Author: Rhys Gregory

Leading education charity Into Film Cymru has again joined forces with Bait Studio, the award-winning Cardiff-based motion design and VFX company, to offer careers advice to students from Maesteg High School interested in getting into the film industry.  [aoa id=”1″] This was a highly anticipated VFX workshop for young filmmakers, with Peter Rogers, Creative Director of Bait Studio, based in GloWorks in Cardiff Bay, leading the VFX session at Chapter Arts Centre, and adding some extra sparkle to a film brought along by students. Christian Lett, VFX supervisor also led the session. Known for its work on feature films such as The Machine, The Call Up, and Don’t Knock Twice, Bait Studio is increasingly using the popular Into…

Colleagues from Principality Building Society have gone back to school to provide financial education lessons to more than 1,500 Welsh primary school children across the country. [aoa id=”1″] More than 40 classes of children, including Ysgol Clawdd Offa in Prestatyn, received lessons as part of the Money Advice Service’s Talk Money Week (12-18 November), which aims to improve financial education for people of all ages across the UK. Lessons at schools aimed to encourage children to think and discuss issues such as where money comes from, how to look after money and what money can be used for. The lesson…

One of Wales’ leading aluminium fabricators, Dudley’s Aluminium, is ending 2018 on a high after securing two new projects with a combined worth of close to £4million. It’s been a strong year for Dudley’s Aluminium, which has secured a number of major projects, including Cambridge University’s R&D Campus, the £4million Central Square contract in Cardiff and student accommodation in Exeter. The Welsh fabricator has been awarded both new projects by Willmott Dixon Construction Limited in Pontypridd and Exeter. The first project is part of the £38m Taff Vale redevelopment programme that will deliver a three-building office-led regeneration scheme at the…

This Trustees’ Week (12-16 November), Towergate Account Executive and third sector specialist, Adrian Bonas, looks at why it’s important for Trustees to protect themselves, as well as their organisations. Have you thought about what protection you have as a Trustee of a Charity/Not for Profit Organisation? Trustees are vital to the Third Sector and take on considerable responsibility for their actions and that of their organisation. Unintentional errors can and do occur and these can put Trustees at personal risk of legal action, claims for compensation and investigations by the likes of the Charity Commission, H&S Executive and other official…

A YOUNG artist whose work was part of a world-first conference dedicated to the life of late pop great Prince is creating a painting for a Wrexham finance’s firm new headquarters. [aoa id=”1″] Alice Tulane, 25, from Connah’s Quay, is producing an abstract piece to adorn the walls of Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management’s new offices inside the town’s Grade II listed former Wrexham Lager brewery building. The fast expanding company, which was established in 2000 by founding partners Warren Hadlow and Medwyn Edwards, is also offering other local artists the chance to showcase their work on the walls at the state…

Five figures from the Welsh business world have been unveiled as some of the country’s most progressive leaders as part of Grant Thornton’s Faces of a Vibrant Economy Campaign. The annual list recognises 100 inspirational leaders from private, public and third sectors across the UK. Among them are business leaders, entrepreneurs, local government innovators and third sector trailblazers who have been recognised for their commitment to developing an economy that enables people, organisations and communities to flourish. Tramshed Tech Co-Founder, Mark John, is one five Welsh business people to have been recognised in the annual Grant Thornton hotlist. The entrepreneur…

This November, Welsh homelessness charity, Llamau, is asking you to help end homelessness in Wales by spending one night sleeping out at Cardiff City Stadium. Sleep Out Cardiff is the largest sleep out event in Wales. On 22nd November, participants will build their own shelter and sleep in it overnight, whilst raising funds to end homelessness for young people in Wales. Many people who are sleeping on the streets today were homeless when they were younger as well, which is why Llamau believes that the only way to end homelessness is to start by ending youth homelessness. Llamau steps in early…

A leading insurance broker has thrown its support behind the Swansea Sports Awards, signing up as one of the category sponsors. [aoa id=”1″] Towergate is sponsoring the Senior Club or Team of the Year Award which celebrates outstanding achievement by a Swansea based sports club or team in 2018, a category that was last year won by Swansea Harriers Athletics Club. The Swansea Sports Awards celebrate the sporting achievements of Swansea’s amateur and professional sportsmen and women. Previous winners include Non Stanford, Dai Green, Chris Coleman and Dan Biggar. [/aoa] Area Managing Director of Towergate, Gary Stevens, said: “It is…

Children from Tonypandy are some of the first in Wales to read a new book commissioned by Principality Building Society, which teaches families across the country the importance of learning about finances from a young age. The book, called Goose’s Cake Bake, was read to primary school children from Ysgol Nantgwyn by Devon-based writer and artist Laura Wall as part of Money Advice Service Cymru’s Talk Money Week (12-18 November).  Goose’s Cake Bake tells the story of a child who organises a bake sale to raise money to buy books, using themes of entrepreneurship, decision making and financial education throughout.…

Welsh insurance giant Admiral is expanding into JR Smart’s new No 3 Capital Quarter office building in Cardiff city centre. It has taken a 10 year lease on the remaining 65,000 sq ft within No 3 Capital Quarter at a quoting rent of £22.50 per sq ft, and expects to move its staff in by May next year. No 3 is the latest speculatively-built Grade A office building on the 10 acre Capital Quarter development fronting Tyndall Street, providing 77,931 sq ft of Grade A, BREEAM Excellent office accommodation. It was completed by JR Smart in August this year, with…