Author: Rhys Gregory

Independent insurance brokerage, Moorhouse Group Ltd home to constructaquote.com, Xbroker.com, and Black & White, has invested £1.5 million in state-of-the-art technology and IT infrastructure at its headquarters in Cardiff. The investment will allow employees to work remotely from anywhere in the world due to the implementation of a new cloud-based Citrix solution that enables staff to take their work with them wherever they go. Lyndon Wood, CEO, Moorhouse Group Ltd, said: “At a time when we have designed our growth strategy and continue to rapidly grow our client base, this was the perfect time to invest in our technology. Our high-tech systems complement…

Richard Theo, fintech envoy for Wales and co-founder and CEO of digital investment service Wealthify, will reveal his predictions for the fintech sector and the opportunities it presents for Welsh companies at a prestigious tech event in Cardiff. [aoa id=”1″] Theo will deliver a keynote at Digital Tuesday, a tech networking event organised by the digital growth company Innovation Point, on Tuesday 5 March at Barclays Eagle Lab in Cardiff.  His keynote will focus on the fintech sector and the opportunities it presents for Wales, as well as his predictions for how companies in the sector could experience significant growth…

Business advisory firm Quantuma has completed the sale of the Penrallt Hotel in Pembrokeshire to GPS UK for circa £350,000.  [aoa id=”1″] Located in Aberporth, Cardigan, the Penrallt Hotel went into receivership and had been closed for two years. Quantuma was appointed as administrator to the hotel in 2017, and following a review, instructed Colliers International to bring the hotel to market, resulting in the sale to GPS UK. The 26-bedroom Edwardian Country House is set in 26 acres and has two swimming pools, a gymnasium and spa in a detached complex. The two-phase refurbishment programme will be overseen by managers Jane Vale and Owen Preece from Mid-Wales, who…

Visitors can enjoy free access to Cadw sites across Wales without charge this St David’s Day (1 March 2019). [aoa id=”1″] To celebrate St David’s day and mark Visit Wales’ Year of Discovery, 16 Cadw sites, that normally charge for admission, will open their doors as part of the programme — including the spectacular St Davids Bishop’s Palace, located near the site Saint David himself founded his monastery. From the exceptional Conwy Castle to the oldest surviving stone castle in Wales, Chepstow Castle, visitors can enjoy legendary days out. Due to the limited capacity of the site, visitors to Castell…

One of Wales’s oldest and most established law firms has opened its first office on Anglesey as part of a major expansion. [aoa id=”1″] Swayne Johnson, which was founded in 1853, celebrated the launch of its new Menai Bridge office in the Old Bank Building in the town’s Uxbridge Square just a few months after the NatWest Bank vacated the premises. The opening strengthens Swayne Johnson’s high street presence in North West Wales with a total of six offices which stretch across the region from Menai Bridge to Tattenhall, near Chester, and employs 60 staff. The event at Menai Bridge…

The RSC’s critically acclaimed production of Romeo and Juliet comes to Cardiff’s New Theatre from Tuesday 5 – 9 March. The production features eight young people from St. Teilo’s Church in Wales High School who will share the role of the Chorus with the professional cast include: Sophie Budd (15), Chelsea Graham (14), Harleigh Grey (14), Rosie Griffiths (14), Harry Holley (15), Imogen Lightfield (14) and Hina Malik (14). Romeo and Juliet is directed by RSC Deputy Artistic Director, Erica Whyman who said: “In 2016 we visited the New Theatre with my production of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream: A Play…

From Tuesday 26 February, FOR Cardiff will float giant daffodils across the city centre gearing up ahead of St David’s Day on 1 March. The iconic symbols of Welshness are six metres in diameter and will float up to 60 metres in the sky. They will appear at 15 iconic locations including The Principality Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park and City Hall, before making a budding finale on St David’s Day at Cardiff Castle. [aoa id=”1″] Each morning #TheDaffTrail will pop up in two surprise locations before heading to their next locations for the afternoon. People will need to be quick…

Le Club – the Franco Welsh Business Forum was officially launched on Friday 22nd February, at the British Embassy in Paris by Lord Llewellyn OBE, the British Ambassador to France, and the Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP. [aoa id=”1″] This not-for-profit business group aims to help stimulate business and partnerships between companies that have a link to both Wales and France, whether through their people, supply chains or business operations. Le Club was founded by its Chair, Céline Jones, Solicitor and Head of the French Desk at Geldards LLP, and Dan Langford, Group Marketing Director…

More than 100 arrests have been made by a South Wales Police team set up to tackle knife crime in Cardiff. The Op Sceptre Team, named after a national initiative led by the Metropolitan Police, was set up in the summer of 2018 to reduce knife crime and related offences. Knife crime remains rare for the vast majority of our communities but it has risen across South Wales and the rest of the UK. The Op Sceptre team is just one of the ways South Wales Police is responding to the issue. Within six months they have: arrested 101 people…

The Met Office has warned that fog will likely lead to some travel disruption first thing today What to expect Slower journey times with delays to bus and train services Delays or cancellations to flights Areas in Wales Denbighshire Flintshire Monmouthshire Powys Wrexham