Author: Rhys Gregory

Hollywood star Michael Sheen is supporting a special book published by ABMU Health Board in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the NHS. In his foreword, the award-winning Port Talbot actor hailed the NHS as “the best of who we are”. He praised the “glorious vision” of “universal donation during fitness for universal provision during illness” which grew of out the mining community from which NHS founder Aneurin Bevan came. In the foreword of Pulling Together – a snapshot of the first 70 years of the NHS and Bridgend, he also states his belief that “there’s life in it yet”.…

Leading figures from the Smart Energy industry will be descending on Sophia Gardens in Cardiff tomorrow (Wednesday 4 July) for the annual Smart Energy Wales conference and exhibition. Now in its fourth year, Smart Energy Wales, which is sponsored by Welsh Government, brings together experts and academics to showcase the latest thinking and discuss best practice in the emerging sector. Lesley Griffiths, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, will be giving the keynote political speech in the smart storage and infrastructure session, which is sponsored by Wales & West Utilities. With Ministerial appearances at each of the previous…

Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning, Eluned Morgan gave work-based learning providers across Wales a big pat on the back at their annual conference before challenging them to do even more to generate a highly skilled workforce. More than 180 delegates gathered at the Celtic Manor Resort, Newport to hear the Minister and a series of speakers refer to the changing employment landscape in Wales that is creating new demands on training providers. Themed ‘Building a high skilled economy from strong foundations’, the National Training Federation for Wales (NTfW) conference gazed into the crystal ball to see what the…

Episentr has today announced it will launch its ground-breaking reputation management software at the H&C EXPO later this month. The company will use the EXPO, being held on July 17 and 18 at the five star Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, to showcase its new product – designed to help hoteliers measure and manage their reviews and social media channels. Episentr is a Welsh product, developed in Wales by Welsh software engineers and will be launching at the first-ever UK-wide hospitality expo being held in Wales. The platform was inspired by statistics around the behaviour of potential guests and hoteliers when…

He may be used to being interviewed by journalists and government ministers, but NatWest CEO Ross McEwan faced a challenge of a different kind earlier today when he lined-up to be quizzed by a group of teenagers at a Welsh high school.

Paramount Office Interiors Ltd, one of the UK’s leading workplace design, fit out and furniture specialists has today announced that the business has been acquired by its Management Team in a deal orchestrated by lead advisors Verde Corporate Finance and Greenaway Scott. The transaction was backed with funding from ABN AMRO Commercial Finance and also follow-in investment from GS Ventures. Award-winning Paramount Interiors, whose client list includes the Office for National Statistics, ITV, GoCompare, S4C, KPMG, The Royal Mint and the Welsh Rugby Union amongst others, is now aiming to build on the company’s success and explore future expansion plans…

The Pensions Dashboard may be delayed as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) continues to conduct its feasibility studies.

As the Government announces it will be examining the current tax relief system, and even suggesting a complete overhaul if necessary, Stuart Price, Partner and Actuary at Quantum Advisory, looks into what may materialise from the review.

It made headlines the world over when it launched in August 2015, and now world-first inland surf lagoon Surf Snowdonia looks set to make waves all over again.

Eleven year old April Prince from Wrexham has developed such a love for engineering and robotics that she recently returned from China following an appearance on the country’s much-loved Clash Bots show, which is streamed online and watched by hundreds of millions of people every week. While competing on Clash Bots, similar to the UKs Robot Wars, April debuted her personally engineered ‘Dragon Princess’ robot, the latest robot in her collection which began with the pink axe machine ‘Glitterbomb’, that turned into a social media sensation following its appearance on UK Robot Wars in 2016. The Dragon Princess robot was…