Author: Rhys Gregory

Prospective young entrepreneurs aged between 16 and 25 years old gathered in the Liberty Stadium in Swansea for the national festival of entrepreneurship. [aoa id=”1″] Big Ideas Celebrated was attended by aspiring young entrepreneursfrom youth and community groups as well as schools, colleges and universities and gave those interested in entrepreneurship an opportunity to learn from like- minded entrepreneurs and hear from experienced business people from across Wales. Big Ideas Wales is the support service for young entrepreneurs aged 5 to 25, which forms part of the Welsh Government’s Business Wales Service, and is part funded by the European Regional…

Leading Welsh theatre company, Hijinx, scooped three awards on Thursday 21 March, ending a highly successful 2018-19 season with a bang. [aoa id=”1″] Hijinx, who always cast learning disabled and/or autistic actors in every production they create, won the St David Award for Culture, along with the Platinum and Arts awards at the Cardiff Life Awards. They were also nominated for the Civic award at the latter for their pioneering communications training for businesses. Cardiff Life judges said: “Outstanding work promoting the importance of equal opportunity both on an individual basis and through outward-facing education and training. An astonishing, ambitious…

A pioneering Sri Lankan street food restaurant has chosen Cardiff as the location for its next site this summer. [aoa id=”1″] The Coconut Tree, which will open on Mill Lane, next to Cote Brasserie in June, will be the first of its kind in the city. Situated over two floors, the new glass-fronted restaurant will not only provide Cardiffians with a fun and vibrant place to eat, it will also create a number of new jobs from front of house and cocktail bartenders and further exciting opportunities in the kitchen. Commercial property agent Cooke & Arkwright acted on behalf of…

Thanks to the New Theatre, Cardiff and the Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us along to see the show in exchange for this review. Wales Millennium Centre and Wiltshire Creative come together to showcase an intriguing adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Sidemurder mystery. Before writing this, I must admit I have never read this piece by Agatha Christie, so watching it on stage was the first time I saw the story surrounding Heather Leigh’s murder unravel in front of me. It all begins with Miss Marple, an older lady who is bound to her chair after injuring…

Following on from the enormous success of the English, Scottish and Irish Women’s Awards that took place in January, the first ever Welsh Women’s Awards will be held in Cardiff next month.  [aoa id=”1″] The black-tie event will be held at the Exchange Hotel in Cardiff Bay on Wednesday April 3rd; a host of meritorious female role models will gather together to celebrate the achievements of women from many sectors across Wales. The Welsh Women’s Awards 2019 aim to acknowledge and celebrate the success of female entrepreneurs, business women, professionals, civil servants, women in uniform, charity workers and many more that…

Second Year Cardiff School of Art & Design students have developed and designed sustainable packaging for successful Welsh food brand The Parsnipship, which forms part of their coursework and will be seen soon on retailer shelves. [aoa id=”1″] The live design brief from the Bridgend-based vegetarian and vegan food manufacturer specified that the product packaging should incorporate sustainable and recyclable materials to align with the company’s eco-friendly ethos. The Parsnipship has won Great Taste awards for their Glamorgan Crumble and Tandoori Mash-Up and regularly calls on the University’s ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre for support, including employing a sales and marketing…

THE Welsh Ambulance Service has unveiled its new headquarters building in North Wales. Ty Elwy, the Trust’s new office on St Asaph Business Park, has been unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd Henry Featherstonhaugh, Esq, OBE. More than 100 colleagues who provide administrative and support services for the Trust now call the plush, two-storey office block home. The new facility also boasts a suite of meeting rooms and a base for operational ambulance crews. The development of a state-of-the-art training facility and staff welfare suite are due for completion in the near future. Prior to the move, staff were…

The Sun’s magnetic field is ten times stronger than previously believed, scientists at Aberystwyth University have revealed. [aoa id=”1″] Dr David Kuridze from the Solar Physics Group at the University’s Department of Physics is a leading authority on the use of ground-based telescopes to study the Sun’s corona, the ring of bright light visible during a total eclipse. Working from the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands, Dr Kuridze studied a particularly strong solar flare which erupted near the surface of the Sun on 10 September 2017. [/aoa] Writing in…

After almost two decades of decline, vehicle thefts are on the rise in the UK, with a car stolen every five minutes, according to the ONS. This is, in part, down to the introduction of keyless vehicles, which has led to a new technique in car theft – and can take as little as a minute to carry out. [aoa id=”1″] Keyless technology allows you to open your car door without pressing the open button on your key fob. When you put your hand on your car’s door handle, the vehicle sends out a radio signal and, provided your key…

The Entertainer, the fastest-growing, family-owned high street toy retailer in the UK, is partnering with the National Autistic Society(NAS), the UK’s leading charity for autistic people and their families to support World Autism Awareness Week which takes place 1st-7th April.   During the week, The Entertainer’s Quiet Hour will run each morning for the first hour of opening in all 163 of its stores across the UK where music will be switched off and noisy product demonstrations removed to help create a calming and less daunting environment for children with autism. A new sensory table will also be introduced to…