Author: Rhys Gregory

Principality Building Society has won the NPTC Group of Colleges Education Award 2018 at the Wales Responsible Business Awards for its financial education work across schools in Wales.

Seven Oaks Timber Frame, part of Neath-based construction company JG Hale Construction, is to be turned into a separate limited company and rebranded as Seven Oaks Modular in a move that reflects its rapid growth and the increasing demand for modular construction solutions in the UK. The new company will be managed by Charlotte Hale, with Jonathan Hale – chairman of JG Hale Construction – also becoming chairman of Seven Oaks Modular. The brands Hale Construction and Hale Homes will remain within the parent company JG Hale Construction. Seven Oaks has an order book in excess of £10.5 million all with…

Hundreds of thousands of spectators flocked to Swansea for this year’s Wales Air Show – one of the hottest calendar events of the year (and days)! With the weather absolutely perfect for the air show, you’d be mistaken to think that it’s all about the Red Arrows – of course they’re absolutely fantastic, but the event is packed full of aerial stunts and displays. It’s not all about the boys in red. The Wales Air Show is annually held at perhaps one of Wales’ most beautiful places, Swansea Bay. On the ground, there is miles upon miles of gorgeous coastline…

Barry-based chef and co-owner of Hang Fire Southern Kitchen, Sam Evans, has been awarded first runner up by M&S in a UK wide burger competition, for her creation ‘The Run Rarebit Run Burger’.

DO Digital Realities has won the ACT Training Talent Development award in the BiTC Cymru Responsible Business Awards 2018, held on the 28 June 2018 and presented by Lucy Owen. The Business in the Community Cymru’s awards recognise companies making a positive difference in Wales. Caroline Cooksley, Development Director for ACT Training said: “DO Digital Realities is a worthy winner of the ACT Training Development award and have demonstrated to companies across Wales about how responding to challenges in a responsible way can lead to great things.” DO Digital Realities are proud to nurture and develop talent, both externally and…

Today (Monday 2nd July) marks the start of Catch the Bus Week, a nationwide campaign to promote taking the bus. Local bus operator First Cymru is marking the occasion with a suite of promotional offers aimed specifically at customers using its Swansea and Bridgend services.

Today, Monday 2 July, S4C have announced that they’re going to stop using single-use plastics at their offices in Cardiff and Caernarfon. To coincide with the announcement S4C will broadcast a week of programmes and online content to encourage a discussion about the recycling of plastic for the environment. S4C’s Chief Executive Owen Evans said the announcement “shows that S4C takes our responsibility towards the wildlife at sea seriously.” The week occurs the same time as Mari Huws, a young film maker from the Nantlle Valley, is on a 12-day cruise in the Arctic Ocean to investigate the true impact…

Almost three quarters of specialist breast cancer nurses in Wales are aged 50 or over so many could retire in the next decade, Macmillan Cancer Support reveals in new research of the cancer workforce published today.

Victims of a historic blood scandal are being urged to come forward in the call for justice as a public inquiry is set to begin today (Monday). Following repeated calls over the past 30 years for a statutory public inquiry to be held into the scandal, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent people, Parliament will announce the terms of reference for the inquiry on Monday (2ndJuly). Called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS, the infected blood scandal saw thousands across the UK infected with HIV and Hepatitis C from contaminated blood products introduced…

A young entrepreneur from Llantrisant is determined to tackle the world’s environmental issues head on with a new business making reusable nappies from ethically sourced Ugandan bamboo.