Author: Rhys Gregory

As the saying goes, a flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it, it just blooms. However, as a gardener, it is natural to want your flowers to be the most vibrant and healthy in the neighborhood. With so many factors that can affect their growth, from weather conditions to soil quality, it can be overwhelming to know where to start. That’s where we come in. In this guide, we will provide you with tips and tricks to help your garden flowers flourish and bloom beautifully. Whether you are a beginner gardener or have been gardening…

Pasture Cardiff – one of the most popular restaurants in the Welsh capital – has been ranked 48th in the 101 World’s Best Steak Restaurants 2024. Pasture Restaurants are a celebration of fire-based cooking and incredible local ingredients, coupled with slick, engaging service. The Cardiff restaurant boasts a busy open kitchen which showcases charcoal grills and live fire cooking, and dry aging cabinets displaying whole cuts of beef. The beef is selected from farms in Wales & the South West, all which have been raised on pasture. Now in its fifth year, the World’s 101 Best Steak Restaurants is presented by…

A cycling retailer based in South Wales has opened a state of the art bike shop in a move to expand its presence in the growing e-bike market and show people that cycling is for everyone. Following a significant uptick in demand for e-bikes, partly due to wellbeing becoming more of a priority since the pandemic, Swansea based Uprise Bikes has opened its first brick and mortar showroom as it enters a new phase of growth. In addition to its new site, the business – which is owned by one of the UK’s largest independent cycling groups, Cycle Solutions –…

ANWYL Homes has promoted Phil Dolan to the new role of chief operating officer to support its growth plans. Phil, who was most recently managing director of the company’s Cheshire and North Wales region, has worked in the housebuilding industry for 27 years. He said: “I’m really excited about the new role and relishing the challenges it brings. We have always had the ambition of building 1,000 homes a year and after the challenges of the Covid pandemic and the impact of the 2022 ‘mini-budget’ on the economy and interest rates, all of which slowed the sector’s growth, we’re seeing…

Wales’ largest further education college, Coleg Gwent, offers an extensive selection of unique courses, tailored to every imaginable interest or career path — with several course registrations now open for autumn intake. Alongside courses that encourage professional upskilling or even full career pivots, many of Coleg Gwent’s courses are hobby-based — empowering individuals of all ages to pursue new passions, from jewellery making to photography and singing for pleasure. Here are 7 niche hobbies or specialist skills that you can pick up at Coleg Gwent this year… Cat and Dog Basic First Aid We all know the importance of first-aid…

Creative Wales has announced the successful applicants of its £840,000 Development Fund, with a number of fantasy and horror TV series’ among the prestigious projects announced as recipients of the grant. Thirty-one Wales-based digital media and TV projects have received funding from Creative Wales through its Development Fund grant scheme, as part of a drive to help home-grown production teams fully develop their project ideas in Wales. The fund was introduced to support the development of new projects from Welsh creators, with the ambition of giving them a greater chance of being commissioned and produced. With up to £35,000 available…

Menter a Busnes, a leading business support organisation, has appointed four distinguished professionals as Non-Executive Board Members. The newly appointed board members, Geraint Jones, Senior Domain Security Architect for Aldermore Bank; Carys Owens, Managing Director of Whisper Cymru; Huw Eurig, Creative Industry Leader, and Mari Stevens, Director of Consultancy Business Anian; will bring a wealth of experience and expertise from various sectors, enhancing the organisation’s strategic vision and capabilities. Llŷr Roberts, CEO of Menter a Busnes, said: “We are delighted to welcome Carys, Geraint, Huw and Mari as Non-Executive Board Members. Their diverse backgrounds and extensive knowledge will undoubtedly contribute…

More than 40 volunteers have joined forces to collect over 20kg of harmful plastic from the Carmarthenshire coastline. The beach clean organised by Coleg Sir Gâr’s Green 24 project was held at Cefn Sidan, Pembrey Country Park, as part of Carmarthenshire County Council’s wider sustainability event, Green Warrior Day. Looking at the Blue Flag awarded beach, you would be under the impression that there is hardly any rubbish on the eight-mile stretch of soft sand. But in a mere 200-metre radius, a shockingly vast number of washed-up litter items were collected by volunteers. The waste collected included an estimated 100…

Ruthin International Arts Festival will bring International and Welsh artists to the small town of Ruthin in North Wales – with free, outdoor, and community performances held from 28 June. The festival will see both established and emerging International, UK and Welsh artists and poets in attendance, including Anne Bean and Ansuman Biswas; Yue Minjun; W.N. Herbert; Sean O’Brien; Richard DeDomenici; Tomasz Szrama; and Adam E. Holton. Running from 28 June – 28 July 2024, the inaugural Ruthin International Arts Festival is set to take place in the historic rural town of Ruthin in North Wales – a stunning, expertly curated new addition to the…

Three men have been sentenced to a total of 30 years after assaulting a man and robbing him of his fake Rolex. The 45-year-old victim tragically lost an eye as a result of the assault and the impact on his personal and professional life has been devastating. After committing the robbery, Abdul Ismail, one of the three men convicted, filmed himself with the watch and posted photographs on Snapchat. The images were found on his mobile phone when he was arrested. Officer in the case, Detective Constable Eleri Powell, from South Wales Police, said: “CCTV captured the moment Thierno Dilallo,…