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Open Consultation: Western Wales River Basin Management Plan

Open Consultation: Western Wales River Basin Management Plan

Currently Pembrokeshire Marine Special Area of Conservation (SAC), which extends around the Pembrokeshire coast and includes the Milford Haven waterway to tidal limits, is in an unfavourable ...
FE colleges lead the way on the future of apprenticeships

FE colleges lead the way on the future of apprenticeships

ColegauCymru believes that the Welsh Government’s confirmation of investment in the FE-led work-based learning sector is essential to support Wales’ economic recovery post-Covid. Details of ...
UWSTD Masters student’s dream comes true

UWSTD Masters student’s dream comes true

A Masters Student from the University of Wales Trinity St David (UWTSD) has achieved a dream come true by directing their favourite drama last week. Kallum Weyman, a student on the MA Directing ...
Swansea Start Up & Business Owners Forum

Swansea Start Up & Business Owners Forum

SWANSEA START UP & BUSINESS OWNERS FORUM 13th April 2021 This major conversation shared ideas and perspectives on how we can make sure Swansea is a an entrepreneurial city ...
Swansea schools take climate action

Swansea schools take climate action

Egni Co-op has announced that solar panels have been installed on two more schools in Swansea, Pentrechwyth and Cwm Glas Primaries. More than half a megawatt of rooftop solar has now ...
2B Enterprising to deliver learning & development solutions benefiting thousands of young learners

2B Enterprising to deliver learning & development solutions benefiting thousands of young learners

Swansea based 2B Enterprising Ltd has set an ambitious target of working with 2,000 primary schools and educating more than 250,000 children over the next 4 years. The company creates learning ...
Tidal Range Moves Back Up the Agenda in Wales

Tidal Range Moves Back Up the Agenda in Wales

Marine Energy Wales has been championing a fresh assessment of tidal range power generation in broad recognition of tidal range’s unique multi-generational operating life, extensive co-benefits ...
Swansea Station Shared Vision Meeting

Swansea Station Shared Vision Meeting

SWANSEA STATION SHARED VISION MEETING South West Wales Connected is hosting community vision meetings across the region, in towns and villages around railway stations, to give local people more ...
EEESafe Appliance Safety Register – Show Your Support for Circular Economy

EEESafe Appliance Safety Register – Show Your Support for Circular Economy

4theRegion member EEESafe is a project designed to support a circular economy, waste prevention and creating local jobs where people live.  We all want to see less waste going to landfill, but ...
Peter Lynn and Partners Appoint Litigation Consultant

Peter Lynn and Partners Appoint Litigation Consultant

Regional law firm Peter Lynn and Partners Solicitors are delighted to announce the appointment of Scott Tuppen to their litigation team. Scott, who brings a varied breadth of legal and ...
Regional Transport Conference 2021

Regional Transport Conference 2021

MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER 9th & 10th February 2021 A Major Regional Conversation About Transport, brought to you by Swansea Environmental Forum and 4theRegion, sponsored by Natural ...
Milford Haven Shared Vision Meeting Part 2

Milford Haven Shared Vision Meeting Part 2

MILFORD HAVEN TRAIN STATION SHARED VISION MEETING PART 2 South West Wales Connected is hosting community vision meetings across the region, in towns and villages around railway stations, to ...
Our Coast and Seas: Turning ideas into action

Our Coast and Seas: Turning ideas into action

Event Summary & Next Steps ‘Our coast and seas’ brought together partners who had an interest in Welsh coasts and seas, to develop practical actions to overcome challenges, and identify ...
Wales Beckons

Wales Beckons

Firstly there was NEI UK Ltd. (www.neiuk.co.uk) an outbound tour company based in the UK, set up in 1993, with India as their prime destination. It was never the intention to seek high numbers ...
Patients in Swansea Get Comfortable Accessing the NHS From Their Sofa

Patients in Swansea Get Comfortable Accessing the NHS From Their Sofa

Swansea is leading the way in adapting to new ways of accessing the NHS since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 10 percent of patients in Swansea have made use of video consultations ...
Egni in touching distance of £4m co-op shares target

Egni in touching distance of £4m co-op shares target

Egni Co-op has announced that it’s approaching its target of £4m from the co-op share offer, one of the largest ever undertaken in the UK. Egni has installed rooftop solar on schools, community ...
Major city centre building could become public hub for key Swansea services

Major city centre building could become public hub for key Swansea services

A prominent city centre building looks set to become the new home for Swansea Council’s main library and a host of other community services. The proposal for Oxford Street’s What! store ...
Swansea Firms Spend Hundreds Of Thousands To Roll Out the Red Carpet for Post-Lockdown Customers

Swansea Firms Spend Hundreds Of Thousands To Roll Out the Red Carpet for Post-Lockdown Customers

Businesses across Swansea City Centre have invested hundreds of thousands of pounds to revitalise their premises and brands during lockdown, so they can welcome visitors and consumers back in ...
Landmark agreement for a Swansea High Street treasure

Landmark agreement for a Swansea High Street treasure

One of Wales’ most innovative digital workspace businesses is set to breathe renewed life into an iconic Swansea building. Tramshed Tech has signed a heads of terms for a development ...
Celtic Collection appointed to manage new hotel at Milford Waterfront

Celtic Collection appointed to manage new hotel at Milford Waterfront

A 100-bedroom hotel being built as part of the Milford Waterfront development in Milford Haven will be managed and operated by the team responsible for the iconic Celtic Manor Resort, as part of ...
Two new appointments at Coastal Housing

Two new appointments at Coastal Housing

Swansea-based Coastal Housing Group, which operates in south and west Wales, has made key interim appointments to its development team to support its current programme whilst retaining the ...
Exciting low carbon future for former primary school   – thanks to Lottery funds

Exciting low carbon future for former primary school – thanks to Lottery funds

A key regeneration project developed by Awel Aman Tawe (AAT) in Cwmgors in the Swansea Valley, has received a huge funding boost this week. National Lottery have awarded £400,000 to ‘Hwb y Gors’ ...
Bevan Buckland LLP To Support More Graduates and School Leavers To Career Success

Bevan Buckland LLP To Support More Graduates and School Leavers To Career Success

Wales’ largest independent accountancy and financial planning firm, Bevan Buckland LLP, is opening up its Training Academy applications for graduates and school leavers early this year as the ...
Circular Economy Members Forum

Circular Economy Members Forum

Thank you to our members who attended our Circular Economy Members Forum. What’s working well in the sector? What are the strengths and assets that we can work on? This report covers discussion ...
Landmark bridge installed as Swansea’s £1bn regeneration progresses

Landmark bridge installed as Swansea’s £1bn regeneration progresses

Swansea’s new landmark Copr Bay bridge was eased into place in a major construction operation on Saturday night and Sunday morning. The 150 metric tonne bridge is now in place over the ...
Rebuilding Swansea: The transformation of our cities, how they will look in a post-pandemic future and who they will serve

Rebuilding Swansea: The transformation of our cities, how they will look in a post-pandemic future and who they will serve

The pandemic is going to fundamentally change how our cities look, who lives in them and even what purpose they serve. Many of the big names on our high streets, such as Debenhams and Topshop, ...
Proposals announced for major seafront housing project

Proposals announced for major seafront housing project

Neath Port Talbot Council has entered into an agreement with Persimmon Homes West Wales to build almost 140 houses on the site of the former Afan Lido leisure centre on the Aberavon ...
Swansea Central Area: Regenerating our City for Wellbeing and Wildlife

Swansea Central Area: Regenerating our City for Wellbeing and Wildlife

The "Swansea Central Area: Regenerating our City for Wellbeing and Wildlife" strategy has been officially adopted. This ambitious strategy sets out the vision of Natural Resources Wales (NRW) ...
Recognition for College’s flagship employability programme

Recognition for College’s flagship employability programme

Gower College Swansea has been named as an example of good practice in a prominent report on the future of colleges in Wales. The College of the Future for Wales calls for a radical shift ...
£17k grant for a shed for repair cafes as Grwp Resilience expands

£17k grant for a shed for repair cafes as Grwp Resilience expands

Grwp Resilience has in February: Expanded its affiliate members to over 60. Secured £17,000 grant to pass on to 3 organisations contributing to the Repair Network ...
Budget boost for major valleys rail test centre warmly welcomed

Budget boost for major valleys rail test centre warmly welcomed

The announcement of a £30m UK Government contribution to a planned rail testing complex between Neath Port Talbot and Powys has been welcomed by the councils covering the two areas. The ...
New business zone on site of old factory progressing well

New business zone on site of old factory progressing well

Work by Neath Port Talbot Council to transform the iconic former Metal Box factory in Neath into a business zone for job creation is progressing well with a number of refurbished offices at the ...
Landmark bridge being installed this weekend

Landmark bridge being installed this weekend

The landmark Copr Bay bridge over Oystermouth Road is set to be eased into place in a painstaking event overnight this weekend. Oystermouth Road will be closed, and diversions put in ...
Cousins’ crowdfunding campaign to support Fishguard & Goodwick regeneration plans gets celebrity backing

Cousins’ crowdfunding campaign to support Fishguard & Goodwick regeneration plans gets celebrity backing

Some useful things have come out of lockdown: out of monthly chats during those long months of 2020 on that well-known video conferencing site came a number of ideas for helping to revitalise ...
Breathing LIFE back into our rare bogs in Wales

Breathing LIFE back into our rare bogs in Wales

A project run by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is removing scrub (small trees) scattered across 379 hectares (937 acres) of rare lowland raised peat bogs. The LIFE Welsh Raised Bogs project ...
Community Climate Change Tool in the Havens

Community Climate Change Tool in the Havens

To help us understand the impacts of climate change, and adapt to change, Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum are working with Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to trial tools developed by the Coastal ...
Cabinet adopts plan to help deliver a greener Swansea

Cabinet adopts plan to help deliver a greener Swansea

On 18 February Swansea Council's cabinet adopted a plan that aims to help deliver a greener city. It aims to help deliver: a greener city, with fewer hard surfaces, to help create a ...
New Role for College Legal Eagle

New Role for College Legal Eagle

NPTC Group of Colleges is strengthening its community links and has appointed former commercial lawyer Gemma Charnock to lead the way. Gemma takes on the new position of Vice Principal: ...
Creative & Digital Members Forum

Creative & Digital Members Forum

Creative & Digital Members Forum - 24/11/2020Thank you to our members who attended our Creative & Digital Sector forum. How can the creative, cultural and digital sectors contribute ...
Senior Appointment at Law Firm

Senior Appointment at Law Firm

Regional law firm Peter Lynn and Partners have continued the expansion of their West Wales team with the appointment of senior solicitor, Christina Anthony. Christina, who until recently ran ...
Tackling climate emergency: Bringing Swansea together while we’re apart

Tackling climate emergency: Bringing Swansea together while we’re apart

Swansea residents are to have their say on how the city can best fight the climate emergency. From today they are being asked for their thoughts on the best ways that local individuals and ...
New grants will support community initiatives in South West Wales

New grants will support community initiatives in South West Wales

People in South West Wales with great ideas to improve their local communities are invited to apply for grants from a new fund designed to help them make those ideas a reality. The new ...