] The revised Electronic Communication Code means that Telecom operators have been able to cut rents paid to those with masts on their land. Now the Farmers’ Union of Wales is calling for prompt action to redress cash shortfalls which in some cases run into thousands of pounds. “It seems grossly unfair that the big Telecom giants, who already make vast profits, should be selling landowners short,” said Tudur Parry,  FUW Land Use Committee…

A college learner from Caerphilly has won a national contest to be crowned the UK’s top plumbing apprentice.  [aoa id=”1″]  Nineteen-year-old Lewis Blakely, from Caerphilly, has bagged himself the top prize at the grand finals of this year’s HIP UK Heating Apprentice of the Year competition, which aims to find the most talented young tradespeople in the country. Beating off stiff competition from across the UK, Lewis, who is currently studying a Level 3 plumbing diploma at Coleg y Cymoedd’s Ystrad Mynach campus, came out on top after a close contest held over two days in Cheltenham. [/aoa] Putting plumbing…

Marian Evans, founder of Elevate Business Consultancy, has been recognised for her contribution to the financial services and leadership industries with a string of recent award nominations.

Leading financial services consultancy, Quantum Advisory, has promoted three senior team members to partner as part of the company’s wider growth plans.

A lady who has worked for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board for the past 54 years is named as Health Hero for April. [aoa id=”1″] Gwen Bunn, from St Mellons who works in Health Records at the University Hospital of Wales was nominated by her supervisor Sam Prosser. Sam Prosser, Request Team Supervisor in Health Records at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) said: “I would like to nominate Gwen Bunn for the Health Hero Award as she is a committed and valuable member of the Medical Records team. “Gwen has worked within the health board since 1966 when…