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Simon Wright Appointed UWTSD Professor of Practice

Simon Wright Appointed UWTSD Professor of Practice

Simon Wright, restaurateur, broadcaster, food writer, and consultant has been appointed to the role of Professor of Practice by the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD). The ...
The Reading Room: Food & Farming

The Reading Room: Food & Farming

PROJECTS  > FOOD FOR THE REGION > THE READING ROOM: FOOD & FARMINGTHE READING ROOM: FOOD & FARMINGAcross Wales, there is a huge amount of work, thought-leadership, strategy and ...
Hutchinson Thomas joins pilot scheme on comparison data for law firms

Hutchinson Thomas joins pilot scheme on comparison data for law firms

Law firm Hutchinson Thomas, which has offices in Swansea and Neath, is one of the first law firms in Wales to join a pilot project conceived by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) designed ...
New Swansea Headquarters for Wales’ Largest Independent Accountancy Firm

New Swansea Headquarters for Wales’ Largest Independent Accountancy Firm

The largest independent accountancy firm in Wales: Bevan Buckland LLP has confirmed its move to Swansea Enterprise Park, Llansamlet. Currently based in Langdon House, SA1, the new headquarters ...
Students and Staff from Swansea College of Art contribute to the ‘Without Borders’ exhibition

Students and Staff from Swansea College of Art contribute to the ‘Without Borders’ exhibition

Students and staff from UWTSD’s Swansea College of Art have contributed to the latest exhibition showcasing at the Elysium Art Gallery, Swansea, ‘Without Borders’. 'Without Borders' is an ...
Swansea Businesses Urged to Plug into Gower Power to Invest in Their Local Community

Swansea Businesses Urged to Plug into Gower Power to Invest in Their Local Community

The first community-owned solar farm in Wales is offering Swansea businesses the opportunity to plug into locally produced green energy whilst supporting grassroots community projects on their ...
Scrum…tious solar panels tackle climate change at Cwmgors Rugby Club!

Scrum…tious solar panels tackle climate change at Cwmgors Rugby Club!

Cwmgors kicked off the first game of the season by unveiling their new solar panels on the club house. The club are hoping the solar panels can provide an energy boost to the season. The 30kW ...
EFT Consult partners with Metrikus on new venture W-360

EFT Consult partners with Metrikus on new venture W-360

The new business will help companies monitor and improve their indoor environments. Entrepreneur David Kieft, the founder of the Raven Delta Group, has launched a new venture dedicated to ...
New scheme to ensure our grasslands are buzzing with life

New scheme to ensure our grasslands are buzzing with life

A new ‘bee friendly’ approach to managing Neath Port Talbot Council’s verges and grasslands has been adopted by the council’s Regeneration and Sustainable Development Cabinet Board. The ...
The Kingsway goes green as Swansea points to the future

The Kingsway goes green as Swansea points to the future

Stunning new drone imagery shows how one of Swansea city centre’s key areas has gone green – and is a signpost to a greener future. Where there were once four lanes of Tarmac, The ...
Organisations with social aims join forces to simplify National Procurement Service procedure

Organisations with social aims join forces to simplify National Procurement Service procedure

Ministry of Furniture, the company which emerged from Remploy Furniture, is collaborating with Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind (MTIB) to combine key competencies for the benefit of ...
World class rail centre will transform area says Leader

World class rail centre will transform area says Leader

The Global Centre for Rail Excellence (GCRE) at the head of the Dulais and Swansea valleys will have a transformational effect on the area and the wider region, the Leader of Neath Port Talbot ...
Record Results for NPTC Group of Colleges

Record Results for NPTC Group of Colleges

NPTC Group of Colleges has been congratulating all students receiving their results yesterday. In the face of another year disrupted by the global pandemic, the College achieved an incredible ...
Ouma expands to new offices on Swansea High Street

Ouma expands to new offices on Swansea High Street

A successful local marketing company, which has seen a huge 800% increase in turnover during the past year, has moved into stylish new offices at High Street’s Urban Village to accommodate new ...
Celebrity chef gives students a taste of culinary career

Celebrity chef gives students a taste of culinary career

An iconic British chef gave a group of students from Gower College Swansea a sneak peek behind the scenes of his Swansea restaurant along with an insight into his inspiring career. Marco ...
NRW launches new Check Your Flood Risk service

NRW launches new Check Your Flood Risk service

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has launched a new web service that provides flood risk information using a postcode, along with improvements to the way customers can access flood risk information ...
Gower College Swansea scoops a further two major apprenticeship awards

Gower College Swansea scoops a further two major apprenticeship awards

Gower College Swansea has been awarded the coveted titles of ‘UK Digital Apprenticeship Provider of the Year’ and ‘UK Engineering and Manufacturing Apprenticeship Provider of the Year’ at the FE ...
Welsh bathing waters top destination this summer

Welsh bathing waters top destination this summer

As Covid-19 restrictions continue to ease in Wales, and thoughts turn towards enjoying holiday destinations closer to home this summer, visitors to Wales’ beaches can be assured that they have ...
Green light for £150m Global Centre for Rail Excellence

Green light for £150m Global Centre for Rail Excellence

A planning application for the construction of a world class rail testing facility at the head of the Dulais and Tawe Valleys has been conditionally approved by Neath Port Talbot Council’s ...
Ground-breaking One-Stop-Shop Partnership Between Leading Welsh Accounting Practice and Pioneering IT Specialists

Ground-breaking One-Stop-Shop Partnership Between Leading Welsh Accounting Practice and Pioneering IT Specialists

Wales’ largest independent accountancy firm, Bevan Buckland LLP, has partnered with Tech-Wales Ltd to create a unique one-stop-shop for accounting and IT services for its clients. Bevan ...
Protecting and enjoying the Great Welsh Outdoors this summer

Protecting and enjoying the Great Welsh Outdoors this summer

As the school gates close and as more and more people seek opportunities to holiday closer to home, visitors to Wales’s great outdoors are being urged to continue to protect and respect the ...
UWTSD is the first university to sign up as a Climate.Cymru partner

UWTSD is the first university to sign up as a Climate.Cymru partner

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) is the first University in Wales to sign up as a Climate.Cymru partner. Climate Cymru invites organisations and individuals across Wales ...
More greenery is needed

More greenery is needed

There’s something familiar about a new scaffold wrap that appeared above the Potters Wheel on Swansea’s Kingsway on Friday. Coastal Housing owns the building at 85 Kingsway, which is currently ...
NRW raring to go after Welsh Government’s tree planting “national call to arms”

NRW raring to go after Welsh Government’s tree planting “national call to arms”

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has today welcomed the Welsh Government’s "national call to arms" to significantly expand the green canopy in Wales and has pledged to work with the government and ...
Lydia Blight Competes at WorldSkills 2021

Lydia Blight Competes at WorldSkills 2021

Lydia Blight, a fantastic Painting and Decorating apprentice at Family Housing, has taken part in the WorldSkills championship! WorldSkills is a global hub for skills which aims to ‘raise ...
Measuring a Wellbeing Economy in Wales

Measuring a Wellbeing Economy in Wales

Wellbeing Economy Wales is embarking on a volunteer-led project to create the Wales Wellbeing Economy Index - a visualisation of relevant and meaningful data that frames the wellbeing ...
New Benches

New Benches

Donated by ASW Property Services. We would like to say a very big thank you to ASW Property Services Ltd who have donated these fantastic picnic benches to our park in Ffynnon Las, ...
There is a brand new visitor attraction in cool Carmarthenshire

There is a brand new visitor attraction in cool Carmarthenshire

In a dreamy, wooded valley with water all around, there's a very special experience waiting to be discovered Paid for with the fruits of a remarkable fundraising effort, the Regency Restoration ...
Innovation Challenge

Innovation Challenge

We’re making exciting progress in our Innovation challenge with Community Housing Cymru‘s Alcemi team and Simply Do Ideas! The aim of the challenge is to test an innovation process and ...
Cabinet backs business case for new training agency to build workforce of the future

Cabinet backs business case for new training agency to build workforce of the future

Members of Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet have approved the business case for a new Skills and Talent Programme aimed at delivering the skills and training requirements for all Swansea Bay ...
Work progresses on historic site

Work progresses on historic site

The Swansea Council scheme will bring new life to the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks powerhouse and outbuildings. Main contractor John Weaver Contractors, based in Swansea, has forged ahead ...
Join Our Team and Our Mission For the Region

Join Our Team and Our Mission For the Region

We love where we live and want to help our region flourish, and we believe our best hope for the future lies in getting everyone working together towards a shared vision: greener, happier, ...
New Homes for Family Housing Tenants

New Homes for Family Housing Tenants

Built in Collaboration with Castell Group Ltd. The construction of brand new homes for Family Housing tenants is well under way in Treboeth! We’d like to say a huge thank you to Castell ...
Decarbonising Homes – A Collective Learning Journey is Needed

Decarbonising Homes – A Collective Learning Journey is Needed

A Greener Local Supply Chain - Learning Journey Wales has set ambitious targets to decarbonise housing over the next decades, but there are enormous challenges.  Not least is the need to ...
Mine water management for future generations tops agenda at international conference

Mine water management for future generations tops agenda at international conference

Wales’ industrial past and how it informs its vision for the future will be discussed in the 14th International Mine Water Association (IMWA) Congress, to be held from 12 to 16 July. The ...
University creates a leadership development programme for the emergency services

University creates a leadership development programme for the emergency services

Julie Crossman, a lecturer from the Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research (WAPPAR) devised a leadership development programme with the Welsh Ambulance Service (NHS) Trust ...
The all new Aqua Splash to open at Aberavon Beach on Monday

The all new Aqua Splash to open at Aberavon Beach on Monday

The popular Aqua Splash attraction for children and families will re-open at Aberavon Beach on Monday with a range of more than 30 exciting new water features including fountains, jets, ...
BA Filmmaking Students work with Broadside Films

BA Filmmaking Students work with Broadside Films

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David BA Filmmaking students have had the opportunity this semester to work with the independent production company ‘Broadside Films’. Each year has ...
Report highlights how nature helped us cope with Covid-19

Report highlights how nature helped us cope with Covid-19

Engaging with nature played a key role in maintaining people’s physical and mental health and overall wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, a new report has ...
Young volunteers help city’s old copperworks stories live on

Young volunteers help city’s old copperworks stories live on

The history of an iconic Swansea industrial site is being brought alive thanks to the efforts of new volunteers. An increasing number of enthusiasts are helping the cause of community ...
Family Housing Association turns to solar to tackle carbon footprint and fuel poverty

Family Housing Association turns to solar to tackle carbon footprint and fuel poverty

Family Housing Association has unveiled an exciting collaboration with ASW Property Services to install state-of-the-art solar panels on housing stock in Carmarthenshire as part of the ...
J.G. Hale Construction supports South West Wales Onsite Hub

J.G. Hale Construction supports South West Wales Onsite Hub

Welsh building contractor, J.G. Hale Construction, has welcomed its third cohort of South-West Wales Onsite Construction Hub work experience placements to its Neath town centre site, being ...