Author: Rhys Gregory

Students at Cardiff Metropolitan University have been lending a hand to a project that aims to raise vital funds for charity Mothers of Africa, coinciding with International Women’s Day this Friday (8th March). Led by Maggie Cullinane, Technical Demonstrator at Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD), the project has seen 20 textiles students, along with 5 others from fashion, ceramics, and artist/designer/maker help to produce handmade quilts that will ultimately be raffled to raise funds for the African charity. Each student has designed and created a square to support the creation of the quilt, as well as holding fundraising…

Bevan Buckland LLPis pleased to announce that Maggie’s will be their chosen charity for the next year as voted for by their staff. The firm will raise essential funds through events and their business contacts, plans of which are already well underway. Maggie’s is a UK based charity with local links that proudly provides free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends. Every year more than 300,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK, and the charity has a long history of helping sufferers face the tough questions, exhausting treatment and difficult…

A simple idea to help hospital staff monitor a patient’s fluid intake has been such a success that it’s going to be used across a health board. Last year, a group of adult nursing students at the University of South Wales (USW) – known as Team Hydr8 – suggested introducing jugs with yellow lids, rather than the traditional blue lids, for patients who are having fluids monitored. After sharing their ideas on social media, Cwm Taf University Health Board approached the six third-year USW students – Donna Walker, Charlotte Phillips, Cerys Davies, Rachel Lloyd-Jones, Cellan Howells and Tamara Konten – and invited…

Following the recent consultation by the Department for Work & Pensions, Martin Strevens from Quantum Advisory, looks at what the future might hold for collective defined contributions.

Cardiff Capital Region City Deal in collaboration with Welsh Government and Transport for Wales has identified a proposed £50 million programme of local transport schemes to support the implementation of the South Wales Metro. [aoa id=”1″] Phase 1 of The Metro Plus Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Programme could see each Local Authority within South East Wales receive a £3m share to implement schemes in their area. The programme of schemes proposed include: The creation of ‘interchanges’ that incorporate all modes of transport, acting as key hubs for travel Enhanced Park and Ride facilities, complete with electric charging points New and…

It’s already gearing up to be an exciting year for global information provider LegalinX, with a major head office move and a duo of recruits relocating from Australia to join the successful team. The company, which operates out of Cardiff, London and Brisbane, has recently moved from their home on City Road, Cardiff, to new premises in Churchill House, Churchill Way, taking 26 staff with them. Their City Road office had been the company’s home since 1999. The move will see LegalinX occupy 3800sq ft of office space on a five-year lease in the highly sought-after city centre building, providing…

ON Friday 1 March ACCA Cymru Wales held its annual St David’s Day Breakfast at the Hilton Hotel in Cardiff, alongside CMI Cymru Wales. Over 140 business leaders from across all sectors in Wales, as well as representatives from education, health and Government, came together to hear from Gary Thompson, a senior leader specialising in innovation, Full Fibre Networks and 5G. In his speech, Gary outlined the huge opportunities that could arise for Wales, by investing in digital infrastructure. He highlighted how this could meet the grand challenges outlined in the UK Industrial Strategy and the Welsh Government’s Economic Action…

A Swansea-based start-up has developed a first generation of products that will predict whether a person has or is likely to develop a serious lung condition. [aoa id=”1″] PulmonIR Ltd, the company behind the technology, is the first in the world to have developed a commercial instrument of this type specifically designed for respiratory applications.  Its founders say that it will lead to quicker diagnoses of a range of lung conditions, fewer unnecessary procedures, and better long-term outcomes for patients. The device is a clinical-grade infrared spectrometer that uses light to analyse sputum collected from patients.  The data gathered from…

The National Flood Forum, together with Flood Re – the government-backed, not-for profit scheme that reduces the costs of home insurance for those in high flood-risk areas – are bringing their ‘Let’s Talk About Flooding’ campaign to Llandudno next week. The campaign is intended to bring together people who have either been affected by flooding or are at risk of flooding to share experiences, learnings and voice any issues in the local area that are yet to be addressed. The event, the first of the campaign to visit Wales, will be held at Conwy Business Centre in Llandudno on Tuesday…

As the UK reflects on record February temperatures, scientists at Aberystwyth University are reporting a significant increase in heatwaves at sea – with potentially detrimental consequences for marine life. [aoa id=”1″] Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, Dr Pippa Moore from the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences and colleagues from seven different countries report a 54% increase in ‘Marine Heatwaves’ between 1987 and 2016 compared with the period 1925 to 1954. Similar to heatwaves on land, marine heatwaves occur when unusually warm weather persists for prolonged periods of time at sea, but their impacts on marine species…