Caiff Abertawe pont newydd yn mis Mehefen. Hwylbont arall yw hi, a bydd hi’n disodli’r hen Bont y Seidins. Bydd ffordd prif fws i ac o’r Parcio a Theithio Ffordd Fabian, a bydd hi’n dod yn rhan o’r lôn feicio Geltaidd.
Swansea will get a new bridge in June. It’s another sail bridge and […]

I imagine when the Charity worker in Bangor opened up a donated book to find not just a lithograph by Picasso, but a design by Matisse, it probably blew her away. I know it would me!
A mystery donor contributed the book, a copy of Le Ballet, ‘compiled’ in the 50’s. I’ll quote the […]

Continuing along on the revitialization effort, Swansea Council is taking proposals for improving the Bae Abertawe shore front to the public for a six week comment period. The Council agreed Monday past to use the Swansea Bay Strategy as a basis for gathering input surrounding the future of the seafront from Mumbles to Swansea city […]

Well, I’m not sure I’m crazy about that idea. Coming from an area that decided it would be a swell idea to block out all views of the ocean unless you paid an arm and several legs to inhabit/work/visit the buildings that had the views, I would hate to see a beautiful city such […]

The powers-that-be in Swansea are ready to begin the City Centre Core Retail Area remodel, so be prepared to deal with some inconvenience as they repave streets throughout the city centre. The project is expected to take 23 weeks to complete and should bring some significant improvements to the downtown area.
The city has […]

It’s happened. Despite the valiant battle by the workers, Burberry’s Treorchy factory has closed its doors for the last time.
The factory has been operating the Rhondda Valley for the past 60 years but today Burberry ceased to operate in South Wales as the site was no longer considered ‘commercially viable’.
Spare a thought for the […]

Well, in part at least.
It seems the Connaught Motor Company plans to bring in a new sports car plant and global offices to Llanelli and Amazon is putting in a huge distribution centre, offices and roads in the Fabian Way area. Amazon reckins to hire some 1,200 full-time jobs with an additional 1,500 possible […]

Should they prove successful winning power in the upcoming elections, Plaid Cyrmu has plans in the works for a “National Living Wage” among a great many other improvements geared toward citizens of Wales. Pledging the Plaid assembly government would be “the most open and transparent administration in Europe” Ieuan Wyn Jones also announced a […]

Unity Mine in Neath Valley is going into production in June bringing 60 new jobs to the area with the potential of adding 200 more. This is good news in a time when it seems all we see are facilities closings, layoffs and bad news. Hoping to bring out a million tons of […]

In today’s 5 minute news update from BBC they tell us it has been “recommended” that the powers that be lay off a considerable number (400) of staff from the Cranberry Foods factory in Abergavenny. Dumping employees at Abergavenny and moving jobs to Derbyshire is going to have a significant impact on the local […]

The Neath Port Talbot planning commission has now given its OK to plans for a new warehouse, some offices and new roads off Fabian Way on the old Delta Compton site. Hoping to bring 1,500 jobs to the area, the distribution point warehouse will run round the clock and employ about 350 people.
Stori yn […]

The latest on the Burberry situation is politics. Claiming the fight to keep the factory in Treorchy is causing Wales to look less appealing to business wishing to invest in Wales, CBI Wales director David Rosser seemed to feel attracting new business to Wales would be a bit more difficult because of the ongoing […]