Aldi is giving around 26,000 UK store staff a second pay increase this year. From September, all hourly paid colleagues within its stores will receive an...
Resource recovery expert Fiberight has embarked on leading a three-year £10 million large-scale demonstrator project focused on the capture, recovery and recycling of plastic packaging currently...
Swansea contractor ADS has won a three-year contract to transform the kitchens and bathrooms for ateb housing association’s customers. ateb is based in West Wales and...
Two Manselton school friends with more than thirty years’ combined experience in optical care have been appointed to lead the city’s Specsavers store. Christopher Jones, 35,...
Three Royal Mail vehicles were damaged in a fire at Carmarthen Sorting Office yesterday evening (10 July). A postal worker has reported that the fire started...
A number of new temporary food and drink wooden chalets are now open for business in Swansea city centre. They’re located in the £135m Copr Bay...
Swansea-based development consultancy and marketing intelligence company DCW Group has won two awards within the space of a week at this year’s Insider Property Awards and...
A brand new washplant at an aggregate recycling facility at Cwmgwili in Carmarthenshire is the largest in Wales according to family-owned recycling company Gavin Griffiths Group....
Royal Mail has announced there were 1,673 dog attacks reported on its staff last year, an average of 32 attacks every week across the UK, with...
Neath-based Low Cost Vans, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of commercial vehicles, has completed a major rebrand to reflect its expanding range of services. For...
Talented young apprentices from John Weaver and ASW Property Services were the overall winners at a construction awards event covering Swansea Bay held last week, which...
Swansea has been named one of the UK’s top five green cities to invest in. According to expert-led independent research, Swansea scored excellently in areas including...
Leading Welsh law firm, Peter Lynn and Partners Solicitors has extended its official partnership with Swansea City for the sixth consecutive season. The firm’s support of...
Dozens of start-up businesses in Swansea have benefitted from funding worth more than £80,000 in the last year or so the council have announced. Figures for...
Royal Mail today revealed images of a new set of eight, vibrantly illustrated stamps, being issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK’s first Pride...
Hundreds of Swansea businesses will come together next week to promote decarbonisation as the city’s drive towards net zero continues. Taking place at the Brangwyn Hall,...
Swansea-based Business Butler is helping businesses to connect and grow by launching a free membership tier. Businesses joining the thriving community as Associate Members will be...
A festival celebrating local businesses in Swansea has marked the growth of an innovative project that brings flexible workspace to high streets, community spaces and venues...
Half of workers in Wales are expecting a pay rise this year new research reveals. Welsh workers have high expectations of being given a pay rise...
The Secret Hospitality Group is thanking the local community for its support during COVID by providing the Bumbles of Honeywood enterprise education programme to three local...
Long-established telephony and IT specialist, Uplands Communications, is celebrating a pair of wins at the prestigious Mobile News Awards 2022, where the firm was recognised in the Customer Service...
Entrepreneurs and budding businesspeople from Blaen-y-maes, Portmead, Penplas, and Cadle are set to get expert advice on securing “professional success and sustainability” at a major Swansea...
Ashmole & Co are encouraging those qualifying from university, sitting their GCSEs or A Levels this month to consider a future career in accountancy. They say...
The Welsh Government has reached agreement with the UK Government on the establishment of Freeports in Wales. Welsh Ministers have agreed to support Freeport policies in...
Swansea-based creative agency iCreate is entering the metaverse by creating 3D visual environments for Dubai-based NFT boutique Jumi – a new outlet for curated digital art....
Fashion chain River Island is revealing its brand new concept store at Morfa Retail Park in Swansea on Saturday (7 May).
Ashmole & Co have taken on a student, during their gap year from University, so the student can gain hands-on experience before completing the final year...
Budget supermarket Lidl has announced it’s on the lookout for new sites across the country – and is calling on the public to help. The discounter,...
Copper Bay Digital, the web design company with offices in Mansfield and Swansea, has appointed two new members to its growing team. Dan Richardson, who will...
South Wales-based Industrial Valve Services (IVS) is eyeing further growth as it enters its fifth decade and celebrates five successful years since being acquired by Amcomri...
For the first time in three years, due to previous COVID-19 restrictions, Swansea Building Society held its annual general meeting (AGM) as a live, face-to-face event...
Peter Lynn and Partners have invested in the future of the firm with the appointment of several new members of staff. Rhian Hailey, Rhys Thomas, Gemma...
A new study reveals the UK’s fairest, best and worst places to work as a woman, compared to how much men are paid – with Swansea...
Rising business costs have been cited by 65.1 percent of businesses in Wales as the biggest threat to their operations in the coming quarter, according to...
Following the recent announcement of its employee ownership, Welsh training and education provider Educ8 Training has announced the acquisition of digital solutions company Aspire 2Be. Educ8...
The organisers of many of the marathons and 10k races in South Wales, Front Runner Events have announced Nathaniel Cars as their official vehicle partner for...
Swansea handyman, Ash Heynes has made it to the final 7 names that could pick up SGS Engineering’s Local Hero Awards 2022. Voting opens today, allowing...
An ambitious 33-year-old has been promoted to Commercial Director at Persimmon’s West Wales business. Ashleigh Hopkins has moved into the senior role at Persimmon’s Penllergaer office...
The founders of an award-winning alcohol-free brewery are celebrating their first supermarket listing, after securing a deal with Tesco. The listing is a dream come true...
Neath-based Ministry of Furniture is enjoying a surge in demand for some of its most innovative services on the back of companies reinventing the way in...
Entrepreneurial students received a major boost for their business ideas at Swansea University’s annual Big Pitch Competition, sponsored by Santander Universities. Held in person for the...
Work has started on a £23million investment of 80 new ‘Platinum’ luxury ecologically sensitive lodges at Bluestone National Park Resort, near Narberth, Pembrokeshire. The development is...
NetLet UK, the fast-growing Pembrokeshire hospitality network which provides holiday accommodation as well as housekeeping and laundry services for the hospitality sector, has moved into new...
Wildlife and environmental groups are to benefit from a collaborative approach taken by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and Castell Howell Foods following a pollution incident caused...
The robust growth of parts of the construction industry since COVID restrictions were lifted, has prompted a growing number of firms in this sector to invest...
A student from The University of Wales Trinity Saint David Carmarthen Business School is setting up a Clothes Swishing event in Carmarthen as a way to...
A specialist espresso bar and small batch coffee roastery has been announced for a new development in Swansea city centre. Coaltown Coffee is the latest business...
Owners of popular eatery and takeaway Uplands Diner have spoken out to reassure customers after reports that the business was up for sale. Lance Perdue spoke...
Supermarket giant Tesco have announced what it describes as a “substantial increase in base pay” as it increases the minimum hourly rate paid to staff to...
Carmarthenshire Council’s “100% Sir Gâr” pop-up shop is returning to Carmarthen over the Easter holidays. A range of local independent businesses are taking advantage of free...
The home of the ‘Megabeast’ breakfast Uplands Diner has been ‘reluctantly’ put up for sale as owner Lance Parude looks to retire after a period of...
A 200-year-old hotel in Pembrey near Llanelli is set to get a new lease of life after its new owners secured £420,000 of investment. Nickesha Graham-Burrell...
Swansea-based DCW Insights has been named one of the most exciting new businesses in the region after being shortlisted as part of a brand new awards...
A Swansea primary school has received a £1,000 donation from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Swansea Bay. Craigfelen Primary School in Clydach plans to use the...
A West Wales advocacy charity has hailed the services provided by community interest company RCS, naming it one of the reasons it has been able to...
A new business forum has been launched for Neath Port Talbot. The NPT Innovation Exchange will bring together construction, digital, technology, engineering and manufacturing firms for...
Milford Haven-headquartered hospitality network NetLet UK has a new managing director. Emma Taylor, who joined the company three and a half years ago, has stepped into...
Results released by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) have awarded Bellway a 5 Star Rating in customer satisfaction for the sixth consecutive year. The housebuilder, whose...
Rob Vaughan, one of Ashmole & Co’s longest serving partners, is putting his calculator away for the final time at the end of this month when...
American-style smokehouse Cattle & Co. has announced a brand-new location on the site of the former Three Lamps in Swansea City Centre, creating 40 new hospitality...
A long-standing Swansea dental practice has changed hands, with the new owner looking forward to continuing to offer high levels of care to his new clients....
A new body, Net Zero Industry Wales is to be created to support Welsh industry decarbonise and create new jobs in the green industries of the...
Learning disabilities care home provider Care without Compromise has been sold to national specialist care provider, Choice Care. Care without Compromise, founded in 2009, operates three...
Latest analysis by The Grocer shows ALDI offers the lowest prices across two-thirds of products ALDI has been named as the UK’s lowest-priced supermarket by trade...
Deputy Minister, Lee Waters MS said: “The pandemic opened the door to remote working, now we need to support this way of working for future generations”...
The first business conference and exhibition to be held in the new Swansea Arena took place on March 17, bringing 2500 people, 125 exhibitors and 20...
A new project is launching in Swansea which aims to champion more flexible ways of working and give local venues a new lease of life. After...
Wales’ largest independent accountancy practice Bevan Buckland LLP, which is headquartered in Swansea, has stepped up to the crease to sponsor the South Wales Junior Cricket...
Bluestone, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Tredz, are among the hundreds of Welsh organisations currently reaping the benefits of fully funded training. From business administration...
Belvoir Swansea has scooped the coveted Gold Award for Belvoir Franchise of the Year at the UK-wide Belvoir Annual Conference and Awards 2022, pipping 166 other...
After such many challenging years for businesses across the UK, Instant Offices has analysed Companies House data to work out which UK cities are fighting back with the...
Swansea Building Society’s Carmarthen branch has achieved a new record for mortgage and savings balances, passing the significant milestone of £100 million for both. The branch,...
Jewellers, Ernest Jones, located in Swansea’s Quadrant Shopping Centre, has re-opened (March 12) to reveal its luxurious, new-concept store which is set to add extra sparkle...
Local businessman Karl Symmonds has completed the management buy-out of Tru-Plas, the home improvements company based in his home town of Haverfordwest. Financed by a six-figure...
The Society saw unprecedented demand for its flexible, tailored mortgage products Swansea Building Society posted its best-ever set of results in 2021 as it helped to...
Six new industrial units have been completed as part of a £2.5 million investment by Carmarthenshire County Council in Glanamman. The former empty workshops site at...
Welsh rugby legend Stuart Davies has teamed up with a host of well-known Welsh figures including former First Minister Carwyn Jones to launch a new training...
Pembrokeshire College A-level student Tom Wickens is a new and upcoming baking entrepreneur whose welsh cakes are grabbing the county’s sweet tooth. Tom, a passionate baker,...
Carmarthenshire County Council has adopted a Local Development Order (LDO) for Carmarthen Town Centre in a move to support a more streamlined planning process, which the council say will...
The Development Bank of Wales has appointed experienced equity investor Duncan Gray as Technology Venture Investments Director. Duncan takes over from Simon Thelwall-Jones who led the...
Swansea Building Society has announced that Maggie’s Swansea will be its official charity for 2022, following a vote by its staff. Cancer support charity, Maggie’s, was...
Swansea Building Society has expanded and updated its mortgage product range to include a new green mortgage, aimed at incentivising energy efficient homes. It has also increased...
A company from Carmarthenshire has been named one of the best rural businesses in the UK after winning a national Rural Business Award Welsh Otter from...
The implementation of a scheme in West Wales helping employees who are absent or at risk of becoming absent from work return to their roles with...
The Development Bank of Wales has come to the rescue of qualified paramedics Andrea and Gethin Bateman who have taken on a new business venture and...
A donation from a Swansea flooring retailer is helping a mum and her young son make a fresh start in life in their new home. James...
After years of making bespoke furniture in Pembrokeshire, local company Uniqueworks have decided to close in March, to pursue a new direction on the Welsh Borders....
Neath-based Ministry of Furniture, has collaborated with the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) in partnership with Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind (MTIB) to deliver a...
Titanium metal manufacturing and recycling company TIMET has opened a consultation for expanding its Waunarlwydd factory Based in the former ALCOA factory site, on Titanium Road...
William Hughes, one of Ashmole & Co’s Partners in Pembrokeshire, is celebrating a significant work anniversary this month having been employed by the firm for 25...
Three new local businesses have been announced for Swansea’s emerging £135m Copr Bay phase one district. Frozziyo Frozen Yoghurt, Imperial Candy and KoKoDoo Korean Fried Chicken...
Carmarthenshire Council’s pop-up shop is returning to Carmarthen to help give local traders and shoppers a half-term boost. The council has offered a range of local...
Chartwells Universities has signed a 10-year agreement valued at £58m to overhaul the catering facilities at Swansea University with what the company describes as a ‘bold...
A Wales-based business has become the first ever business outside of the US to be accredited as a Disability Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE) by Disability:IN, the...
ASW Property Services, a property services specialist covering Wales, the Midlands and the South West of England, has offered permanent employment to three apprentices originally taken...
2B Enterprising, who recently announced the completion of their first investment round, a deal advised on by the GS Verde Group, have announced a partnership with...
Timber frame construction specialist, SO Modular, has brought in a new Business Development and Marketing professional to join its rapidly growing team and build relationships with...
Everyone with an interest in technology will be keeping a close watch on the explosive story around 5G and airlines, and a leading UK communications specialists,...
A new study has revealed that Swansea has seen the highest increase in demand for remote jobs in all of the UK (2018-2021). Conducted by e-learning...
Training the next generation of accountants is part of the job for Mark Packer, Senior Accounts Clerk at Ashmole & Co’s Swansea office. During his spare...