Author: Rhys Gregory

The Wrexham Enterprise Hub is celebrating an industrious first eight months where it’s held more than thirty events and workshops and supported more than 170 individuals and businesses since launching. In this three part series, we take a look at three enterprising businesses in North Wales that are flourishing with the help and support of The Wrexham Enterprise Hub. Weekly10 Weekly10 is a Wrexham-based software company that has developed a platform that is designed to increase employee engagement in organisations around the world. Focussed around a 10-minute check-in it engages employees and empowers managers to support their staff. Users take…

Detectives investigating a scam where fraudsters purport to be police officers have made an arrest. An 18 year old London man has been arrested in Cardiff yesterday evening on suspicion of Theft and Fraud. The arrest was in connection with a series of scams committed in the Penarth and Cardiff area today in which three elderly victims were conned in to handing over approximately £20,000. He is currently in police custody at Bridgend. Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lewis said: “I cannot stress enough how sophisticated and well-rehearsed these scammers are, and any one of us could fall victim to their…

These are just a few examples of the hurtful and patronising comments often aimed at children who have nasogastric (NG) tubes, and their parents. “What’s wrong with him?” “That’s disgusting!” “You never know what medical science can do.” The special tubes keep children, who are unable to eat normally, alive. They deliver food, fluid and medicine to the stomach via a tube in the nose. Staring, pointing and rude comments from some members of the public can leave parents reluctant to take their children out. But ABMU paediatric nutrition nurse Louise Heywood hopes to change these negative attitudes. Working with…

To mark International Women in Science Day, Swansea University is appealing for female scientists and engineers to hit the streets to share their passion. The University is preparing to host its sixth Soapbox Science event on Saturday, June 22 and is now on the lookout for volunteer speakers to take part. The University is seeking female scientists to step on their soapboxes in the centre of Swansea and talk about their particular field as the city centre buzzes with Saturday afternoon shoppers. Their mission is to raise the profile and challenge the public’s view of women in science, technology, engineering, maths…

A COLLEGE jumped at the chance to house its student restaurant at an award-winning racecourse. While Coleg Cambria Yale in Wrexham is undergoing a £21million revamp its popular Hafod restaurant will relocate to Bangor on Dee in Wrexham. The course hosts 14 jump races a year – as well as weddings, conferences and events – with catering provided by the Horseradish Group. Horseradish and Cambria are already in partnership and plan to open the venue every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday lunchtime until the Yale restaurant reopens in September 2020. Speaking at the launch event – where Catering and Hospitality learners…

Tobacco control campaign group Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Wales has praised a manufacturing firm after workers quit smoking thanks to a ground breaking workplace scheme. It is urging other companies to follow the example of the manufacturing firm Sandvik Osprey which holds smoking cessation sessions run by NHS Wales at its Neath Port Talbot plant. Sheraine Thomas, who is the Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Manager at the company, came up with the innovative idea of organising the sessions within the workplace, after becoming concerned about the number of workers who smoke and the effect this was…

Minister for Economy and Transport and Minister for North Wales, Ken Skates has officially opened the final section of the Llangefni Link Road. During the visit to Anglesey today, the Minister said the completed scheme would bring great benefits to the local area and Anglesey as whole. The Llangefni Link Road connects Coleg Menai and Bryn Cefni Business Park, key sites in the Anglesey Enterprise Zone, with the A5114 and A55 and will improve traffic congestion in the town centre. It is also vital in facilitating the delivery of Grwp Llandrillo Menai’s Masterplan to develop their Llangefni Campus into an…

Dolgellau based event, Rally North Wales launches this week with the organisers announcing a streamlined format that caters for both competitors and rally fans on March 30. [aoa id=”1″] Sponsored once again by North Wales Rally Services, the event is organised by Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Car Club and offers 45 miles of top-quality stages in the Dyfi and Gartheiniog forest complex, just a few miles away from the rally base at Dolgellau Farmers Market. Made famous by the final round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Wales Rally GB, the forests will offer iconic stages, with some new twists…

Talyllyn Railway, the world’s first preserved railway, attracted the highest number of passengers for more than a decade and achieved record income last year. The railway ran 93,822 journeys and carried 48,857 passengers, the highest number since 2007. Passenger numbers increased by 7.1% on 2017. In addition, the railway achieved an all-time record income, with a 13% increase on 2017. Cafés reported a 16% revenue increase. Among the year’s highlights were celebrations centring around locomotive No.6 ‘Douglas’, which had its centenary in February. This was especially significant as the locomotive was built for the Air Admiralty, later to become the…

26 year old, Steffi Addison, is a mum of one from Glynneath in South Wales who recently penned a best-seller, as a book she co-authored went straight in at number 1 on the Amazon best seller charts in; Business Consulting and Entrepreneurship alongside books by; Sir Richard Branson, Baroness Karren Brady, Sir Alan Sugar, Carrie Green and Jo Malone – it is also sitting as the number one hot new release just about every category. [aoa id=”1″]Only 5 years ago Steffi struggled with her self-esteem and her confidence was at an all-time low, as she felt overwhelmed and stuck in…