Author: Rhys Gregory

As the excitement builds ahead of the Rugby World Cup in September, one Welsh lawyer is preparing to travel to the spectacle and play a critical role at the tournament. [aoa id=”1″] Roger Morris, partner and notary public with law firm Hutchinson Thomas, which has offices in Swansea and Neath, will travel to the event as an independent judicial officer. He will play a crucial role in determining the length of bans and sanctions the stars of world rugby could face. A focus on player welfare in recent years has fundamentally changed the parameters of certain parts of the game,…

Small Business support network Enterprise Nation, in partnership with Amazon, has opened the second Clicks and Mortar pop-up shop in St David’s Centre, Cardiff. The shop will be open for six weeks, giving more than 20 small online brands from across Wales and the UK the chance to sell their products, meet customers and experience selling on the high street for the first time. [aoa id=”1″]Clicks and Mortar is a year-long pilot programme to open 10 pop-up shops across to the UK, enabling more than 100 small online businesses to experience selling on the high street for the first time. Amazon…

CJCH Solicitors has appointed two new staff members as it extends its service offering in its Blackwood office. [aoa id=”1″] Residential Property Solicitor Abbi Williams and Chartered Legal Executive Alexis Thomas join the Blackwood team as CJCH acts on its responsibility to meet the needs of the local community. Abbi joins from Watkins and Gunn Solicitors with a wealth of experience in Residential Property Law, having also worked at Devonalds Solicitors and Hugh James Solicitors. [/aoa] Abbi deals with all aspects of residential conveyancing including sales, purchases, transfers of equity and remortgages of both freehold and leasehold properties. Alexis joins…

Researchers at Aberystwyth University are asking farmers for their views on how rural crime is being tackled in the Dyfed-Powys Police area. Dr Wyn Morris from the Aberystwyth Business School and Dr Gareth Norris from the University’s Department of Psychology want farmers and other key stakeholders to share their experiences of farm-related crime, police attitudes towards farm crime and the effectiveness of crime-prevention measures in rural areas. Funded by the office of the Dyfed-Powys Police and Crime Commissioner, the study is being launched during the Royal Welsh Show 22-25 July 2019. The new research project will build on the Rural…

Bite will return to Insole Court on the 27th July, and they have plans to make this year’s event even bigger and better. [aoa id=”1″] Once again, the focus will remain squarely on the food – there’ll be no fancy branding, and no trendy food trucks to distract from the provenance and quality of what people are eating, or the skill of the people who cook it. The inaugural event welcomed more than 10,000 people to the gardens of Insole Court mansion in Llandaff, where they could sample dishes cooked by 30 of South Wales’ top chefs and restauranteurs – and…

A LEADING leisure firm is celebrating its anniversary with record profits and plans for national expansion. [aoa id=”1″] And it is double delight for UK Leisure Living boss Gareth Jones, who was this week announced as a finalist in the Businessperson of the Year category at the prestigious SME Business Awards. The North Wales company has grown significantly in the last four years, employing 12 staff in Mochdre and St Asaph. Managing director Gareth has taken an organic approach, introducing a hot tub sales showroom and maintenance service, composite decking and now the revolutionary groundscrew solutions arm, Stop Digging! North…

It has been announced that Cardiff Central Station is to receive £58m in funding from the UK Government as part of plans to overhaul Wales’ busiest station. [aoa id=”1″] This announcement follows on from the £40m pledged in January 2018 by Cardiff Capital Region City Deal to support the redevelopment of Cardiff’s main transport hub. Welcoming the news of the funding, Councillor Andrew Morgan, Chair of the CCR Regional Cabinet and Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, said: “We are pleased that the UK Government has committed £58m to allow much needed improvements at Cardiff Central Station. [/aoa]“Only…

Earlier this month, hundreds of people came together in Wales to watch the third episode of the ever-growing FootStep Run and Tenfoot Swim & Swim/Run. The local endurance event raises significant funds for charities close to the community’s heart. The event kicked off with a family-friendly fun run on the Friday night, ranging from the 0.5-mile children’s run to the 1- 3- and 5-mile adult runs between Saundersfoot and Stepaside with many of the 350 participants rocked up in fancy dress, creating a great atmosphere. This year’s charitable weekend also saw the addition of a new event, as a 10K…

Pupils from one of Wales’ leading independent schools are combatting dementia in their local community, supporting people with dementia at a local care home each week. A class of 10- and 11-year olds from St. Nicholas House at Christ College Brecon decided to learn more about dementia and its effects so they could help their local community. Together with their teachers, the pupils decided to enter the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends initiative at the start of the school year. Dementia Friends has been introduced to make people more aware of dementia, changing the way they think, act and talk about…

Momodoulamin Saine has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court tomorrow morning (Tuesday, July 23). Officers were called at approximately 4.50am yesterday (Sunday, July 21) to St Mary Street following reports of an assault. Mr Khan, 21, was treated by emergency services at the scene and then taken to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, where he died from his injuries. His family, who are from Grangetown, have been updated on this evening’s developments and are being supported by family liaison officers. Detectives are still appealing for information. Information and digital footage can be…