Author: Rhys Gregory

Pregnant women across North Wales are giving up smoking thanks to a ground- breaking specialist service which is delivered in their own homes. As part of the NHS Help Me Quit for Baby project, run by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, a dedicated team of smoking cessation advisors, who work solely with pregnant smokers, see women in their own homes for as many appointments as takes for them to quit. They also offer support to family members or partners who want to quit. Across Wales, around 16% of mums-to-be smoke throughout their pregnancy and 11,864 unborn babies are exposed…

Robert Page, the current Wales under 21 manager will join Ryan Giggs’ coaching staff for the duration of the Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. Page will join Giggs and his assistant, Albert Stuivenberg, as a coach for the senior men’s national side, starting with the matches against Azerbaijan and Belarus next month. Paul Bodin has been promoted to under 21’s manager as the team begin their Under-21 EURO qualifying campaign next month. The under 21’s face Belgium and Germany in a home double header at the Racecourse on the 6th and 10th of September respectively. Tickets for both matches are available…

Principality Commercial has been named ‘gold standard’ in the commercial lending market, following a survey conducted by independent research company Savanta. [aoa id=”1″] The research surveyed 29 housing developers, housing associations and investment clients of Principality Commercial across the UK between 7th June and 18thJuly 2019. The Society scored 9.1 out of 10 for overall customer satisfaction; with its supportive relationship with clients, speed of service and ethos as a mutual building society being key contributors towards high levels of satisfaction. When asked which lender is the gold standard in the market for relationship management, all housing developers and close…

A former Swansea University student has shaken up the drinks industry with her non-alcoholic craft beer business. Joelle Drummond was inspired after her partner -and co-founder – Sarah McNena gave up drinking. Fed up with the lack of variety the low/no alcohol beer market offered the duo created their own Drop Bear Beer Co just nine months ago. [aoa id=”1″] Even though it’s early days for the company, Drop Bear is already causing a stir. They pair sold 3,500 bottles in the first month of production, showcased their beer in the House of Commons as well as at various festivals…

Cardiff-based Sports Injury Fix is the first website to seamlessly connect sports people with the relevant professionals for their specific type of sport or injury. [aoa id=”1″] Using a search engine which can be filtered by location, injury and sport, users are able to access over 2,000 therapists throughout the UK. The company is part of the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator Programme in Cardiff. “The website is phenomenal and the impact it can have is huge,” said Colin on a recent visit to the accelerator. “It’s a game changer and can seriously improve the way sports people at all levels deal…

Thousands of people flocking to the annual Pride Cymru Parade are getting helpful travel advice from Cardiff Bus. [aoa id=”1″] The operator is alerting attendees to road closures and route diversions ahead of the hugely successful event set to take place in Cardiff this weekend. The annual Pride Parade will take place on Saturday 24 August where thousands of people are expected to fill the capital’s streets and celebrate LGBTQ+ communities across Wales. Some of the city centre roads will be closed, from 11:00 to 13:30, while the parade takes place including North Road, Kingsway, Duke Street, Castle Street, Lower St.…

Staff at ASW Property Services, a property services specialist covering Wales, the Midlands and the South West of England, has raised over £1000 for the RNLI in memory of a colleague. Eight members of staff took part in the 34th annual Mumbles RNLI raft race alongside 26 other teams on 11th August. The team participated to honour the memory of their late colleague Glyn Harris, who sadly passed away recently, two weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. Glyn Harris worked for ASW Property Services for 22 years – and was still working for the company up until he passed away…

Vortex IOT prepares to officially launch its state-of-the-art Rail Optical Detection of Intrusions and Obstructions (RODIO) solution, together with Network Rail and Tata Steel.

Quantum Advisory introduces volunteering leave scheme to allow employees time away from work to contribute to the local community.

The 16th UEFA European Championship is set for kick-off on 12th June 2020 and to celebrate the tournament’s 60th birthday, 12 cities around Europe will be hosting the Euros. With qualifying concluding in March 2020, there’s still time to consider how the final teams will look – we’ve predicted what the Wales squad will look like ahead of the 2020 Euros. Starring Roles Manchester United midfielder Daniel James and Liverpool winger Harry Wilson, who is currently on loan from Bournemouth, are two names who could conceivably step up into more important roles in the team to assist Ramsey & Bale…