Author: Rhys Gregory

A Swansea couple are tasting success with their Thai takeaway business, after the exotic lunches the wife cooked for her husband caused a stir among his workmates in the office, prompting the pair to set up Bangkok Express. Chris and April Napier set up Bangkok Express, in Swansea’s Walter Road, after deciding to trade in their day jobs in sales and administration, for the heat of the kitchen. Chris says: “We are very glad we took the opportunity and decided to go into business together. We had been thinking about taking the plunge for a while and both April and…

Swansea Bay Business Club has launched its 2019 networking season at the Marriott Hotel in Swansea with guest speaker and CEO of Sport Wales, Sarah Powell. Sarah joined over 120 members and their guests on Friday 1st February to kick off what will be a special year for the business club as it celebrates 70 years since the club was formed, back in 1949. Sarah spoke to guests at length about her career path to becoming the first female CEO of Sport Wales and about what her role now entails as well as the impact Sport Wales is having throughout…

The Reds’ chief executive is used to a premier playing surface, so when he needed composite decking in time for his wedding, he contacted North Wales-based UK Leisure Living. [aoa id=”1″] The Mochdre and St Asaph firm, which also supplies and repairs high-quality hot tubs, installed around 30 square metres of the product in readiness for the big day at Mr Moore’s Wirral home. UK Leisure Living’s managing director Gareth Jones – who picked up two gold UK Pool and Spa Awards in December – said the Anfield supremo was one of the first to contact them after beginning a…

WITHIN its first year, 32 highly-skilled technicians and engineers have begun work with a further 10 vacancies in the process of being filled at the compound semiconductor wafer facility, backed by the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) City Deal. The high-tech facility at Newport is a key component of the world’s first compound semiconductor cluster based in Wales. The facility was secured by the CCR City Deal’s Wider Investment Fund for £38.5 million and has been leased by Wales’ leading tech firm, IQE plc, for cutting-edge compound semiconductor manufacturing and applications development. The new facility will become the hub of the…

The Wrexham Enterprise Hub is celebrating an industrious first eight months where it’s held more than thirty events and workshops and supported more than 170 individuals and businesses since launching. The Wrexham Enterprise Hub was officially launched by Economy and Transport Secretary Ken Skates in May and is located in the old Iceland building on Rhosddu Road, Queens Square. The pilot for four other regional hubs, it is building a community of entrepreneurs who are already boosting the local economy. As well as providing a home for startups and freelancers, the Hub has also held several events, ranging from tech-focussed…

Over a 100 new food and drink products are to be launched by the industry at the forthcoming BlasCymru/TasteWales international trade event (March 20-21). [aoa id=”1″] The milestone has been reached in part thanks to initiatives put in place by Food & Drink Wales over recent years, such as their Cluster Network approach that brings like-minded businesses together to share best practice and develop new ideas. This has been boosted further by the support on offer to start-ups by Cywain and the innovation-focussed Project HELIX programme. The new products to be launched vary widely and include new yoghurts, baked products,…

Bridgend officers teamed up with a passive drugs dog as part of Operation Chesapeake to target trouble hotspots in the town centre in particular around the bus station. The drugs dog was used to detect any illegal drugs on people in the bus station along with a number of pubs in the town. Twenty two stop-searches were carried out as part of the operation which took place on Thursday, January 31. Four men were arrested, three on suspicion of drug offences and one on a prison recall. The three arrested on suspicion of drug offences have been released under investigation.…

Looking for a short break to brighten up the gloomy winter? Then where better to discover than Llandrindod Wells and surrounding area in unspoilt Mid Wales. This Victorian spa town once was a bustling metropolis with some illustrious visitors coming from as far afield as Germany and Persia. Set amidst scenic countryside of rolling hills, the town boasts majestic buildings, a testament to its heyday when whole families would move house with their servants to Llandrindod Wells to take the waters. Here are a few the highlights to look out for during your visit: The 13-acre lake, an unexpected feature…

The Welsh NHS Confederation will host their 20th Annual Conference & Exhibition today (Wednesday 6th February) at Cardiff City Hall. The national membership body representing NHS organisations in Wales will bring together a range of sectors to discuss how to Build Healthier Communities. A Healthier Wales sets a clear direction of travel and the NHS is working with partners throughout Wales to implement this vision. Recent Welsh NHS Confederation reports have highlighted the need for preventative healthcare to underpin improvements in population health and wellbeing in Wales. The cost of poor housing to the NHS has been found to be…

GlobalWelsh, Wales’ worldwide diaspora community, announces that Odgers Berndtson, the leading global executive search company, has become the latest organisation to become a GlobalWelsh Founding Patron. The company joins the Welsh Rugby Union, Blue Stag, Bangor University and The Development Bank of Wales, as well as an array of world class Welsh diaspora, to be the latest organisation to invest in GlobalWelsh’s mission to find, connect and engage Welsh diaspora around the world. Odgers Berndtson, which has offices in over 30 countries around the world including one in Cardiff, established 10 years ago, specialises in finding UK wide and international…