Author: Rhys Gregory

Last year the First Minister announced an extra £10million to support the Welsh Government’s mission to end youth homelessness in Wales by 2027. Today, he has set out how this funding will be used to identify those at risk of becoming homeless sooner and to take preventative action. The funding includes: £3.7million for the Youth Support Grant to strengthen services to prevent youth homelessness and tackle its root cause £4.8million for an Innovation Fund to develop new housing approaches for young people, which could include support for young people leaving care £250,000 for targeted communications and engagement programmes: to improve…

A LEADING manufacturer is encouraging other companies to sign-up for a popular management programme that had a positive impact on staff development and growth. Chris Whitehouse, Project Director at the award-winning isGroup, was among those to complete the 20Twenty Business Programme and says the focus on strategy and finance was particularly helpful in his day-to-day operations. The Flint-based company employs 30 people and has worked alongside some of the UK’s top organisations in creating unique signage solutions, from the public sector and universities to football clubs, including Liverpool FC, and the Hard Rock Café chain. 20Twenty is built on modules…

A dedicated young nurse who brings comfort to people as they come to the end of their lives has won a prestigious national award. While most young nurses are attracted to the more high-profile units such as accident and emergency Joseph Maund soon knew that he wanted to specialize in care of the elderly. Now, at the relatively young age of 27, he works in the field of palliative and end-of-life care and has earned so much respect and admiration that he has received one of this year’s Wales Care Awards. The awards are organized by Care Forum Wales to…

A day of action to tackle drug supply throughout the Vale of Glamorgan has led to 11 arrests. Operation Avalanche saw 120 officers take part in early-morning raids today with drug warrants executed at 10 addresses across Barry, Dinas Powys and Penarth. Local officers joined specialist officers from the Territorial Support Team and the dog section, as well as National Crime Agency officers for the operation. Of the 11 people arrested on suspicion of drug offences, seven are men and four are women. Those arrested are aged between 19 to 51. They are all currently in police custody. A quantity…

UWTSD’s Copper Coast International Film Festival will take place from January 29 to February 1, 2019, welcoming films and film lovers from around the world to Swansea. [aoa id=”1″] It builds upon the success of the previous two editions of Copper Coast, which saw over 5,000 entries submitted from around the world, and panel speakers including BAFTA-winning film directors Kevin Allen (Twin Town), Destiny Ekaragha (Gone Too Far) and Claire Sturges (My Brief Eternity). In addition to screening a selection of some of the finest short films from the next generation of global filmmaking talent, this year’s Copper Coast will…

More than fifty aspiring young entrepreneurs from across south Wales spent the weekend (16-18 November) at an intensive three-day residential Bootcamp event designed to equip them with essential skills to make their business dreams a reality. [aoa id=”1″] Big Ideas Wales’ ‘Bootcamp to Business’ event in the south Wales valleys at Rock UK Summit Centre, Treharris, was open to business minded young people aged between 18-25. All the attendees went through an interview process before being awarded a position at the sought-after Bootcamp, where they spent the weekend with established Welsh businesspeople and previous bootcampers who’ve gone on to run…

South Wales Police responded to reports of a robbery at Lloyds TSB on High Street, Gorseinon, this morning (Tuesday, November 12th). Two men dressed in blue overalls with their faces covered reportedly entered the building brandishing weapons shortly after 10am. No-one was injured during the incident. Armed police were deployed alongside divisional officers, the dog unit and the police helicopter, however the suspects had fled the scene prior to police arrival. Arrest enquiries are ongoing and anyone who has any information which could assist the investigation, or who witnessed any suspicious activity in the area prior to the incident, is…

Cardiff-based Yolk Recruitment has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) permanent recruitment framework. [aoa id=”1″] The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial value when procuring common goods and services. The framework agreement between CCS and Yolk Recruitment covers the UK-wide supply of permanent recruitment services to UK public sector bodies including central government departments and their arm’s length bodies and agencies, non-departmental public bodies and wider public sector organisations. The agreement will involve recruitment for permanent appointments, fixed term appointments and inward secondments, both for individual candidates and at volume.…

The Veterinary Surgeon, who founded the renowned natural pet food company, has been announced as a finalist for the 2018 Natwest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. He will compete against leading businessmen and women from across the country and a range of industries in the ‘Entrepreneur for Good’ category, designed to celebrate entrepreneurs that are leading an organisation that is implementing pioneering ideas and business models to help drive social change. The news comes as Burns Pet Nutrition recently announced a £1M charity donation to mark its 25th year of trading. Originally established in 1993, the business was founded by John…

The demand for flexible workspace is set to accelerate as over two thirds of global corporates plan to increase their use of flexible co-working and collaborative space over the next three years, according to new research from Knight Frank. [aoa id=”1″] Knight Frank’s (Y)OUR SPACE report, surveys senior executives at 120 global companies which collectively employ in excess of 3.5 million people worldwide and occupy an estimated 233 million sq ft of office space, equivalent to the total amount of office space in Central London. The research shows global corporates intend to operate increasingly from flexible, serviced and co-working spaces,…