Author: Rhys Gregory

Second Year Cardiff School of Art & Design students have developed and designed sustainable packaging for successful Welsh food brand The Parsnipship, which forms part of their coursework and will be seen soon on retailer shelves. [aoa id=”1″] The live design brief from the Bridgend-based vegetarian and vegan food manufacturer specified that the product packaging should incorporate sustainable and recyclable materials to align with the company’s eco-friendly ethos. The Parsnipship has won Great Taste awards for their Glamorgan Crumble and Tandoori Mash-Up and regularly calls on the University’s ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre for support, including employing a sales and marketing…

THE Welsh Ambulance Service has unveiled its new headquarters building in North Wales. Ty Elwy, the Trust’s new office on St Asaph Business Park, has been unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd Henry Featherstonhaugh, Esq, OBE. More than 100 colleagues who provide administrative and support services for the Trust now call the plush, two-storey office block home. The new facility also boasts a suite of meeting rooms and a base for operational ambulance crews. The development of a state-of-the-art training facility and staff welfare suite are due for completion in the near future. Prior to the move, staff were…

The Sun’s magnetic field is ten times stronger than previously believed, scientists at Aberystwyth University have revealed. [aoa id=”1″] Dr David Kuridze from the Solar Physics Group at the University’s Department of Physics is a leading authority on the use of ground-based telescopes to study the Sun’s corona, the ring of bright light visible during a total eclipse. Working from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands, Dr Kuridze studied a particularly strong solar flare which erupted near the surface of the Sun on 10 September 2017. [/aoa] Writing in…

After almost two decades of decline, vehicle thefts are on the rise in the UK, with a car stolen every five minutes, according to the ONS. This is, in part, down to the introduction of keyless vehicles, which has led to a new technique in car theft – and can take as little as a minute to carry out. [aoa id=”1″] Keyless technology allows you to open your car door without pressing the open button on your key fob. When you put your hand on your car’s door handle, the vehicle sends out a radio signal and, provided your key…

The Entertainer, the fastest-growing, family-owned high street toy retailer in the UK, is partnering with the National Autistic Society(NAS), the UK’s leading charity for autistic people and their families to support World Autism Awareness Week which takes place 1st-7th April.   During the week, The Entertainer’s Quiet Hour will run each morning for the first hour of opening in all 163 of its stores across the UK where music will be switched off and noisy product demonstrations removed to help create a calming and less daunting environment for children with autism. A new sensory table will also be introduced to…

The UK’s fastest growing used car retailer, The Trade Centre Group, has reported another year of significant growth in earnings and profit while also becoming the UK’s most trusted car supermarket, according to consumer review website TrustPilot. [aoa id=”1″] In its financial year ending November 2018, the Group’s profits before tax increased 38% to £21 million (£15.2m in 2017) and turnover was up 44% to £257 million (from £178.4m). The results include the first full-year’s trading at the Trade Centre Group outlet in Wednesbury, its three Welsh sites (Merthyr Tydfil, Neath and Abercynon) and part-year trading at its fifth outlet…

Funding to help support a young person from Pembrokeshire entering Higher Education this September has been launched by PLANED. [aoa id=”1″] The Bursary was launched at Pembrokeshire College with partners and the PLANED sponsored Scarlets rugby player, Josh Macleod Speaking about the Bursary, Iwan Thomas CEO of PLANED said: “For this first year of the Bursary, we have decided that the theme and area of focus will be the Tourism & Hospitality Sector. “With tourism and hospitality currently employing approximately over 17% of the workforce within the county, we wish to illustrate and help to promote that employment within the…

A growing bakery is attracting worldwide interest in its gluten free products after winning a clutch of awards. [aoa id=”1″] The latest accolade for the Wrexham-based Village Bakery came at the prestigious Free From Food Awards at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Their mouth-watering Made Without Wheat Belgian Chocolate Twists took gold in the Innovation category after being entered by Marks and Spencer for whom they make them. According to the judges, they had never seen anything like them before and said it was “a significant manufacturing achievement to create such a good gluten free croissant type…

Swansea University will be opening archives and museums, offering campus tours and events in local communities as part of the Swansea Learning Festival. [aoa id=”1″] The six-day free event will celebrate Swansea’s UNESCO Learning City Status and offers a wide range of learning opportunities from art and crafts, languages, music, poetry, film making, health and wellbeing, to employability and entrepreneurial skills. Swansea University will be on hand throughout, allowing everyone in the community the chance to learn across a variety of subjects for all ages. Geography professor Mary Gagen will host ‘A Night in the Bone Museum’ with BBC wildlife…

West Wales construction firms and tradespeople can find out about opportunities to work with expanding Cardiff-based partnership homes specialist Lovell at a free networking event on Monday, 29 April. [aoa id=”1″] Lovell – which builds, refurbishes, regenerates and maintains homes and communities across the region – is inviting local contractors to the Meet the Buyerevent taking place from 10am to 2pm at The Towers Hotel & Spa, near Swansea (M4, J42).The company, which has offices in Tongwynlais, wants to hear from contractors covering the West Wales region from Swansea to Fishguard, including Mid Wales. Lovell regional managing director James Duffett…