Author: Rhys Gregory

It’s a good job Santa has his magic sleigh, because if he was to rely on normal methods of transport, children around the world would be left present-less for an awfully long time. [aoa id=”1″] New research from TeamSport Karting, the UK’s largest indoor karting operator, has calculated the sluggish delivery times of each everyday mode of transport were Santa to trade in his vehicle for a non-festive alternative. With 2.2 billion children across the planet, spread between 916 million houses, Father Christmas has to travel a mammoth 424,843,108 miles to deliver gifts each year. This means his sleigh travels…

Christmas is a time filled with cheer and good food, with many families across the UK going all-out with a festive feast on the big day itself. [aoa id=”1″] Now, new analysis from British Gas has revealed just how much energy households will use cooking a traditional Christmas dinner on Tuesday, including data on yuletide favourites such as turkey, pigs in blankets and Brussels sprouts. The traditional turkey dinner and trimmings, including roast vegetables, stuffing, pigs in blankets and sprouts uses 56kWh of energy to cook – the same amount that an average household would normally use in a whole…

Wild Water Group, South Wales’ largest bespoke temperature controlled storage and distribution company, have signed an alliance agreement with global supply logistics giant, GAC, to support Wild Water Group’s international freight forwarding requirements from January 2019. [aoa id=”1″] The signing of this agreement comes after Wild Water Group’s purchase of a 130 000 sq ft building on a 12-acre site in Aberbargoed (September 2018), which will potentially generate up to 120 new work positions across management, supervisory, warehousing staff and apprenticeship roles. The purchase of this facility was funded by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking and the Development Bank of Wales,…

A RECRUITMENT agency has big plans for 2019 after celebrating one of the most successful and dynamic periods in its long history. [aoa id=”1″] Supertemps is coming up to its 40thyear in business, but few have been as busy as the last 12 months. The Colwyn Bay and Bangor-based company opened an office at Menai Science Park on Anglesey, took on fresh faces and revealed plans for a new base in north east Wales. Its executive division – S2 Recruitment – will be focused more on engineering and IT, as well as senior and managerial roles in a multitude of…

Almost one in five Welsh festive dinners are likely to include a nut roast (18 per cent) – more than any other region in the UK. [aoa id=”1″] Breakfast at 8.54am, opening presents at 10.06am, dinner by 1.36pm and settling down for a 3.48pm nap makes up the perfect typical Christmas Day, according to new research by specialist lender Together. The study, part of Together’s “New Normal Christmas” campaign, found many Brits still enjoy a very traditional day, with the first alcoholic drink coming at 12.18pm before finally sitting down in front of the television at 2.42pm. However, an increasing…

The Winner of a national Entrepreneurial Award attributes her success to a Bangor University School of Education Masters course. Ms Ayan Aliyeva, of Baku, Azerbaijan, has been awarded the British Council Entrepreneurial Alumni Award for Azerbaijan. In addition to being the founder and CEO of a highly successful and growing education centre, with several branches providing education in Baku, Ms Aliyeva has introduced modernising initiatives, such as professional development opportunities and mainstreaming pupils with special educational needs, both of which have had transformed Azerbaijani education. She says: “Studying at Bangor University had a paramount impact on the development and expansion…

The Cardiff-based Thermal Compaction Group (TCG) has been Highly Commended for its work with a health trust in England after pioneering the recycling of medical waste wrap material to generate income for the NHS. [aoa id=”1″] TCG’s collaboration with the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust was Highly Commended for both the Estates & Facilities and Environmental Practice trophies at last week’s Health Business Awards in London, just weeks after the partnership won the Healthcare Estates Sustainable Achievement accolade. TCG has developed a unique innovative sustainable recycling process addressing single use disposable plastics. Single-use sterilisation wraps, used for surgical…

You may remember an ambitious group of Cardiff students who recently took centre stage, and won, at the annual First Give awards held at the Senedd representing St Illtyd’s Catholic High School.  The group were inspired by ‘Keep Wales Tidy’ and campaigned to cut plastic waste. Student Ffion Morris recently won First Give’s Soap Box Challenge, in aid of Teenage Cancer Care, which involved Ffion speaking in front of a camera in front of a large audience at the Senedd, highlighting a local issue that she feels passionate about. Ffion’s choice was ‘litter’. Shewon the competition and was awarded £200…

Learna Ltd, a healthcare education company based at Cardiff Medicentre, has won a Silver Award in the flagship competition for the educational sector. The Learning Technology Awards, which took place in London, saw Learna fight off stiff competition in its sector to come second to the multi-national online language training company, Speexx, in the Best Online Distance Learning Programme category. Learna delivers postgraduate services to a global community, enabling continuing medical education through its Study PRN website and Diploma-Msc.com programmes, in conjunction with the University of South Wales. More than 2,000 medical professionals from over 100 countries have  so far graduated with…

Patients at the Marie Curie Cardiff and the Vale Hospice on Bridgeman Road, Penarth, met cast from the New Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast – including The Beast/Prince Sebastian, played by Hollyoaks and West End actor Ben Richards. The New Theatre’s spectacular family pantomime also stars comedian Mike Doyle and Stephanie Webber who visited the hospice last year, as well as Naomi Slights as Beauty. Lisa Riley, Gareth Thomas and Danny Bayne also star in the show, which promises a production packed full of sensational special effects, beautiful costumes, music, comedy, dancing, and audience participation. Between performances on…