Author: Rhys Gregory

Welsh charity Kidney Wales is launching a month of fundraising with a decadent tea party in Cardiff’s Park Plaza.

A FIVE-YEAR strategic plan to leverage maximum economic and social benefits from the £1.2 billion Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) City Deal fund has been formally agreed.

A vision for how freight transport across Mid Wales and the Marches could be improved to support economic development and operational efficiency was launched on Wednesday 21 February.

Following the news that England will now vaccinate men who have sex with men against the human papilloma virus, Dr Joanna Longstaffe, clinical director of the Independent General Practice, explains why this is still not good enough and the vaccination programme needs to be gender-neutral and include adolescent boys as well.

Two entrepreneurs from Cardiff Metropolitan University are to receive support from the Welsh Government’s Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP) which is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The programme, delivered by the Excelerator Consortia (Winning Pitch and Impact Innovation), provides specialist tailored support for businesses with the ambition to significantly accelerate their growth and fulfil their high growth potential.

THE Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) has announced the appointment of its Business Council’s board.

Students from two of Cardiff Met’s leading journalism courses will welcome an NUJ (National Union of Journalists) expert to a workshop this week, to benefit from his insight on Media Law.

THREE development programmes supporting key strategic themes of housing, skills, and digital connectivity within the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) have been agreed. The programmes, which were formally agreed by the CCR Cabinet at its meeting today (February 12), underpin the objectives and vision of CCR City Deal. Details of the development programmes are as follows: Regional Housing Investment Fund – recognising the need for more homes to be built in the region, the Regional Housing Investment Fund aims to support house building, ranging from larger builders and developers on stalled housing sites on former industrial sites, through to small builders,…

The First Campus team at Cardiff Metropolitan University are supporting Cardiff West Community High School, Ely, to highlight the need to implement a permanent recycling scheme to tie in with Go Green Week.

Once again, Bridgend College is in the running for another esteemed award this year.