Month: April 2018
Bridgend
Telecoms
Welsh Telecoms Provider: BT network closure will affect almost every business in the UK
Welsh Business Telecoms provider, ITCS, has faced a higher than average number of calls after the UK’s main telephone network provider, BT, announced plans to close the UK’s traditional PSTN telephone network in Britain. BT’s old systems are out of date, having not changed much since the very first line in the 1800s. The cost […]
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Awards
Cardiff
Cardiff's new garden city shortlisted for National Design Award
Plasdŵr, Cardiff’s Garden City, which is currently under construction, has been shortlisted for a prestigious UK design award. The masterplan for the 900-acre site in the north west of the capital was submitted by planning and design consultancy, Pegasus Group, who worked with lead developer Redrow Homes to create it. Shortlisted in the national Planning […]
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Banking
Swansea
Swansea lender celebrates outstanding 2017 results
Welsh lender, Swansea Building Society, has just released new figures which show outstanding success for the company in 2017. Alongside achieving their highest ever pre-tax profit and highest level of total assets, the company also reached a new high in mortgage balances. The company are attributing their success to having a face to face business […]
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News
Kier Construction operations director takes reins at Wales branch of Forum for the Built Environment
Jason Taylor, Kier Construction Western and Wales operations director, has been appointed the new chair of the Cambria branch of the Forum for the Built Environment (FBE). Replacing outgoing chair Craig Jones, Jason officially took the reins of the Cambria branch, at its AGM Dinner at Marriott Hotel in Cardiff last week. One of Jason’s […]
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Awards
Chepstow
News
Reid Lifting Wins Fourth Queen’s Award for International Trade
Chepstow-based Reid Lifting, a manufacturer of lightweight gantry and davit cranes, is this week celebrating, having claimed it’s fourth Queen’s Awards for Enterprise. The accolade was given to the Welsh firm for their outstanding achievement in international trade over the last three years. Reid, which has been trading since 2000, received an initial award for […]
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HR
News
The Welsh businesses that value older employees
The proportion of those aged 65 and over who work has almost doubled since records were first collected, according to the Office of National Statistics. By 2022, older workers will make up around one third of the Welsh workforce and at the same time the number of young people entering the job market is falling. […]
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Cardiff
News
Tech
Welsh Law firm launches revolutionary conveyancing app
Conveyancing clients often complain about poor communication – so Welsh law firm Harding Evans is harnessing technology to tackle it.
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Awards
News
Do Digital Realities shortlisted for Wales Responsible Business Awards
3D strategy specialists DO Digital Realities were delighted to learn they have been shortlisted for an award in the Wales Responsible Business Awards 2018. The award programme is run by Business in the Community Cymru to recognise businesses making a positive difference here in Wales, contributing to a sustainable business economy in the Principality. The Awards […]
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Automotive
Bridgend
News
Transport
South Wales Machinery Movers call for clarity for logistics professionals ahead of Brexit.
South Wales Machinery Movers Trojan-Mek are concerned that with just 12 months to go until Brexit, professional haulage businesses still have no idea how the Government plans to protect integrated supply chains, of what customs arrangements there will be at the various UK ports and which standards will apply in terms of compliance when the […]
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HSE
Newport
News
Housing Association fined after employees exposed to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
A community housing association has been sentenced after it failed to effectively manage its employees’ exposure to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) over a prolonged period of time. Newport Magistrates’ Court heard how, between July 2010 and May 2015, employees of Tai Calon Community Housing Limited were routinely exposed to vibration in their day to […]
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