Author: Rhys Gregory

People across Cardiff are getting vital bus travel advice as thousands of runners prepare to lace up their shoes for this year’s Cardiff 10K this weekend. [aoa id=”1″] Cardiff Bus is alerting people throughout the city to service diversions and bus stop changes which will come into place during Sunday’s annual charitable run. The event, which is due to start at Cardiff Civic Centre from 9.15am for the 2K family run and 10am for the Cardiff 10K, will see runners flood the capital, with roads including Cathedral Road, Castle Street, Woodgate Street and Westgate Street, all set to close at…

A Preparatory School skiing sensation defied his age to achieve a pair of podium finishes at two prestigious national competitions. [aoa id=”1″] Xavier Poynton, a Year 3 pupil at Rydal Penrhos, enhanced his reputation as one of the brightest young skiers anywhere in the country at both the Anglo Welsh Indoor Championships and the British Indoor Championships, which took place earlier this month. Prior to the competitions, Xavier attended the Ambition Racing Summer Camp after being the youngest in the country to ever be selected to the programme this year. He was once again coached by Cara Brown, a four-time…

Help to Buy Wales – the scheme introduced to provide a shared equity loan to buyers of new-build properties is contributing to soaring sales at one of Cardiff’s newest developments, Schooner Wharf in Cardiff Bay. [aoa id=”1″] Recognising the hugely positive impact of the scheme in helping people take their first step onto the property ladder, a dedicated Help to Buy weekend will take place at the marketing suite this weekend – Saturday 1stand Sunday 2ndSeptember from 11am – 5pm. Independent financial advisers and the development’s experienced team will be available on both days to offer one-to-one advice to help…

Business in Focus, the social enterprise that has been helping small businesses to start their journey and grow for nearly three decades, has been awarded Gold accreditation from Investors in People, demonstrating their commitment to high performance through good people management. [aoa id=”1″] The company has offices and premises right across South Wales and provides assistance with planning, employment and HR issues, help with access to finance, training seminars and events – all the necessary foundations that can make the difference between success and failure for a business. Investors in People (IiP) is the international standard for people management, defining…

Cardiff Council is to install five special cigarette butt bins designed to ballot smokers as part of the ‘Love Where You Live’ campaign. [aoa id=”1″]The bins will have a Perspex front, a divider down the middle and two slots on either side to allow disposal of cigarette ends. Each bin will be marked with different questions such as Cardiff Blues or Cardiff Devils? Shirley Bassey or Tom Jones? Manic Street Preachers or Stereophonics? Smokers will then decide which slot to use depending on their preference. At the end of each week results will be determined based on cigarette butt levels…

Places are now available at a special event aimed at highlighting what a career in speech therapy has to offer. [aoa id=”1″] It is aimed at students in Year 10 and above, or mature students, who are considering speech and language therapy as a career option. The annual event, organised by ABMU speech and language therapy staff, takes place this year on Wednesday 24thOctober from 9.30am to 4pm. It will be held in Neath Port Talbot Hospital and is open to students living within the health board area. Speech and language therapists are trained to assess, diagnose and treat children…

Denbighshire businesses are being given the chance to get free one-to-one expert advice.  [aoa id=”1″] Denbighshire County Council is providing eight day-long sessions throughout the county giving traders the chance for personalised one-hour advice sessions from retail and marketing expert Helen Hodgkinson. Helen is a business trainer and owner of Indie Business Training and has experience of developing and delivering training sessions and workshops covering areas such as digital opportunities, social media, retail and selling. [/aoa] Cllr Hugh Evans OBE, leader of Denbighshire County Council, said: “These free sessions will allow businesses to get tailored advice to help build knowledge,…

Dedicated cyclists from Sony UK Technology Centre (UK TEC) have taken on an “exhilarating” 300-mile coast-to-coast challenge across Wales to raise thousands for a Bridgend hospital. Fifteen members of the Pencoed factory’s Team Xtreme jumped on their bikes for the epic three-day adventure last weekend in a bid to support the vital work of the Princess of Wales Hospital’s children’s ward. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] This is the second time that the team, which was formed 15 years ago, has undertaken a challenge of this magnitude in aid of the hospital. This year’s challengers began pedalling from the specialist manufacturing facility on…

Kier has celebrated the completion of the first phase of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s (UWTSD) pioneering SA1 development by providing tours of the site to industry experts as well as teachers and lecturers.  [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] In partnership with the Forum for the Built Environment (FBE), the tours took place earlier this month to showcase the project and all that has been achieved so far. The SA1 Swansea Waterfront Development, consists of IQ, the new home for UWTSD’s Yr Athrofa: Institute of Education and the Faculty of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, as well as the Construction Wales Innovation…

A pioneering new project that involves reverting back to traditional 1940s farming methods has transformed a stretch of coastline in Wales into a haven for rare animals, birds and wildflowers – boosting numbers in some instances by more than 300 per cent. [aoa id=”1″] The tried and tested ‘strip field’ farming involved flower crops being planted alongside more traditional arable crops and wildflower meadows across 45 hectares (111 acres) of farmland near the spectacular Worms Head in Rhossili, South Wales, cared for by the National Trust. And, just two years after the project started, the stretch of iconic coastline has…