Author: Rhys Gregory

A Newport-based manufacturer specialising in high quality, low-maintenance metal fencing solution is set to accelerate its growth plans after securing a £300,000 loan from the Investment Fund for Wales, managed by FW Capital. Climar Industries, the company behind the ColourFence brand, manufactures and distributes metal fencing panels, railings, gates and sheds from its Newport facility. The products are designed to be low-maintenance, sustainable, aesthetically versatile, and resilient to extreme weather – offering customers a durable alternative to traditional fencing. The £300,000 loan from the Investment Fund for Wales will be used to introduce new product lines, including complementary garden solutions…

Coffee King is proud to announce the opening of a state-of-the-art, full coffee roasting solutions centre in Deeside, Wales, marking a significant milestone in the company’s growth strategy. Situated within 53,000 sq ft of industrial space at the front of the former Deeside unit, the new facility forms part of a wider Deeside Industrial Park asset purchased by Knightsbridge House Estates in 2025, with the property group moving quickly to invest in refurbishing space at Deeside to meet growing occupier demand. The facility will combine one of the largest coffee roasteries in Wales and the UK, an Experience and Innovation…

Ynys Môn’s largest town continues to benefit from £3.25 million in heritage funding as renovation work to prominent historic buildings along its main shopping street progresses. JM Butchers, a well-known Holyhead business and one of Stanley Street’s longest-standing shops, is the latest to benefit from this regeneration scheme. As part of the Holyhead Townscape Heritage Initiative, funded by UK Government and the National Lottery Heritage Fund through the Isle of Anglesey County Council, six shopfronts are being restored to their original authentic appearance. The initiative is designed to improve the town centre, attract more visitors, and encourage further investment in…

Principality Commercial, the commercial arm of Wales’ biggest building society, has announced a £20m partnership with Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited, marking its first lending agreement with an England-based housing association. Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited is the UK’s first mutual housing society, co-owned by its tenants and employees. The housing association manages more than 12,000 homes across the borough and provides vital housing and community support to local residents as a social landlord. With the funding provided by Principality Commercial, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing will maintain and improve its existing housing stock of social and affordable homes in the east Greater Manchester…

Talented athletes in Wales are invited to apply for support from the largest athlete support programme of its kind in the UK. Awards include financial bursaries, free access to gyms, pools and other sports facilities, physiotherapy, lifestyle mentoring and mental health wellbeing support.  Celebrating its 18th year, the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) Awards 2026 are now bigger and better than ever. A record-breaking £2m of bursaries and ‘in kind’ support for 2026 will enable talented young athletes to take part in the UK’s largest scheme of its kind. In 2025, twenty-three champions were among the 98 athletes to receive GSF support…

From saving treasured belongings to making dream trips happen, three North Wales lawyers are changing lives in the most remarkable of ways. For solicitors Sarah Noton, Yvonne Hughes and Managing Director Lynette Viney-Passig, no two days are the same at law firm Swayne Johnson – and that’s exactly how they like it. The trio have recently successfully been appointed as Court of Protection Panel Deputies, trusted to step in and safely manage the finances of people who lack the mental capacity to make decisions themselves. Sarah and Yvonne have both carried out the role for more than 10 years and…

Police are appealing for help to find a 15 year old girl who has been reported missing from the Rhiwbina area of Cardiff. Evie was reported missing yesterday evening and officers are concerned for her welfare. She is described as being around 5ft 6in tall with brown, shoulder length hair. Evie was last seen wearing a black puffer jacket, a white top, navy leggings and black and white trainers. She was also carrying a black Nike rucksack. Anyone who has seen Evie, or who may have information that could help police locate her, is urged to get in touch. You…

A man from Aberdare has been jailed for assault and being in possession of a knife following a South Wales Police investigation. Daniel Price, aged 43, from Aberdare, was sentenced on Tuesday January 20 at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates to 12 months in prison. This sentence follows a guilty plea for one count of assault by beating and one count of being in possession of a knife. This followed officers attending an address on Sunday January 18, 2026, in Aberdare after reports of an assault on a female. When officers turned up at the address the victim claimed that Price had…

An attempted cable theft was stopped in its tracks with Transport for Wales working with South Wales Police and British Transport Police to prevent crime on the railways with successful arrests made. In the early hours of New Year’s Eve 2025, hidden security cameras positioned along the Core Valley Lines (CVL) detected three individuals trespassing on the tracks near Pentre-bach. The system alerted Transport for Wales (TfW) security teams, who coordinated a response with South Wales Police. Officers intercepted the suspects at the scene, who were then arrested on suspicion of theft. The case has now been transferred to British…

Cardiff Council’s newest housing development for older people, Llys Y Goetre in St Mellons, has officially opened. The new ‘housing with care’ scheme provides 60 modern, self‑contained one‑ and two‑bedroom council apartments, centrally located within the community and close to local shops and essential facilities. Supported by Welsh Government’s Social Housing Grant, it is the latest development to be delivered as part of the Council’s older person’s accommodation programme, following the recent completion of the Ty’r Groes development on Leckwith Road, with a further Community Living scheme on Bute Street due to complete in the coming months. Council Leader, Cllr…