Month: February 2018
Menai Straits
Travel
Could you be the new voice of Wales?
www.menaiholidays.co.uk – a rather wonderful self-catering company located in North Wales, was recently sent a letter by a satisfied customer from London. The letter was written as if by Wales itself addressing its old friend London, highlighting the completely different lifestyles the two enjoy. Menai Holidays were so impressed with the letter, they decided to […]
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Awards
News
Educ8 Group celebrate even more employer awards success
Ystrad Mynach success story Educ8 have added to their growing list of awards having been named in the Times Top 100 Companies to work for, and also being named FSB Wales Employer of the Year at a prestigious ceremony at Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff. Firms from across Wales were recently honoured at the FSB Wales […]
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News
Tech
Innovative Welsh hire platform set to 'uber' the hire market
A new, Cardiff based tech start-up, Anything for Hire is aiming to follow in the footsteps of success stories like Uber and Airbnb, shaking up the UK hire industry with their innovative approach. The process for hiring a service, whether a limousine for a night out or a bouncy castle for a children’s party has proven to be a […]
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Manufacturing
St. Asaph
Tech
Touch Biometrics on Track for Accelerated Growth
North Wales finger sensor developer, Touch Biometrix, have recently celebrated their acceptance onto the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Program (AGP). The Welsh Government’s Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP) is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). The programme, delivered by the Excelerator Consortia (Winning Pitch and Impact Innovation), provides specialist tailored support for businesses with the […]
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News
Tech
63% of C-Suite leaders ‘more concerned about costs of a security breach’ than about losing customers
Welsh technology specialists ITCS are concerned to learn that the UK’s most senior executives do not fully appreciate the damage to business reputation and loss of customers that a cyber-attack can cause, or the damage that identity theft can do to an individual. One message has been definitely heard – the threat of high fines […]
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News
UK workers will sit through 9,776 meetings in their lifetime
Long suffering British employees will sit through a mind numbing 9,776 meetings in their working lifetime – with over half of them being deemed as completely pointless, research from Deliveroo for Business has revealed. New research of the nation’s office workers has discovered the average Brit reckons 51 percent of the meetings they attend every […]
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News
Welsh University lecturers join biggest ever strike for pensions
University lecturers in Wales have joined 64 universities throughout the UK in strike action over plans to change their pension scheme. The strike is the first of 14 days of industrial action over four weeks. Employers’ group Universities UK (UUK) claim the changes are essential as the scheme is running at a deficit, however lecturers who have paid […]
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News
Finance Secretary meets Irish counterpart to discuss trade links post-Brexit
The 2014-2020 Ireland/Wales programme is providing €100m (with €79m coming from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to support collaborative projects in the areas of innovation, adaptation to climate change and tourism, heritage and culture across the Irish Sea. For more than 20 years EU funding has successfully fostered partnerships across the Irish Sea, to […]
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News
Tech
Welsh Government announces new measures for extending fast broadband in Wales
Multi award-winning Welsh IT & Telecoms specialist ITCS has welcomed the range of new measures to further extend fast and reliable broadband coverage in Wales announced by Leader of the House, Julie James. Availability of superfast broadband across Wales has more than doubled since Superfast Cymru began in 2013, and the latest Ofcom report (December 2017) […]
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Farming
News
Property
Changes to borehole rules will mean Welsh farmers need to apply for a licence
Agricultural property surveyor, Christine Thomas of Rees Richards, Swansea explains why welsh farm owners operating a borehole must now apply for a licence. Water is an increasingly expensive resource that is easily influenced by infrastructure and climate, often leaving farmers with a costly, inadequate supply that is restricted in times of good weather. Most agricultural businesses require […]
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