Author: Rhys Gregory

A fast-growing North Wales engineering company is celebrating record sales after opening a new state-of-the-art factory. Continental Diamond Tool (CDT) has officially unveiled its 30,000 sq ft plant on the Tir Llwyd Industrial Estate in Kinmel Bay which is three times the size of its old site just half a mile away. The move is part of a £4 million expansion plan which will see a 100 per cent increase in production capacity and a doubling of the workforce to 80 staff over the next couple of years. There have already been benefits for the local economy because most of…

COLEG CAMBRIA will host this year’s Welsh Baccalaureate Volunteering Fairs. Flintshire Local Voluntary Council (FLVC) announced the return of the annual events – now bigger and better with two sessions to be held this October. The first will take place at Deeside Sixth Form Centre on Monday (October 6) from 11am–2pm, followed by a second date at Northop library on Thursday October 9 from 11am–1.30pm. The Volunteering Fair gives students the chance to meet local organisations, discover a wide range of volunteering opportunities, and learn how they can make a real difference in their communities while gaining valuable skills and…

Educ8 Group has celebrated the success of its learners at the annual Gradu8 ceremony, held on Thursday 18 September at Llanerch Vineyard. The flagship event recognised the achievements of apprentices from across Wales and highlighted the transformative impact of fully funded apprenticeships on individuals, businesses, and communities. This year’s graduates, who completed qualifications across a wide range of subject pathways, were praised for their dedication and resilience in balancing work, study, and personal commitments to reach this milestone. The day also recognised that behind every learner’s journey are the employers who support and champion them. Their commitment to their staff…

Law firm Clarke Willmott LLP is celebrating a decade of success in Cardiff. The national firm, with seven regional offices, first opened its doors in Cardiff in 2015 and has since become a leading voice in the Welsh legal sector. Having made the move last year from its original location in Cardiff Bay, to its current location at Callaghan Square in the city centre, Clarke Willmott’s Cardiff office now houses a legal hub of 28 staff including six partners, across multiple disciplines. Key practice areas include commercial property law, social housing, real estate finance, construction, banking and finance, financial services…

Researchers in Swansea have been awarded a £1.2 million grant to create a blood test for more effective treatment of conditions such as stroke. The test aims to measure blood clot breakdown, which is useful for better understanding the underlying mechanisms and thereby helping clinicians further understand how clot-busting drugs work on individual clots. It could also create opportunities to work with pharmaceutical companies to develop improved medicines, as the test may accurately predict how well their drugs worked. It’s an international collaboration between Swansea Bay’s Welsh Centre for Emergency Medicine Research based at Morriston Hospital, Swansea University and the…

Entries for the 2026 Cardiff Half Marathon will be offered via a Ballot for the first time. With unprecedented growth in recent years, and much higher demand than the number of spaces available, the Ballot will give everyone a fair chance at securing an entry for next year’s race on Sunday 4 October. The 2025 edition sold out within hours of its launch last October, driven by extraordinary global demand. Since then, interest has only continued to grow, fuelled by a surge in the popularity of running across Wales, the UK and beyond. While many runners were unable to secure…

A new play based on its lead actor’s lived experience of surviving sexual abuse – and which he hopes will encourage other men to open up about their trauma – will take to the stage in Cardiff and Treorchy this October. Set in the Rhondda valley, psychological drama No Man’s Land follows its lead character’s battles, navigating the effects of trauma on his mind and the reality of his day-to-day life. It is performed on stage by Kyle Stead; a neurodivergent creative professional, born and raised in Rhondda Cynon Taf and now working as a theatre maker, spoken word poet, videographer,…

A family butchers based in Wales’s Rhondda Valley has launched a nationwide online delivery platform thanks to technical support delivered through the Welsh Government’s HELIX Programme, previously named Project HELIX. Butchery Bocs specialises in premium Welsh meat that is sourced from a network of small, family farms who are specialists in pasture-raised heritage breeds. The company is an offshoot of Penygraig Family Butchers, which is owned by Sam Adams and has been a cornerstone of the Tonypandy community for the past 25 years. With independent butchers facing stiff competition from supermarkets, Sam decided to expand their potential customer base by…

Employees from Amazon’s global development centre in Swansea have come together to pack and donate 950 backpacks filled with essential back-to-school items to help ensure local children are equipped with the tools to succeed this new school year. The backpacks have been donated to the Cwtch Mawr Multibank by Amazon and their suppliers and packed by volunteers at Amazon in Swansea. Cwtch Mawr, which is run by Swansea-based charity Faith in Families, distributes essential items to families in need across Swansea. The primary school kits include a lunch bag, a water bottle, colouring pens, a notepad and more, while the backpacks being given…

A group of four film students from one of the world’s most renowned film schools is creating a documentary about Penrhos Polish Village in Gwynedd. The significance of the redevelopment of Penrhos Polish Village has garnered interest from local and international communities, keen to document the progress and history of Penrhos. Recently, a group of students from Lodz Film School in Poland, one of the world’s most widely recognised film schools, spent two weeks at Penrhos,  filming footage for a documentary about the site. Penrhos Polish Village lies in the heart of Gwynedd. A historic site, which started life as…