Author: Rhys Gregory

Qualified nurses are being urged to attend a recruitment open day being held to fill over 40 roles in care homes across the south Wales valleys and M4 corridor. Hallmark Care Homes, a family-run provider of care homes across the UK, has a number of nursing vacancies available across seven of its properties in Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, Bridgend, Pontypridd, Maesteg and Merthyr Tydfil. The firm is holding a recruitment open day, in partnership with Yolk Recruitment, in Cardiff on the 16th and 17th of October 2018. Potential recruits will be able to learn about the various roles available and be…

School children recently experienced a day of fun with industry professionals and a mascot from the construction industry, but an important talk about safety was the highlight of the lesson.  [aoa id=”1″]JG Hale Construction visited St Patrick’s R.C. Primary School in Cardiff to help educate its children about the dangers of construction sites, as well as some of the exciting careers available in the industry. [/aoa] The visit was organised in relation to a new development near the school on Penarth Road, which Hale are constructing on behalf of Taff Housing Association, a housing association committed to Building Foundations for Better Futures. Throughout…

Some of Wales’ most successful female entrepreneurs gathered at the National Assembly for Wales last week (Oct 3) to take part in a forum looking at how more women can be encouraged to start and scale-up their own companies. [aoa id=”1″]The UK Economic Blueprint for Women roadshow has been launched by the female entrepreneur group Pink Shoe, with the support of NatWest, and will also visit Birmingham, Liverpool and Edinburgh before producing a White Paper to share with central and devolved governments in the summer of 2019.[/aoa] Just 20% of the country’s SME sector is made-up of female entrepreneurs according…

BGF’s £3 million investment into high-performance IT consultancy DevOpsGroup has been named the Venture Capital Deal of the Year. [aoa id=”1″]DevOpsGroup and BGF received the prestigious honour at the 2018 Wales Dealmakers Awards on Thursday, September 27th. Organised by Insider Media, these awards recognise milestone corporate finance deals made in Wales as well as the people and organisations behind them. [/aoa] This year’s event took place in a glittering awards gala at Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff. It was sponsored by the likes of the Development Bank of Wales, Darwin Gray, Greenaway Scott and Blake Morgan. A year of growth …

The saying goes that everybody needs good neighbours and at Llanmoor Homes, Waterloo Gardens development in Newport, resident Vincenza Antonelli is certainly making sure that’s lived up to – [aoa id=”1″] taking care of the on-site team with her regular culinary treats. Vincenza – who moved to the popular development last year with husband Giovanni – has become synonymous with her home-cooked offerings, delivering freshly cooked meals to the sales office, and fellow neighbours, often on a daily basis! [/aoa] Vincenza relocated to Wales at the age of 18 from her hometown of Sora just outside Rome and developed her…

People who enjoy the magic of the festive season are being advised to make a note in their diary for November 30 when Broneirion in Llandinam, headquarters of Girlguiding Cymru, will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland. [aoa id=”1″]Broneirion’s biggest fundraising event of the year is free to enter and runs from 4.30pm to 9pm, with buses provided to transport passengers to the Grade II listed Edwardian house from Newtown for £1 per person each way.[/aoa] Attractions include Santa’s grotto, a market with more than 30 stalls manned by local companies selling food and gifts, face painting, an inflatable snowboard…

The future of one of the oldest knock-out football competitions in Wales has been secured thanks to a new sponsorship deal. [aoa id=”1″]Wrexham-based Rawson Digital, which also has an office in Dinorwic Marina, Y Felinheli, near Bangor, have been unveiled as the new backers of the Elias Cup, one of five high profile tournaments organised by the Lucas Oil Anglesey Football League.[/aoa] The silver trophy was donated to the 120-year-old Anglesey League more than 90 years ago and is currently held by one of its newest clubs, Arriva Bangor, who only joined the league last season and beat Bodorgan on…

Local construction firm, Willis Construction, has not only contributed to the regeneration of Newport city centre by developing a block of flats with Derwen Cymru Ltd to house older people, but also made a donation to support some of the city’s most vulnerable people. [aoa id=”1″] The Willis team and their partners met at the development site to hand over a cheque to Kevin Ward, Manager of Newport NOW BID, which is responsible for Street SupPort, a homelessness fund for Newport. Willis are a local company and pride themselves on their commitment to both environmental and social sustainability, employing local…

A new report highlighting the challenges and opportunities of the South Wales Metro launched yesterday (Monday, October 8th) at an event in Cardiff. [aoa id=”1″]The “Metro & Me” report is led by Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning and has been authored by leading academics and regional figures, including Professor Mark Barry from Cardiff University, Geraint Talfan Davies, co-founder of the Institute of Welsh Affairs and Carole-Anne Davies, Chief Executive of the Design Commission for Wales. It examines the planned Metro transport scheme and how it could improve regional planning, housing, economic development, design, green infrastructure and culture.[/aoa] The launch…

A team from Redrow has gone ‘back to school’ to help transform a local Cardiff primary in need of a bit of a boost. As part of the Redrow Graduate Programme, a team from the most recent intake spent time at Ysgol Gymraeg Coed y Gof – a Welsh medium school in Pentrebane – helping to renovate recreational areas much in need of repair. [aoa id=”1″]The graduates from various Redrow divisions across the UK – along with special guest, ex-Welsh professional rugby player Alix Popham – were delighted to show the excited pupils exactly what had been achieved as they…