Author: Rhys Gregory

The festive feeling is fueling a South Wales cold storage firm’s expansion, with sales set to soar as food retailers expand their Christmas ranges.[aoa id=”1″]Wild Water Group offers bespoke temperature-controlled storage and distribution services to large food companies, Welsh producers, supermarkets and High Street stores.The group expects its turnover to rise by 10 per cent this year due to retailers increasing the variety of products included in their Christmas feasts. The company has also boosted the size of its team by 40 per cent to help deal with the upturn in demand, creating 25 new jobs across its network.Christmas is the…

Top London chef, Carlo Scotto, was welcomed to visit and tour Rhug organic farm, near Corwen, Denbighshire, last week. Rhug will supply Carlo’s exciting new solo venture, The Xier Restaurant, in London, when it opens next February.[aoa id=”1″]Carlo Scotto, is the former head chef at Babbo restaurant in Mayfair. The Xier Restaurant will be his first solo venture. The Xier will be the one of the first restaurants of its kind to have a two-tiered approach to dining – casual dining on the ground floor and a fine dining experience on the first floor.Originally from Naples, Carlo Scotto has moved…

According to Defra’s most recent Farm Business Survey, two-thirds of farm businesses in England and 38% of farmers in Wales, have already diversified. Roger Parry & Partners are urging those who haven’t yet considered diversifying to start preparing now for a post Brexit future.Richard Corbett, Partner in Roger Parry & Partners’ Oswestry office is concerned that farming is entering a time of major change, but not all farmers are ready to face that change. Richard said:“Those farm businesses that are prepared to recognise that change is on the way, and have planned for the future, will be the most resilient…

A doctor from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board’s Clinical Research Facility has been awarded a prestigious award from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD).[aoa id=”1″]Dr Mohammad Alhadj Ali picked up the 2018 training award from his work on immunotherapy for Type 1 diabetes. Dr Alhadj Ali presented at the annual ABCD trainees meeting in London and was the co-winner out of four presentations that were shortlisted for the award.Dr Alhadj Ali said “I am thrilled and honoured to have received the Training Award 2018 from Association of British Clinical Diabetologists in London.[/aoa]“To be recognized by the senior faculty…

A new campaign has been launched to reduce the soaring demand on the police control room in North Wales which takes over 1100 calls a day.[aoa id=”1″]According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones, only 150 of those calls are reporting crimes and he is urging the public to help take the pressure off by thinking before they dial 999.Mr Jones, a former police inspector who worked in the old control rooms in Wrexham and Colwyn Bay, was on a visit to the Force’s Joint Control Centre in St Asaph where this year they have dealt with an…

The work of the UWTSD’s Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre is celebrated for its transformational impact on children with neurological conditions.[aoa id=”1″]Product design inventions from UWTSD’s Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC) have today been named on the UK’s 100 Best Breakthroughs List for their significant impact on people’s everyday lives.ATiC, part of UWTSD Swansea College of Art, has a demonstrable track-record in providing practice-based research and development to support medical companies and healthcare related charities. ATiC’s work is primarily human-centred and design-led which enables researchers to apply creative interventions to improve health and wellbeing.The list of breakthroughs demonstrates how UK universities…

THE growth of an executive recruitment business continues with the arrival of a new consultant.[aoa id=”1″]Just weeks after opening an office at the £20m Menai Science Park on Anglesey, S2 Recruitment has welcomed Jack Such into the fold.The 22 year-old graduated from Salford University with a Marketing degree and worked for a top Manchester jobs agency before “falling in love” with recruitment.He moved to North Wales with his family to pursue opportunities in the sector and completed a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) before accepting a permanent role with S2, part of the Colwyn Bay and Bangor-based Supertemps Group.[/aoa]Focused on…

THRIVING companies from across North Wales praised two leading business programmes for having a positive impact on productivity, growth and staff development.The inaugural North Wales Means Business Conference celebrated the success of the 20Twenty Business Growth and ION Leadership programmes.Up to 150 people were at Venue Cymru, Llandudno (last Thursday) to hear talks by speakers including Karen Warren of KW Inner Strength and Mark Boddington – part of the famous Boddington’s beer family and managing director of Silverlining Furniture in Wrexham.He talked about the company’s celebrity and royal clients, why Wales is best and how they plan to increase their…

AN engineer is winning new clients and growing in confidence after graduating from a popular business course.[aoa id=”1″]Owen Bracegirdle says the ION Leadership programme transformed his working life and had a positive impact on the culture and commerce at Bangor-based Egniol Environmental Ltd.During the last two years, Egniol has undertaken a successful diversification exercise of their portfolio and services, which subsequently increased its client base and workload. This is evident in their recent expansion and opening of a new office in Milton Keynes.They believe the completion of the ION courses played a part in this success, especially within the North…

At the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) Economic Growth Partnership board on the 13 November 2018, those members in attendance stated their support for an M4 relief road to be built around Newport.The consensus was that the proposed ‘black’ route is critical to support and enable the economic and industrial strategy for growth for South-East Wales, along with adjacent regions in Wales.Without it, the members fear South-East Wales – one of the fastest growing in the UK – will become paralysed by an ageing transport infrastructure.Chair Frank Holmes says:“We have listened to the concerns. We have listened to the arguments about…