Author: Rhys Gregory

When production operator and team leader Ryan Brown was made redundant by Ford Motor Company’s Bridgend plant due to a product run end, he recognised it as a golden opportunity to retrain [aoa id=”1″] He applied for and secured an Apprenticeship on Ford’s electrical training programme and loves his new job programming and working with robots, providing breakdown cover and finding ways to save the company money. Ryan, 26, who lives in Porthcawl, has helped establish an Emerging Technologies department at the Bridgend Engine Plant, taking on a leading role in additive manufacturing. The department is seeking to cut costs…

Sally Hughes is on course for a rewarding career with Tata Steel in Port Talbot and hopes to inspire other young women to follow a science career pathway. [aoa id=”1″] The only female in a group of technical apprentices recruited by the company in Port Talbot in September, 2016, she says it has not been easy to be successful within a male dominated environment. However, the 19-year-old from Port Talbot is determined to reach her full potential by embracing all opportunities available to her. Rewarding her determination, Sally has been shortlisted for this year’s Apprenticeship Awards Cymru. She will be…

The construction division of The Premier Group, a leading high-spec construction and maintenance company, has been appointed by the largest independent forecourt operator in the UK, Motor Fuel Group (MFG), to complete works at a service station in Mumbles, Swansea. [aoa id=”1″] The project marks a rare occurrence for The Premier Group’s construction division to work on a local site. The company, which is based in Winch Wen, Swansea, most frequently works on projects based throughout the UK for major national brands. The scope of the project being undertaken by The Premier Group includes the remodelling of the existing Texaco…

A Cardiff Met graduate has been impressing industry professionals at a series of high-profile art shows, including the British Art Fair at the world-famous Saatchi Gallery. [aoa id=”1″] Annette Lindenberg, 24, originally from Vienna, studied Artist Designer Maker at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She has since gone on to showcase her unique work at several well-known art shows. Most notably, Annette’s work of carved ceramics featured prominently at the 30thanniversary of the British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery last month. Her collection was positioned next to work by world-famous artists Dame Lucie Rie and Dame Barbara Hepworth. [/aoa] Annette’s work…

A North Wales project to develop seamless health and social care services for people with learning disabilities is the latest to receive funding from a £100m Welsh Government fund to transform the way health and social care is delivered.  [aoa id=”1″]Health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, today (Tuesday, 30 October) announced £1.69m funding over two years for the North Wales Regional Partnership Board to develop new ways of working that could eventually be used across Wales. The funding comes from the £100m Transformation Fund to support key actions from the Welsh Government’s long term plan for health and social care, A Healthier…

The statistic that clothing waste is the second biggest polluter on the planet after oil, inspired Kayleigh Hilde to create materials from bacteria that are sustainable, degradable and create zero waste. [aoa id=”1″] Kayleigh’s work focuses on reducing the impact that fashion has on the environment and was recently featured in an editorial piece in the latest edition of leading fashion title I-D Magazine in a piece on ‘Fashion’s Sustainable Future’. Kayleigh, 24, from Burry Port, studied MA Art and Design with Fashion Design Futures pathway at Cardiff Metropolitan University, graduating in November 2018. [/aoa] She was selected from top…

A cave rescue team which helped mastermind the safe release of a Thai football team in one of the most perilous rescue missions in history were the pride of Wales at a special awards ceremony. Members of the South and Mid-Wales Cave Rescue Team (SMWRCT) played a vital role in the recovery of 12 boys and their coach in the depths of Thailand’s Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province this summer following a three-week ordeal which gripped the world. With some of the most highly-skilled cave rescuers in the world, the team was drafted in to support…

This is what you can expect to see, eat and drink at Head of Steam in Cardiff Head of Steam in Cardiff officially opens to customers today (Tuesday, 30 October). Last night we were invited to take a look around the new railway inspired venue that is opening its doors to customers from today. This is what we found… The decor The first thing that you’ll notice is the incredible look and feel of the new decor. Not only will you find the walls tastefully decorated in travel memorabilia, but if you look carefully, you’ll spot a few local pieces…

A football tournament held to highlight the fight against hate crime and racism has been won by a club formed in Wrexham to provide the opportunity to play for people from different ethnic backgrounds. [aoa id=”1″] The six-a-side event held at Ysgol Clywedog in the town was sponsored by North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones and was filmed by the BBC as part of a series how cash seized from criminals is benefiting community enterprises. A team from the Wrexham Inclusion charity, which has been supported by the Cash From Criminals scheme with a £2,500 grant through the…

Wales’ leading used car sales retailer, The Trade Centre Wales, is celebrating a successful quarter after scooping a Fast Growth 50 award and being ranked in the prestigious Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250 list. [aoa id=”1″] The car supermarket group has had a successful 2018 to date, continuing its growth outside its home territory of Wales, opening ‘Europe’s largest used car showroom’ in Coventry in April, the second outlet in the Midlands, firmly establishing the Trade Centre UK brand. At the 20th anniversary Fast Growth 50 Gala Dinner awards, The Trade Centre Wales was awarded the Special Sustainability…