Author: Rhys Gregory

Cardiff’s City Hospice has received a cheque for £1,000, becoming the latest recipient of Persimmon Homes East Wales’ Community Champions scheme. This year, City Hospice celebrates 40 years of caring for Cardiff with home-based specialist palliative care for patients suffering from cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. This donation will go towards supporting more patients and families. The consultant-led clinical team at the Hospice consists of doctors, specialist palliative care nurses, welfare rights officers, social workers, occupational therapists and bereavement counsellors. Over 100 patients per month are referred to the charity and it costs over £2.3 million to fund its services.…

Aldi is currently looking to recruit for 130 store colleagues in Wales. In a welcome boost to the local economy, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket is looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles at its stores across the region. This includes both full-time and part-time positions such as Store Cleaner and Store Assistant, all the way up to Deputy Store Manager. Stores in Wales where Aldi is looking to hire include Cardiff, Swansea and Bangor. Kelly Stokes, Recruitment Director at Aldi UK, said: “As we continue to open in new areas, we’re looking to welcome hundreds…

The Friends of Fishpond Park community group in Panteg have given a new lease of life to the fishpond with help from Bron Afon’s Pitch4Pounds scheme.  The group, which looks after the pond as part of their responsibilities for maintaining certain areas of the park, successfully bid for £1000 of funding from the scheme in April.  Wendy Woods, secretary of Friends of Fishpond Park, said, “It was a lot of work over many months but all worth it for the end result. It’s all working really well and it’s lovely to see and feel the spray from the fountain.  It…

In 2024, you have an important decision to make for your retail business: stick with POS (point of sale) in-store systems, or diversify your operations and leverage EPOS (electronic point of sale) software to drive customer engagement. Both systems have their merits, yet they cater to slightly different types of businesses and customers. While the former represents the history of retail since the tail end of the 19th century, the latter has been a popular choice for many businesses since the turn of the 20th century. In this guide we’ll take a look at the differences between both for retail…

Caerphilly-based SPORTTAPE is gearing-up for global growth following a £1 million investment by the Development Bank of Wales. Established by Directors Kate-Anne Kelly and Carl Austin in 2010, SPORTTAPE offers a range of winning tapes for sport. Their range of sport tapes are used by over 1,000 clubs and one million athletes ranging from local Sunday League Clubs to the Premiership and the Olympics. With a team of 12, the company has distributors in 16 countries and is teaching more than 10,000 people to tape each year. An initial loan of £250,000 from the Development Bank in 2022 to fund…

Mermaid Quay is bringing a fantastic lineup of live music to the quayside throughout the month of August with the return of Summer Sessions. Summer Sessions will see live acts take over the waterfront providing the perfect place to relax, enjoy food and drinks from the range of restaurants, bars, and cafés, and soak in the summer atmosphere. The free events are child and dog friendly, and will this year see the addition of a silent disco for kids where they can dress up and learn dance routines, along with free face painting, ensuring a fun day out for the…

One of Cardiff’s most popular nights out, Bingo Lingo, will move to Cardiff Bay’s Tiger Yard for a month-long, outdoor series of their legendary weekend shows. From August 2nd, all Bingo Lingo events will move from DEPOT Cardiff to the incredible, outdoor waterside location of Tiger Yard. Bingo Lingo fans will be able to enjoy the same high-energy, interactive bingo nights they’ve come to love, but this exciting change promises an unforgettable summer atmosphere as the sun sets. Bingo Lingo is a phenomenon that has been sweeping across the UK for over eight years, bringing sell-out shows to over 30…

Ceredigion Nature Partnership have launched their Local Places for Nature grants scheme for 2024. At their quarterly meeting on Friday 29 July at the National Trust property Llanerchaeron, the Local Nature Partnership announced that they have £350,000 to distribute. The scheme is now inviting applications for projects worth up to £50,000 to apply for the Capital funding. Applications are invited from Constituted Groups, Registered Charities, Companies, Private Business and Public Sector organisations providing services to benefit nature and communities in Ceredigion. Rachel Auckland, Local Nature Partnership Coordinator, said: “The Local Places for Nature scheme welcomes applications for projects to create,…

A man from Rhondda Cynon Taf has been handed a 16-year sentence for the sexual abuse of children. Gary Hayes, 61, of Garth Street, Taff’s Well, was found guilty of indecent and sexual assault of four children, all under the age of 13, between April 2002 and September 2016. He was sentenced to the following: 16 years in prison Registered sex offender for life Indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order Indefinite restraining orders against all four victims Detective Inspector Owain Morrison said: “Firstly my thoughts remain with the victims and their families having gone through such a terrible ordeal. “Gary Hayes…

As schools break for the summer holidays, Transport for Wales has issued a stark warning to young people about the dangers of trespassing on the railway. No Second Chances – a rail safety campaign launched by TfW last year – has successfully reduced trespassing on the valley railway lines by 45% (latest figures from TfW Annual Report 23/24), with TfW continuing to work hard to drive down trespasser numbers. The campaign has delivered rail safety workshops to more than 20,000 young people at 150 schools across Wales, a live exhibition in Cardiff and the valleys visited by over 750 young…