Day: October 4, 2018
Brexit
Bridgend
Cardiff
Manufacturing
Newport
South Wales
Transport
Thinking about relocating your production machinery to or from the EU? Get moving fast!
Colin Watkins from Welsh factory relocation and machinery moving expert Trojan-Mek explains why no-deal Brexit could create huge challenges for UK manufacturers Trojan-Mek have been involved in factory relocations, heavy transport and machine moving, a specialist field of logistics and transport, for 15 years. There’s little we don’t know about moving or relocating complex machinery, or even relocating […]
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Leisure
News
North Wales
St. Asaph
Hot tub company set for international expansion after double awards success
UK Leisure Living are celebrating, having scooped two prizes at the prestigious Wales Start-Up Awards last week. The St Asaph and Mochdre based firm received accolades for Retailer Start-Up of the Year and North Wales Start-Up of the Year. Managing Director Gareth Jones was “thrilled” to emerge victorious in such competitive categories and said the […]
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Anglesey
Bangor
Colwyn Bay
Construction
HR
News
North Wales
Recruitment company lays foundations for success in construction employment
Supertemps launched its construction division at the turn of the year and is making strides in helping to meet a surge in demand for skilled workers in the sector. Managing Director Sarah Ellwood has even taken on two new faces to lead the department, adding to the five who joined the burgeoning Bangor, Colwyn Bay […]
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Banking
Cardiff
News
Sport
Bonus points for youth rugby side after kit donation
A newly established youth rugby side in Ely, Cardiff, is preparing for a season of success after receiving a donation of brand new match kits from Principality Building Society. The match kits were donated to Caerau Ely RFC’s new under 15s side, established in August of this year. The kits had their first run out […]
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Beauty
Bridgend
Cardiff
News
Start-Ups
Bridgend makeup artist goes to great lengths to launch new false eyelash business
A 22-year-old student from Bridgend has launched her own cosmetics business with a range of six false eyelash products, which have won fans, including star of The Only Way is Essex Gemma Collins, for their durability. Mollie Watkins launched Wat Cosmetics to pursue her passion for makeup artistry after becoming frustrated with the quality of […]
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Banking
Finance
Gower
Swansea
Swansea Building Society shows dedication to cancer charity with Gower Macmarathon walk
A team from has completed the recent Gower Macmarathon walk, with the Society being headline sponsors of this major fundraising event for Macmillan Cancer Support since 2015. Alun Williams, chief executive of Swansea Building Society, headed up a team for the 21st instalment of the Gower Macmarathon, which took place on Saturday 8 September 2018. […]
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Awards
Construction
News
Newtown
Powys
High flying construction company wins entrepreneurship award
A fast-growing Newtown-based business has won the Powys Entrepreneurship Award. EvaBuild, which employs 35 people, collected the award, sponsored by Welsh Government, at the annual Powys Business Awards dinner at The Hafren, Newtown. Managing Director Nick Evans said: “This award is great recognition for the hard work of everybody in the team at EvaBuild. “I […]
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Cardiff
News
Business organisations unite to call for Air Passenger Duty payments to be devolved to Wales
South Wales Chamber of Commerce and FSB Wales have joined forces to lobby for Air Passenger Duty tax to be devolved to Wales. The leading Welsh business organisations have called for the Chancellor to devolve Air Passenger Duty (APD) ahead of the UK Government budget on 29 October. Over recent years, more and more international airlines […]
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Charity
News
Cancer Research Wales unites with Welsh businesses for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
One of Wales’s leading cancer charities is teaming up with local businesses to raise vital funds during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. Breast cancer is now the most common cancer across Wales and the UK, and accounts for around 30% of all cancer cases in women. To fight these statistics and support women with […]
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Cardiff
HR
News
South Wales
Vargo Recruitment
New Associate Director set to help Vargo Recruitment expand service offering for clients
Finance recruitment specialist Tom Miller has joined leading Cardiff recruitment consultancy, Vargo Recruitment as Associate Director. Tom brings a wealth of experience in finance recruitment, as well as having previously worked for GoCompare as its Head of Talent Acquisition where he built an internal recruitment function from scratch and was responsible for delivering the end-to-end recruitment strategy for the publicly traded […]
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