Author: Rhys Gregory

Mastering ecommerce SEO is one of the smartest moves you can make in 2025. Optimizing your product pages for search engines is not just about ranking higher—it’s about creating a seamless experience that turns visitors into loyal buyers. The truth is, great SEO goes beyond keywords; it’s about understanding your customers, their intent, and how they navigate your site. Imagine your products showing up exactly when someone searches for them—that’s the power of ecommerce SEO. When done right, it builds visibility, credibility, and sales without relying heavily on paid ads. But how can you get there? This step-by-step guide walks…

Cymru’s most capped international footballer and record goal scorer Jess Fishlock has announced that she will retire from international football following Cymru’s match against Australia at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday 22 October (KO 2pm). The influential midfielder confirmed on Wednesday that she has decided to call time on her incredible international career that has seen her set multiple records and inspire countless young girls and boys across the country. It was fitting that her last competitive games for Cymru were on the biggest stage at EURO 2025, as there will simply never be another Jess Fishlock. In an…

A talented baker whose incredible “Pirates of the Caribbean” cake scooped gold has set her sights on more success after investing in a new studio. Award-winning cake designer Helen Searle-Jones, from Hope, in Flintshire, wowed judges at last year’s Cake International with her epic sea monster scene, showing a huge Kraken dragging Captain Jack Sparrrow’s Black Pearl pirate ship beneath the waves. Now the mum-of-three, who runs Searle Jones Cake Design, is returning to the world’s biggest cake design competition at the NEC in Birmingham – this time not just to compete but also to take centre stage as a…

A woman who grew up in foster care before becoming a foster parent herself has welcomed the roll out of a new digital platform transforming the way children are introduced to their new foster family. Foster Wales has launched a new way to allow a young person to look through the profile of a foster carer before they meet them. The Big Welcome platform allows children soon to move to a new foster carer the chance to get to know the personality and home life of their new carer, and any family members or pets they might be about to…

At just 23, qualified Aberystwyth-based tattoo artist Claire Hennessy has transformed a difficult period in her life into a business rooted in creativity, empowerment, and mental health awareness, thanks to support from Big Ideas Wales. In March 2025, Claire opened Inky Pinky Tattoo Studio with her business partner Paul Harwood, offering professional tattoo and piercing services in a welcoming and inclusive space. A trained tattoo artist and Fine Art graduate, Claire’s journey into entrepreneurship was guided by her passion for body art and resilience shaped by personal experience. When an apprenticeship proved unsustainable due to the mental and physical toll…

RSPCA Cymru is urging people to consider adopting a rescue cat across Wales, amid an all-time high in  numbers of moggies in the charity’s care. New data unveiled during the RSPCA’s Adoptober rehoming drive reveals that the number of cats being cared for at the charity’s fourteen national centres alone (across England and Wales), as they wait for forever homes, has more than doubled from some 800 in 2020 to around 1,700 this summer*. And thousands more cats are being cared for by independently-run RSPCA branches across England and Wales. RSPCA records also showed cats are now waiting more than a…

Christmas at Bute Park is back next month for its fifth year, with a brand-new route, dazzling new displays and street food traders serving tempting festive treats. With more than 104,000 tickets sold in 2024, Christmas at Bute Park will be returning to Cardiff city centre from Friday November 21st through to December 31st, 2025, bringing more than five weeks of festive magic with it. A key addition to this year’s lineup is Water Willow, an installation combining synchronised light and sound effects. It features three large tree structures illuminated with thousands of LEDs. The lights pulse vertically along the…

Musician and producer Cian Ciarán is set to bring a unique composition featuring two self-playing pianos to Japan. The Super Furry Animals’ keyboard player will return to Japan as one of 21 artists and companies showing the breadth of Wales’ creativity and its contemporary expression as part of the Year of Wales and Japan 2025. It comes after the Super Furry Animals announced their return to stages in 2026 marking 25 years since the release of Rings Around the World. Cian will premiere his reinterpretation of the classic folkloric tale of Rhys a Meinir at teamLab Borderless in Tokyo on…

Anna Lloyd, founder of fermented foods brand Bwblin, has been named one of 14 entrepreneurs selected as the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans Ambassadors for 2025. Based in Anglesey, Bwblin is a vegan, organic and carbon-neutral fermented food brand specialising in small-batch sauerkraut, kimchi and miso – all handmade using locally sourced ingredients and seasonal British produce. As demand for Bwblin’s products quickly outgrew Anna’s kitchen, she applied for a £5,000 Start Up Loan with support from The King’s Trust, one of the Start Up Loans programme’s Business Support Partners. The funding enabled her to invest in professional equipment,…

A housebuilder has helped to revitalise a community’s War Memorial ahead of Remembrance Day following a plea from a local resident. Govilon resident Ivan Beatty has been helping to maintaining the village’s War Memorial for the last 25 years along with his wife Sue. Earlier this year, Mr Beatty, aged 78, reached out to South Wales housebuilder Llanmoor Homes, which is building 51 homes on its Rossers Field development near the village, to see if the business could help spruce up the memorial. Mr Beatty, who served in the Army Catering Corps for 30 years and later worked for the…