Author: Rhys Gregory

SIBA – Society of Independent Brewers – has announced its first-ever Wales Beer Festival will take place in Haverfordwest in September 2025. The SIBA Wales Beer Festival will run from Friday, September 19th to Saturday, September 20th at HAVERHUB, Haverfordwest’s Community Hub. Building up to the excitement of the launch day, on Thursday September 18th, a beer competition will also take place at HAVERHUB, where a taste test will determine the best beers across Wales. The festival marks a significant milestone in celebrating the thriving independent beer scene in Wales, and will bring together the finest Welsh craft and cask…

McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Bridgend is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its brand-new Food Quarter, offering a diverse culinary experience for shoppers just in time for the Easter holidays. The Food Quarter significantly expands the centre’s dining options, providing a delicious complement to its already impressive retail and dinning offering. “We are incredibly excited to open our new Food Quarter, offering our visitors an even wider range of dining options.” said Hayden Tucker, Centre Manager at McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Bridgend. “In a bid to deliver continued value through our unmatched shopping offering, the new dining destination will enhance a…

Announced by the Chancellor this week, the Growth Guarantee Scheme will provide approximately £500m of additional lending capacity to help more smaller businesses across the UK. The extra funding is aimed at smaller businesses that may need support with cashflow issues due to changes in global tariff rates. Delivered by the British Business Bank through around 50 accredited lenders, the Growth Guarantee Scheme has so far enabled £2.1bn of finance through 13,447 facilities. The Growth Guarantee Scheme can generally support facility sizes of up to £2m and provides the lender with a 70% government-backed guarantee, helping lenders to support viable…

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Field Farm House Residential Home in Hampton Bishop, Hereford. Field Farm House provides residential care for up to 69 residents. The business occupies a three-storey property in an idyllic location on the outskirts of the cathedral city of Hereford, on the edge of the Wye Valley National Landscape. The home has been owned by Advent Estates for over 20 years and was brought to market to allow its owners to spend more time with their families. Following a sales process with James Buist-Brealey at Christie & Co, it…

A NEW-LOOK retail space in the heart of Maesteg is reopening following a £160,000 investment. Specsavers Maesteg’s partners Brian Borland, Ewan Thomas and Richard Dyson made the six-figure investment to improve the store’s service and increase capacity by revamping the shop floor layout, and adding two new dispensing desks and a dedicated contact lens area. The newly-renovated store was unveiled to the public on Monday 14 April, with Councillor Chris Davies joining the Specsavers team to welcome visiting members of the community. ‘It’s so positive to see this level of investment in Maesteg,’ says Councillor Chris Davies. ‘Specsavers provides an…

Acclaimed North East folk act The Young’uns will celebrate two decades of singing together when they hit Ponterdawe Arts Centre on Saturday 26th April, as part of their spring 2025 20th anniversary UK tour. The much-loved trio – comprising Sean Cooney, Michael Hughes & David Eagle – will also each be celebrating their own individual 40th birthdays during the UK tour in addition to the 20th anniversary of the band. Twenty years ago you might have thought it a far-fetched prediction. But today there’s no denying it – The Young’uns have become one of UK folk music’s hottest properties and best-loved acts.…

New research from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK finds that the vast majority of businesses in Wales who have adopted a hybrid working approach believe it has boosted their people’s productivity and wellbeing, yet many are still keen for their people to spend more time in the office than they do currently. The firm’s latest Business Outlook Tracker*, which surveyed mid-sized businesses across Wales, finds that 74.5% of companies are currently adopting a hybrid working approach. Of these, most business leaders said that the approach is adding significant value to their business and their people, including: 95%…

A man from Cardiff has been jailed after he collided with police vehicles in a bid to escape being arrested when caught driving whilst disqualified. Nathan Krishnan, 43, from Riverside, was spotted driving a van with cloned number plates on the M4 at Taibach on February 17. The vehicle exited at junction 48 before Krishnan stopped to allow two passengers to alight. He then intentionally collided with police vehicles and an unattended parked car in a bid to escape. Nonetheless, he was soon apprehended by officers. After pleading guilty to aggravated vehicle-taking, driving without insurance, driving whilst disqualified and property…

When you struggle to merge PDFs effectively or create fillable PDFs to streamline your workflow, you’re inviting inefficiencies that waste time and money. Poor document management costs your business in more ways than you might realize. But there are solutions. This blog post will explore all the ways that poor document management costs you money in excess and how finding the right PDF editing tools can empower you to merge and combine PDFs with ease, taking control of your document management. The hidden costs of poor document management Studies show that employees can spend up to 30% of their time…

SoftOrbits is an image data processing software development company founded by Eugene Ustinenkov in 2006. Starting as a small startup, it eventually became one of the niche-leading companies recognized by Softonic, OISV, and CNET. Nowadays SoftOrbits boasts over a million yearly downloads, 300,000 users, and overwhelmingly positive Trustpilot reviews.  Recently, SoftOrbits released several new suites consisting of small-scale utilities for photo and video editing. These packages were extremely successful, resulting in an overall 20% growth in downloads for the company. The team is convinced that the reason behind their tools’ popularity lies in their unique benefits.      “Our team has always…