Author: Rhys Gregory

Welshpool-based recycling specialists Parry & Evans Ltd not only have to keep close control over the quality of recycled materials but also export trading prices. [aoa id=”1″] The family company, which has a turnover of £16 million and employs 62 staff, exports up to 40% of recycled cardboard, paper and plastic to America, China, India, Indonesia and across Europe. Now the company’s success story has been recognised with the International Trade Award, sponsored by Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors, at the annual Powys Business Awards held at The Hafren, Newtown. The awards are organised by Mid Wales Manufacturing Group. [/aoa] Director Lee…

A mum from Cardiff will be taking on the Cardiff Half Marathon to raise funds for Diabetes UK Cymru after her daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Amanda Lyon, 36, said her world was turned upside down when Emily, 5, was diagnosed with the condition in January. Now she is determined to complete the 13.1-mile challenge on Sunday 7 October to raise awareness of the condition and to fundraise for Diabetes UK Cymru. Diabetes UK Cymru’s Know Type 1 campaign aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of Type 1 diabetes, encouraging people to look out for the 4…

The Cardiff Half Marathon will take place on October 7thand with 25,000 people expected to take part in the event, Cardiff is expected to be exceptionally busy. To set up and dismantle the race village for the event, there have been road closures in place in the Civic Centre from Wednesday October 3rd. From 5am on Thursday October 4thuntil midnight on October 8thKing Edward V11 Avenue will be closed up to the junction with Boulevard de Nantes and to the junction with City Hall Road. The following roads will be closed from 5am on Friday October 5thuntil midnight on October…

An ambitious hospital team reached new heights in their quest to help a homeless shelter in Wrexham. Seven hospital staff from the private Spire Yale Hospital in Wrexham climbed 1,085 metres to the top of Wales’ highest mountain, Snowdon, to raise £800 for the Tŷ Nos hostel. [aoa id=”1″] The 16-bed shelter, in Holt Road, is so busy that almost every night it has to turn desperate people away with nowhere else to turn. The team’s donation has helped to replenish vital supplies and includes two new beds, bedding, mattresses and duvets which were purchased at heavily discounted costs thanks…

A fast-growing social enterprise has clinched a £37 million in contracts – and is aiming to win even more business. [aoa id=”1″] The news was revealed at the official opening of the new business park in Mochdre where Creating Enterprise has moved into a state-of-the-art headquarters. The pioneering development by housing association Cartrefi Conwy, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, will kick start plans for regeneration projects across North Wales and to build up to 300 new homes. [/aoa] The business park is the first of its kind in Wales and is also providing jobs and training for…

Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland, the capital’s festive focal point is high, wide and handsome this year with a new ride attraction that will provide the best ever views over south Wales and beyond, the biggest site in the event’s history, and the return of the undercover open air Admiral Ice Rink November 15 to January 6. [aoa id=”1″]The new Drop Tower will take riders a breath taking 90m into the skies, dwarfing all other buildings in Cardiff, and offering terrific views over the city, before dropping them vertically at startling speed to land back on safe ground. Here they can enjoy…

Hundreds of visitors got down to business at a trade expo in Newport, the first of its kind to take place in the city. [aoa id=”1″]The Business Growth Expo drew the crowds, as well as a very well-known face from the world of athletics, with 400m hero Derek Redmond giving a humorous and motivational seminar titled ‘Sport is a business and business is a sport’.[/aoa] The business show, organised in partnership with Spotlight Newport, attracted business owners and visitors from Newport, Cardiff and the south west of England. The event at the Coldra Court Hotel included a networking breakfast and…

The Caravan Girls – a group of friends who all holiday at Flintshire’s Tree Tops Caravan Park – have stripped off for a cheeky calendar which will be sold to raise funds for Breast Cancer Care. The idea came from Tree Toppers Rachel Anchors & Wendy Wild who soon persuaded their fellow caravanners to take the plunge. But agreeing to be part of the calendar was only part of the challenge for the friends who are in their 30s through to their 70s. Rachel, 46, has been at Tree Tops, near Holywell, for four years and said: “My friend Wendy…

It’s been playing in London’s West End for nearly three years, and now Mischief Theatre’s smash-and-grab hit, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is coming to Cardiff’s New Theatre from 9 – 13 October. [aoa id=”1″]It’s summer 1958. Minneapolis City Bank has been entrusted with a priceless diamond. An escaped convict is dead set on pocketing the gem with the help of his screwball sidekick, trickster girlfriend… and the maintenance man. With mistaken identities, love triangles and hidden agendas, even the most reputable can’t be trusted. In a town where everyone’s a crook, who will end up bagging the jewel?[/aoa] Welsh…

Cardiff’s independent retailers are getting the chance to “access a thriving online audience” thanks to the launch of a new digital high street app across the city. NearMeNow, which is aiming to revitalise the UK’s ailing high street, is set to offer the capital’s traders access to a complete digital toolkit from this month. [aoa id=”1″] The innovative app technology, which helps retailers digitally promote, advertise, and connect with customers, will be launched as part of the Join the High Street Revolution campaign. Its launch comes as NearMeNow joins forces with FOR Cardiff, with the combined aim of supporting growth…