Author: Rhys Gregory

ERS, the UK’s largest specialist motor insurer, is pleased to announce that it anticipates hiring up to 100 employees and invest in training and developing at its Swansea offices over the next 12 months as it brings increasingly specialist jobs to the city. The company has doubled its size in Swansea over the last three years taking it to well over 450 employees. As it expands further, it will be offering even more great opportunities at all experience levels for individuals seeking meaningful career development. The announcement is a welcome boost for the region following the news in May that…

MORE than 4,700 children and women raised £142,000 to help beat cancer at a bumper weekend of Race for Life events in Swansea. Waves of pink and splatters of mud filled Museum Green and Singleton Park for Cancer Research UK’s annual Pretty Muddy and traditional 5k and 10k Race for Life events. [aoa id=”1″][/aoa] Children joined in for the first time and tackled a range of obstacles to crawl under, clamber over and charge through for the charity’s new Pretty Muddy Kids event – all to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK. Suzanne Churchouse and Kirsty Singleton from Port…

Today (Monday, 23 July 2018) at the Royal Welsh Show S4C is announcing ambitious plans which will provide opportunities for the audience to access more Welsh language content through digital platforms. Whole series will be available online following the transmission of the first episode from September onwards. This will begin with factual series and a ballot will take place during August to select the first series to become available to view for signed-in viewers. [aoa id=”1″] The popular Hansh service will stream whole series online on the date of the first television broadcast and increase their user-generated content (WPL). Other…

Employees from Swansea Building Society recently headed to one of Gower’s most loved beaches to complete a beach clean, in a bid to help maintain the local environment and make a difference to the community. Organised by the Mumbles branch manager Tony Rees, the team from Swansea Building Society spent the day at Three Cliffs Bay on Friday 13 July picking up litter from the beach. With assistance from the National Trust, which supplied all the litter picking kit needed, the Society’s team were able to clear a substantial amount of litter from the beach and help maintain the bay’s…

The opening day of the 2018 Royal Welsh Show welcomed some cooler weather and huge crowds to the showground in Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. Addressing visitors at this morning’s (Monday 23 July) opening ceremony, the 2018 President, Mr Tom Tudor, explained how proud he was to be president of the society during the Montgomery Feature County year.  “I believe that the Royal Welsh Show highlights all that is good in Welsh agriculture and much more… our language, our culture and of course, our outstanding Welsh atmosphere. There is no better show in the world, and it makes me proud to be…

As the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s flagship accolade, the Sir Bryner Jones Memorial Award is highly coveted every year. The winner of this year’s award has been kept under wraps until today, (Monday 23 July), the first day of the Royal Welsh Show, creating a sense of excitement and anticipation that befits such a prestigious award. Since 1957 the award has been made annually to someone from a different area of the farming industry who has reached the highest level of achievement in the chosen sector. This year the judges were looking for the most effective and efficient sheep farming…

A CHARITY wants you to put your best pup forward and join them on a 5k dog walk along the North Wales coast. Heart North & Mid Wales is leading the appeal as part of the Make Some Noise campaign, helping youngsters and their families living with illness, disability or lack of opportunity. The event takes place on Saturday August 4 from 10am, journeying from Porth Eirias on Colwyn Bay promenade to Rhos-on-Sea and back. Popular radio presenters Lois and Oli from Heart’s Breakfast show, and Drivetime favourite Rachel will be in attendance with their dogs and are encouraging others…

A creamery co-op has found the perfect way to celebrate its 80th anniversary by launching a new cheese laced with an iconic Welsh whisky. The new special occasion cheese made by cheddar experts South Caernarfon Creameries is aged in the Llechwedd slate caverns at Blaenau Ffestiniog, before being infused with the award-winning Penderyn whisky. The unveiling of the new luxury cheese with a kick at the Royal Welsh Show is part of an exciting re-brand of the much-loved range of Dragon cheeses made by SCC, which employs 130 staff at its base near Pwllheli on the Llŷn Peninsula. New packaging…

Former hostage Terry Waite told how the Islamic jihadists holding him captive unwittingly gave him a book called Great Escapes. The revelation about the irony of reading material presented to him by his guards who were unable to speak English came during a speech to the Wrexham Business Professionals Group at the town’s Ramada hotel. The group is made up of successful businesses and highly skilled professional firms of solicitors, accountants and other business professionals working together to raise the profile of enterprise and expertise that exists in the region and beyond. The other keynote speakers at the event were…

Flower power is uniting the community and beating the vandals in a Denbighshire town – with the help of cash seized from criminals. From three-year-olds at a day nursery to 93-year-olds at a care home, the Denbigh in Bloom campaign has involved all ages and sections of society, according to organisers. They welcomed the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner, Arfon Jones, and the High Sheriff of Clwyd, Lady Charlotte Hanmer, to inspect a spectacular show of flowers in the town’s High Street and both were suitably impressed. Earlier this year the dedicated band of volunteers that is Denbigh in…