Plans for a rail operator Welsh headquarters move closer
Following award of the contract for the Wales and Borders rail service and South Wales Metro to KeolisAmey last year, Keolis UK announced it will move its headquarters from London to a new office in Wales by 2019, and will relocate its global rail division from Paris to Wales by...Read More »
€1.9m EU funds to link communities in Ireland and Wales through stories of Celtic saints
St David, the patron saint of Wales, is commemorated in the city of St Davids, where he spent much of his life, whilst St Aidan is closely associated with Wexford, particularly in the town of Ferns. As well as enabling both communities to rediscover their shared heritage, the project aims...Read More »
Welsh Government host public events in North Wales to tackle obesity as part of new plan
In Wales 60 % of the adult population and 27% of four and five year olds are overweight.
The Welsh Government has launched a new plan to to help people in Wales maintain a healthy weight and wants to hear the people of Wales’ views on the actions proposed.
Launched by Health...Read More »
Tourism funding to build better destinations
The funding has been made available through the Tourism Amenity Investment Support scheme (TAIS), aimed at public, third sector and not for profit organisations for investment targeting small scale infrastructure (visitor amenity) projects in the tourism sector in Wales. This project has received funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities...Read More »
Powis Castle’s Book of Hours amongst collections being protected in Wales
In total six Welsh institutions will benefit from conservation funding. Successful projects also include shipping records held by Anglesey Archives; the records of the 41st Regiment at the Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh in Brecon; the Barbier Archive preserved at Cardiff University; and an eighteenth century estate map from...Read More »