Author: Rhys Gregory

PLAYERS from Dinas Powys FC are sporting a new kits after teaming up with Edenstone Homes. The club’s first team plays in Division Two of the Welsh Football League. Home games are played at the Murch playing field, less than a mile from The Woodlands, an Edenstone development on Cross Common Road, and the independent homebuilder was happy to step in and lend some home town support to the club. Rob Bloxham, from Dinas Powys FC, said: “Dinas Powys Football Club was formed in 1971 and now has around 350 adult, youth, girls, junior and mini members, making it one…

A North Wales tidal lagoon could fill the energy and jobs gaps left by the mothballing of the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant on Anglesey. [aoa id=”1″] The chairman of North Wales Tidal Energy (NWTE), Henry Dixon, will this week tell business leaders in Wrexham that the giant lagoon could generate enough electricity for a million homes and create over 20,000 jobs. It would also strengthen the region’s sea defences in a high flood risk area and, at a forecast £7 billion cost, would come in at only 60% of the projected budget of the Wylfa Newydd project which Japanese…

A fully-funded programme designed to support high-growth businesses in Wales is seeking applicants with innovative new business ideas.   [aoa id=”1″] The Accelerator programme runs across Wales and matches up-and-coming entrepreneurs with experienced business leaders and mentors to grow and develop their new enterprises. The programme which has already supported over thirty businesses in Wales, helping them raise millions of pounds in investment, is now inviting applications from people in Wrexham and around North Wales. Its latest programme will be held at the Wrexham Enterprise Hub and begins on January 31st. Those who are accepted on to the programme will…

The 2019 Wales HR Awards finalists have been announced following a record number of entries received from across the country. [aoa id=”1″] Launched in 2017 by leading recruitment agency Acorn and commercial law firm Darwin Gray, the Awards will see 350 HR professionals gather at The Exchange Hotel in Cardiff for a glittering black-tie ceremony to celebrate the success of 34 finalists and discover if they have been chosen to receive one of the evening’s coveted accolades. Several new categories have been announced for 2019, including ‘Best HR Initiative’. Hosted by the BBC’s Sian Lloyd, the Awards recognise the best…

PTI Cymru, the umbrella organisation that operates Contact Centre Cymru, has kicked off the New Year with exciting new contract wins. [aoa id=”1″] Scooping two significant deals with DriveTech and Vibrant Nation, the organisation has boosted business with new contracts which will be managed by its expert contact centre. PTI Cymru’s contact centre in Penrhyndeudraeth will now take all bilingual enquiries for DriveTech, providing essential support to its users seeking to book speed awareness courses and driver education in the Welsh language. It will also provide a bilingual reception service for Vibrant Nation, a trading company of the Welsh Sports…

On 23rd January the BBC will air a Horizon documentary called “Let’s talk about death” focusing on people with incurable conditions and the treatment decisions they need to make. The programme will feature local cancer patients, clinicians and researchers. Julie Hepburn, 64 from Newport, is one of the patients who features in the programme. She started feeling unwell on Christmas Day, a week after retiring in 2013. “I thought it was a winter sickness bug giving me diarrhoea, vomiting and stomach pain, but it kept recurring,” she said. “I went to the GP immediately on return from a three-week retirement…

Wales’ renowned inclusive theatre company, Hijinx, have partnered with top 100 UK law firm Hugh James for ‘What Is Discrimination?’, a brand new corporate training video starring neurodivergent actors and cameos from the law firm’s very own employees. The innovative video, which premiered on Monday 21stJanuary, seeks to break stereotypes and shine a light on the seriousness of workplace discrimination by putting actors with learning disabilities and/or autism centre stage. Hijinx, who cast learning disabled actors in every single one of their productions, have over 60 professionally trained actors with Down’s syndrome, Autism, Asperger’s and other learning disabilities as part…

Cardiff-based video production agency Rockadove has grown its video and motion graphics service further with three experienced video content producers joining the company as it continues to bring its ethos of creativity to clients. [aoa id=”1″] As an experienced video editor and motion graphics artist, Carrie-Anne brings her knowledge of commercial and promotional content, as well as programme editing to Rockadove’s growing service offer. She will focus on providing clients with animated and mixed-media content. Matt Smith comes from the world of sport, having worked as a video journalist and assistant producer for four years, with time spent working with…

An enterprising young mum who spent her own childhood ‘tearing around hills and playing fields and only going home when hungry’ is on a mission to get children away from their small screens and out into the countryside. Elizabeth Caddy, from Trelewis, Merthyr, has set up her children’s clothing brand, Pirates and Paperdolls, in a bid to encourage children to embrace an outdoorsy lifestyle because, as she says, ‘mud washes off.’ Elizabeth, aged 33, says: “I was lucky to have a childhood which involved being outdoors a lot. I grew up in the Malvern Hills with a massive playing field…

A FUTURISTIC Formula 3D Circuit Race planned for Carmarthenshire this summer has been officially launched. Teams of children from eight county primary schools will take part in the 3D printed remote control car race, which is earmarked for Carmarthen Park’s velodrome in July. At a launch event in Canolfan S4C Yr Egin in Carmarthen, Swansea University donated 3D printers to each participating school. Children will now start work on 3D printing and assembling their remote control cars, having already secured sponsorship from regional car dealerships. Team Mazda will be represented by Ysgol Gynradd Nantgaredig, Team Kia by Ysgol y Dderwen,…