Author: Rhys Gregory

The Welsh Fitness Awards is delighted to announce that applications are open for the 2019 Welsh Fitness Awards. The Welsh Fitness Awards glittering black tie ceremony will be held on Thursday 19th September 2019, at Voco St David’s Hotel – Cardiff Bay. Hosted by Radio X’s Polly James. Launched in 2017 as the South Wales Fitness Awards, however due to the phenomenal growth and success they have now become the Welsh Fitness Awards. The categories for this year’s applications are: Personal Trainer of the year Fitness Club of the Year (Single Facility) Fitness Club of the Year (Multiple Facility) Fitness…

A pioneering fitness firm is helping industry leaders run up profits while losing weight and improving their health and wellbeing. [aoa id=”1″] Fast Way To Fitness has helped thousands of people to get in shape over the years via a series of innovative and ground-breaking programmes focused on hard work, eating the right food and creating a positive mindset. Based in Mochdre, the company has come a long way since being launched by managing director Ben Owen in 2011. [/aoa] Having graduated with a degree in Sports and Exercise Science from Cardiff University, the 32 year-old decided working as a…

HUNDREDS of visitors descended on Coleg Cambria Llysfasi for an event showcasing the best of farming, food production and agriculture in North Wales. [aoa id=”1″] Activities including a farmers’ market, sheep shearing competition and LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) Open Farm Day attracted crowds and competitors from across the region. There were also forestry chainsaw demonstrations, rural arts and crafts, sheep dog trials, tractor rides, a digger challenge and more. [/aoa] Head of Llysfasi Iain Clarke thanked everyone who attended and said: “Despite the weather in the run up to the weekend we had a dry day with more than…

Work to improve the exterior of Singleton Hospital’s main block will start this month at a cost of around £400,000, with Welsh Government support. [aoa id=”1″] The project involves removing the cladding to the side elevations of the main block, and disruption will be kept to a minimum. It will take 20 weeks to complete. However it is only the first phase of a multi-million pound project to replace all cladding on the main block. [/aoa] Recent tests have identified some structural-related issues with the cladding installation. Preparatory work will begin during the week beginning Monday 8th July, with work…

A top class business is being sought to undertake construction work pivotal to the rebirth of a former south Wales industrial heartland. [aoa id=”1″] The company that succeeds in the Europe-wide competitive tender process will transform a key area of Swansea’s former Hafod Morfa Copperworks site. They will make the area, including the historic Powerhouse building, ready for Wales’s Penderyn Distillery to expand there and to fit it out as a new distillery and visitor centre. [/aoa] Robert Francis-Davies, the council’s cabinet member for investment, regeneration and tourism, said: “This will be a high-profile work and we want a top…

Pupils from Mid Wales with additional needs associated with autism have debuted innovative new Pod school classrooms, designed with their additional learning needs in mind. [aoa id=”1″] The IAD Company has flipped the conventional ‘portacabin’ approach to additional learning space on its head with the design and installation of six ground-breaking classroom ‘Pods’ at Ty Bronllys, near Brecon. As the brainchild of the award-winning company, the pods are among the first of their kind designed specifically for students with complex needs associated with autism. [/aoa] Rebecca Lewis-Chapman, Director at The IAD Company, explains: “The need for annexed school classrooms is…

A team of business-savvy school children from Bridgend have won a national competition looking to find and nurture entrepreneurial young talent from Wales, beating hundreds of pupils across the country to the post. Pupils from Garth Primary School picked up the top title at the annual Enterprise Troopers competition held by Welsh Government which took place at Cardiff Metropolitan University. [aoa id=”1″]After impressing the judges with their business acumen and entrepreneurial flair, Garth Primary School were presented with the top prize for their business idea ‘Bee-Spoke T-shirts’, bee-themed t-shirts that they designed themselves to raise awareness about bee conservation and…

ONE of Wales’ leading aluminium fabricators, Dudley’s Aluminium, has secured a high-profile project with Buckingham Group Contracting for GKN Aerospace. Together they will support the development of the multi-technology aerospace supplier’s new R&D facility in Bristol. [aoa id=”1″]This will be the first time Dudley’s Aluminium and Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd team up. The contract, worth nearly £500,000, is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Dudley’s Aluminium will install state-of-the-art curtain walling as well as thermally broken doors in the new research and development facility, which will be home to 300 engineers.[/aoa] The new centre in Bristol…

A team of accountants and tax experts from South Wales have pulled on their overalls to support the Prop Appeal at Rookwood Hospital. Five members of staff from Kilsby Williams came together to renovate the hospital’s outdoor equipment in Cardiff. The hospital in Llandaff is one of the few spinal rehab units in the UK specialising in rehabilitation care for patients with brain injuries. Together with Cardiff and Vale Health Charity, they launched the Prop Appeal to raise funds for patients who have to re-learn aspects of everyday living due to their conditions. Maddy O’Neill, a business service manager at…

The Prince of Wales has made a special visit to South Wales Police headquarters as part of celebrations to mark the force’s 50th anniversary. On 1st June 1969, the predecessor forces of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Swansea, and Cardiff came together and a new force came into being. During the visit on Tuesday, HRH led a re-dedication of a memorial garden and toured the Heritage Centre, met call handling staff at the Public Service Centre and saw some of the technology at the heart of modern-day frontline policing. The memorial garden features a series of semi-circular memorial walls which include the…