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Wales’ first helicopter pilot training academy takes off
18/06/09
Veritair, Wales’ longest established helicopter operator, is to launch Veritair Aviation Academy, the first helicopter pilot training academy in Wales.
Shining a light on a day in the life
16/06/09
When John Day leaves his house for work in the morning, he never knows what challenges the day will bring. John’s job is a little bit more unusual than most and sometimes involves hanging 130 feet up in the air, braving the sea and battling the prospect of ghosts.
John, a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Wales, is one of the nation’s few surveyors of lighthouses which provide navigation to ships and seafarers.
High street hunch
09/06/09
Is the time ripe for entrepreneurs to take on the high street?
The “credit crunch” and its ongoing effects have all been well documented. Nowhere has the destructive nature of reduced credit in our debt dependent nation been more evident than in the high streets across the country. But empty shops left by the recession and increasingly attractive terms offered by landlords, provide opportunities for entrepreneurs to create new businesses with a prime high street presence.
Wally’s double deli delight
02/06/09
Cardiff’s best loved deli, Wally’s Delicatessen has bucked the downward trend on the high street and doubled the size of its long established outlet in Royal Arcade, Cardiff. The popular 60 year old store acquired the lease on adjoining premises of 2,170 sq ft, through agents Cooke & Arkwright in March and immediately began full refurbishment work alongside the existing deli. The fully extended store will open on Monday, 8th June 2009.
Greggs’ city stadium podcast
21/05/09
Leading bakery Greggs has opened a 1200 sq ft store directly opposite the entrance to the new 30,000 seater stadium for Cardiff City FC and Cardiff Blues in Capital Shopping Park, Leckwith. The new outlet is in a stand alone ‘pod’ fronting the car park between the stadium and the 480,000 sq ft retail park. Greggs has employed 15 new staff at the store and plans to match opening hours to late night games and fixtures when the stadium opens in time for the next season.
New equality centre for south east Wales
23/04/09
Chwarae Teg, the leading professional agency for the economic advancement of women in Wales, has opened new offices at Melin Corrwg Business Park in Treforest as a base for the delivery of its Agile Nation project in South East Wales.
Hard hats at the ready for new South Wales hospital
08/04/09
Vale Healthcare has swapped its white coats for hard hats as it celebrates the start of construction of its new innovative 25-bed hospital development in Hensol - Cardiff-based Stradform Ltd (part of VINCI Construction UK Ltd) has commenced work on making the multi million pound hospital a reality.
DX opens satellite in Bridgend
07/04/09
DX Group (DX), the UK’s leading independent mail and courier company is the latest business to join the growing list of tenants at Robert Hitchins’ Central Park, Bridgend. The company has consolidated two of its sites at Swansea and Penarth and transferred most of the staff to Bridgend, where it has opened a 6,500 sq ft secure Mail Service Centre as part of an expansion of its operations.
Landmark building for St Andrew’s Place
01/04/09
A landmark speculative office building of a style previously unseen in Cardiff’s prime professional quarter, is about to undergo construction. The Charnwood Group has started demolition of the existing building at 8 St Andrews Place and expects to complete the 2,800 sq ft office scheme by early 2010. It will be the first new development in the locality for more than 15 years. Joint agents Cooke & Arkwright and Savills have been appointed letting agents.
University expands science and IT research centres
25/03/09
In a deal brokered by Cooke & Arkwright, Cardiff University has leased almost 14,500 sq ft at Deri House in Park Grove, Cardiff. The university is to move three of its administrative divisions to the new premises from their existing accommodation at various sites in Park Place.