Tuesday, 5th Mar 2024

PROPERTY | Welsh Housing Market Worst Performing of the Home Nations - Welsh housing market worst performing of the home nations - But six Welsh road names commanding hefty price premiums in current market

GREEN ECONOMY | Invest in Wales business Reception Launches Anglesey Freeport and Celtic Freeport - Over 150 guests from across the business, banks and the developer community and the UK and Welsh Governments joined Anglesey Freeport and the Celtic Freeport at an evening reception – Invest in Wales – held at the Institute of Directors (IoD) on Pall Mall on Thursday 29 February, as part of Wales Week London.

HOSPITALITY | Insight Report Calls for a More Unified Approach to Wales’s Housing and Holiday Accommodation Sector - A new report calls for a more unified approach to planning policy in Wales to improve the long-term future for the country’s housing and holiday accommodation sectors.

FOOD & DRINK | Wales Food and Drink Awards 2024 Finalists Unveiled: Celebrating the best Food & Drink Businesses in Wales - Finalists of the Wales Food and Drink Awards 2024 have been announced.

AWARDS | FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards Wales 2024’s Winners Announced - Sustainability Consultants, pioneering prosthetics and a pedigree sheep and flower farm based in North Wales: The FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards Wales 2024’s most inspiring small businesses.  

APPOINTMENT | Marine Energy Wales Announces New Chair - Marine Energy Wales is pleased to announce the appointment of Tam Bardell as its new Chair, succeeding Martin Murphy.

HR & PEOPLE | Is the Four-Day Workweek Here to Stay? - Recent political controversy surrounding town hall working practices has resulted in formal warnings by the government against adopting a four-day workweek by the council’s staff.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES | Geldards Wins Tender for Redevelopment of Aberthaw Power Station - Leading law firm Geldards reveals it has won a highly competitive tender process to become the legal advisers to CCR Energy Ltd on its ambitious redevelopment plans for the former Aberthaw power station.

RURAL | New Year Addition Means Organic Farm Estate Now Has Largest Herd of Bison in UK- These are the first images of Rhug Estate's newest addition - 20 North American bison.

FOOD & DRINK | Welsh Milk Gets St David’s Day Boost - Pembrokeshire Creamery, which is set to begin production this spring, has used St Davids’ Day to launch its new milk price for Welsh milk.

BUILT ENVIRONMENT | Bouygues UK’s Pentre Awel Project Marks Pivotal Milestone with Topping Out Ceremony - Bouygues UK and Carmarthenshire County Council welcomed visitors to the official ‘topping out’ ceremony of the prestigious Pentre Awel site as the final steel structure has been completed.

TECHNOLOGY | New Space Enterprise Lab Opens in Wrexham University’s OpTIC Technology Centre - A Space Enterprise Lab which will support the growth of the space sector across the UK has officially opened at the OpTIC Technology Centre, located at Prifysgol Wrecsam/Wrexham University’s St Asaph campus. 

APPOINTMENT | UK’s First Not-for-Profit Law Firm Grows with Two Solicitors Qualifying into the Employment Team - AltraLaw, the UK’s first Not-For-Profit law firm headquartered in Wales, has added two newly Qualified Solicitors to its team.

SKILLS | Nurturing Legal Excellence: The Journey Within a Small Practice - The path to becoming a director at John Morse Solicitors has been both challenging and rewarding, filled with lessons that have shaped my understanding of the legal profession and my place within it.