Author: Rhys Gregory

One of Wales’s oldest and most established law firms has opened its first office on Anglesey as part of a major expansion. [aoa id=”1″] Swayne Johnson, which was founded in 1853, celebrated the launch of its new Menai Bridge office in the Old Bank Building in the town’s Uxbridge Square just a few months after the NatWest Bank vacated the premises. The opening strengthens Swayne Johnson’s high street presence in North West Wales with a total of six offices which stretch across the region from Menai Bridge to Tattenhall, near Chester, and employs 60 staff. The event at Menai Bridge…

The RSC’s critically acclaimed production of Romeo and Juliet comes to Cardiff’s New Theatre from Tuesday 5 – 9 March. The production features eight young people from St. Teilo’s Church in Wales High School who will share the role of the Chorus with the professional cast include: Sophie Budd (15), Chelsea Graham (14), Harleigh Grey (14), Rosie Griffiths (14), Harry Holley (15), Imogen Lightfield (14) and Hina Malik (14). Romeo and Juliet is directed by RSC Deputy Artistic Director, Erica Whyman who said: “In 2016 we visited the New Theatre with my production of A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream: A Play…

From Tuesday 26 February, FOR Cardiff will float giant daffodils across the city centre gearing up ahead of St David’s Day on 1 March. The iconic symbols of Welshness are six metres in diameter and will float up to 60 metres in the sky. They will appear at 15 iconic locations including The Principality Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park and City Hall, before making a budding finale on St David’s Day at Cardiff Castle. [aoa id=”1″] Each morning #TheDaffTrail will pop up in two surprise locations before heading to their next locations for the afternoon. People will need to be quick…

Le Club – the Franco Welsh Business Forum was officially launched on Friday 22nd February, at the British Embassy in Paris by Lord Llewellyn OBE, the British Ambassador to France, and the Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP. [aoa id=”1″] This not-for-profit business group aims to help stimulate business and partnerships between companies that have a link to both Wales and France, whether through their people, supply chains or business operations. Le Club was founded by its Chair, Céline Jones, Solicitor and Head of the French Desk at Geldards LLP, and Dan Langford, Group Marketing Director…

More than 100 arrests have been made by a South Wales Police team set up to tackle knife crime in Cardiff. The Op Sceptre Team, named after a national initiative led by the Metropolitan Police, was set up in the summer of 2018 to reduce knife crime and related offences. Knife crime remains rare for the vast majority of our communities but it has risen across South Wales and the rest of the UK. The Op Sceptre team is just one of the ways South Wales Police is responding to the issue. Within six months they have: arrested 101 people…

The Met Office has warned that fog will likely lead to some travel disruption first thing today What to expect Slower journey times with delays to bus and train services Delays or cancellations to flights Areas in Wales Denbighshire Flintshire Monmouthshire Powys Wrexham

Police received a call on Sunday at 1:15 pm reporting a body being found in the river. Further information will be released in due course. The body has not yet been formally identified and enquiries are continuing. Anyone with information is asked to please call 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting occurrence *069118

Business intelligence and research firm AMPLYFI has announced that it will make a significant impact on the future of AI talent in the UK, with its involvement in the UK Government’s new AI Masters programme. [aoa id=”1″] Along with another 10 of the UK’s highest profile AI tech businesses including DeepMind and Quantum Black, AMPLYFI has collaborated with the Institute of Coding and British Computer Society to contribute to the AI Masters initiative, which aims to create 200 placements in UK universities. Unveiled by Business Secretary Greg Clark and Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright, the initiative will see thousands of graduates…

A SOFTWARE company is tearing it up in business and aiming for global growth after doubling turnover. Ben Scholes, CEO of Anglesey and Newcastle-based Papertrail, has his sights on international expansion after forging new relationships on every continent. [aoa id=”1″] And the 34 year-old puts a lot of their success down to the ION Leadership programme, which helped him to prioritise his workload and effectively manage team members while refocusing the firm’s international strategy. Speaking at the ION and 20Twenty Business Growth celebration event at Bangor University – where he received accreditation for completing the ILM Level 5 qualification…

The winners of The South Wales Chamber of Commerce Welsh Business Awards 2018 have been revealed at a glittering awards ceremony held at City Hall in Cardiff, with businesses from across Wales recognised for their innovation, growth and success. The night’s biggest winner was CellPath Ltd who won the Success Through Overseas Trade category, before being named Welsh Business of the Year, at the ceremony, which was hosted by Welsh presenter Gethin Jones. The company, which is based in Newtown, Powys, specialises in the manufacture and world-wide supply of products, to the histopathology and cytology markets. Their products help examine…