Author: Rhys Gregory

Last week, Ffald Lane in Pyle was the focus of a community clean up in a bid to clear the area of dumped waste and create a more pleasant area for residents. As an unadopted highway, the council’s Cleaner Streets team were unable to remove the fly-tipping rubbish left at Ffald Lane.  However, following a series of complaints about the lane, education and enforcement officers from the team linked with the Community Safety Partnership to consider a multi-agency approach to address the problem. As a result, Keep Wales Tidy, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, Asda, the Community Council, together…

Are you at the stage in your business where you need to create an efficient online store from scratch or simply upgrade your shipping solutions? See what you can achieve with proper WooCommerce shipping integration. Keep reading to discover the major features and advantages, unleashing the full potential of your store. Effortless Configuration with WooCommerce Table Rate Shipping There are numerous solutions on the market that can help you set up different scenarios in terms of shipping. However, it is not always easy to find the right tool that allows you to fully tailor services to your customers’ needs. You…

New research from Pro Bono Economics demonstrates that doubling the employment rate for autistic people – currently at roughly half that of neurotypical people – could boost the economy by up to £1.5 billion. Yet, many employers are unaware of the benefits hiring autistic people could bring to their business ¾ and autistic graduates are often left unsure where they can fit in after the well-structured experience of university studies, or where their skills may be best utilised, given the unpredictable nature of job hunting. This Autism Awareness Day [4th April], Dr Brian Garrod, Professor of Marketing at Swansea University, is calling on higher education…

Insurance broking and risk expert David Whittaker has joined Thomas Carroll Group as its Chief Operating Officer. Thomas Carroll Group, the independent insurance, risk and wealth management group which recently transitioned into an employee ownership trust (EOT), has appointed insurance broker expert David to lead operations at the company, as part of its continued growth and succession planning. David is the former COO of Aon’s UK Retail Business and spent nearly a decade at Marsh UK, where he was appointed as the first COO of its National Corporate Practice. Speaking of his appointment, David said: “Thomas Carroll is such a…

Bridgend-based AI technology firm Clinithink is helping to improve patient care, relieve workloads for stretched clinicians and deliver significant savings to the NHS with investment from the Development Bank of Wales. Having first supported Clinithink with an equity investment in 2012, the Development Bank has since made five follow-on investments with the latest funding round taking the total capital to over £5 million. Clinithink also has the backing of major specialist health funds in the US. Clinithink’s Clinical Natural Language Processing (CNLP) solution, CLiX® intelligence extracts valuable data from lengthy, unstructured patient notes. The patented technology uses market-leading AI technology…

R&D intensive businesses are boosting the Welsh economy according to a new report commissioned by Economic Intelligence Wales. Produced with the support of the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC), the report shows there are more than 2,400 high and medium-high R&D-intensive businesses in Wales that make significant contributions to the Welsh economy. It also looks at innovation activity via survey data and in-depth interviews with businesses and is the first ERC report to be published through Economic Intelligence Wales. In Wales, as we see across the UK, economic risks and the high costs of innovation are the main barriers to innovation…

The Welsh company that makes one of the UK’s leading School Compliant drinks has partnered with Go Ape for a national promotion. Radnor Hills has been making healthy kids drink Radnor Fizz for over 15 years from its base in Knighton, Powys. Radnor Fizz has partnered with Go Ape to run an on-pack ‘Fuel the Fun’ promotion to win tree top adventure vouchers to bring out your inner Tarzan. Launching today and running until November 1st, there are lots of chances to win the weekly prize of a Go Ape voucher throughout the year. Go Ape has 37 locations across…

A MEN’S suicide prevention charity will launch a new peer-to-peer support group in North Wales. Already welcoming more than 50 people to its free weekly meetings at the Yellow and Blue Hub in Wrexham, Andy’s Man Club (AMC) has added Coleg Cambria Deeside to its growing list of sites UK-wide. The organisation has signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with the college and will meet at its conference centre on Kelsterton Road, Connah’s Quay, every Monday from 7pm-9pm, beginning on April 22. Dan Rowe, AMC’s Regional Area Lead for the West of England and Wales, says the partnership will enable…

A Gorseinon opticians has expanded its offering to local customers as part of a £500,000 investment. Specsavers Gorseinon has relocated to the former HSBC bank located at 1 Alexander Road, just across from its previous site. The move to the new location is part of an expansion to match growing business demand. The new store has one extra test room – going from three to four – with a fifth room to soon follow, and features a dual room, where audiology services are also available. Sally Anne Colquhoun, director of the Gorseinon store, says: ‘Our customer demand is ever-growing, so…

The global celebrity status of Wrexham AFC has given the city a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure unprecedented economic growth, according to a top business expert Professor Dylan Jones-Evans said the club’s superstar owners, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, have been like a breath of fresh air in promoting the city but that local leaders must now invest significantly in home-grown businesses and incoming innovators to make the most of Wrexham’s  higher profile. The pair joined forces to buy Wrexham, paying £2 million for it back in 2021 and have managed to turn the club’s fortunes around, achieving promotion last year…