New Perlu Members November 16th - November 22nd

For the past ten years, Astutis has been dedicated to delivering a world-class suite of fully-accredited and globally-revered health, safety and environmental training courses. This anniversary is an incredible achievement within the Welsh economy and our 10th birthday isn’t only a mark of how far we’ve come as a business, but an opportunity to reflect. Regardless of how far we’ve come, we’ve remained steadfast in our mission statement: to develop and provide reliable and relevant information and training to advance knowledge, raise awareness and exchange occupational safety and health information. In 2020, it secured Cyber Essentials accreditation, launched Astutis TV, which has already reached over 1,000 subscribers, its first online environmental skills training course, and a new global e-commerce portal.

Business confidence in Wales rose 14 points during March to 9%, the first net positive reading since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking. economic optimism also increased by 15 points to 17%, while confidence in their own business prospects jumped 10 points to 12%. In fact, every UK region and nation reported an increase in overall confidence during March, with most reporting a double-digit rise month-on-month. In the sectors, manufacturing and retail recorded the highest confidence levels, both at 25%, while services and construction rose to 11% and 12% respectively Hann-Ju Ho, Senior Economist, Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said: “

St Peter’s Hospital in Langstone, which is owned and run by specialist healthcare provider, Ludlow Street Healthcare, is a person-centred assessment, treatment and care centre for men and women with degenerative neuropsychiatric conditions and Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI). The bespoke design of St Peter’s incorporates many dementia and ABI friendly features, and the hospital has worked closely with The University of Stirling’s Dementia Services Development Centre, to create an environment that is not only innovative and therapeutic but also encourages patient proactivity. ’s success with the patients it treats is its ability to offer a more therapy-based model of care and reduce patients’ need for a primarily drug-based pharmacological approach. Dr Grzegorz Grzegorzak, Consultant Psychiatrist at St Peter’s Hospital, said: “Caring for and treating people with degenerative neuropsychiatric conditions and ABI is a very specialist area which requires expert knowledge and a lot of time.

A gathering of just four households in breach of the Covid regulations had a significant impact on the lives of other people as well as those attending the family event. The circumstances came to light during contact tracing after a care home worker, who was one of those at the gathering, tested positive for Covid 19. As we move slowly into the easing of restrictions, we must continue to take care to follow all the necessary precautions to keep ourselves, our loved ones and our communities safe. Following the rules, maintaining social distancing and good hygiene procedures will help to ensure that we can protect others, particularly the most vulnerable, and do our best to avoid further tighter restrictions or even another lockdown.

On Good Friday and Saturday 3rd April, the bus operator will be running Saturday timetables across all of its services. While on both Sunday 4th April and Monday 5th April, Sunday timetables will be running across all of its routes. Customers planning to travel over the bank holiday are urged to check details of their routes in advance in order to avoid disruption to their journeys. Cardiff Bus commercial manager Gareth Stevens said: “We would like to advise customers that our services will be running on Saturday and Sunday timetables during the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

Preparations are underway for the start of work on a new £6.4m scheme that will defend Porthcawl from flooding and any potential future rise in sea levels. With the first phase of the scheme set to focus on the iconic Western Breakwater, construction specialists Knights Brown are in the process of setting up a compound on land at Salt Lake in readiness for the work to begin next month. As part of a second phase which will run concurrently to the first, Knights Brown will focus upon upgrading the Eastern Promenade, which was also originally built in the 1860s, and will create improved flood defences between Porthcawl Marina and Coney Beach. The new flood defence scheme follows a recent successful £3m project that replaced ageing sea defences at Town Beach and ensured that 260 homes, businesses and historic buildings such as the Grand Pavilion can continue to be protected.

Weatherman Derek Brockway is lacing up his boots and is back out on the Wales Coast Path for a brand new series of Weatherman Walking: The Welsh Coast. From Fairbourne to Fishguard and from Llandudno to Llantwit Major, Derek will be exploring spectacular stretches of the 870-mile path and will be joined by a host of co-presenters who show off what each walk has to offer. Putting his best foot forward on the north coast of the Gower Peninsula in south west Wales, Derek starts the new series in Cwm Ivy and embarks on a seven mile walk to Llanrhidian. Along the way, Derek takes a detour off the path to visit a local farmer who rears sheep on the surrounding saltmarsh before trying his hand at weaving Welsh wool in Llanrhidian with a local textiles specialist.

Facilities reopening includeRumney Partnership Hub, Llanrumney Hub, Canton Library, Fairwater Hub, Cathays Branch and Heritage Library, Llandaff North & Gabalfa Hub, Grangetown Hub, Rhydypennau Hub, Radyr Library, Whitchurch Hub, Rhiwbina Library and Llanishen Hub. www.cardiff.gov.uk/hubs Access to the libraries and hubs will be on a pre-booked appointment basis (except in urgent cases) for Into Work, housing, benefits, money advice services and public access computers. Customers can order titles or a selection of books based on their interests and preferred genres via the Cardiff Libraries online catalogue or by calling the library phone line (029 2087 1071, option 2). Our Hubs and Libraries service has continued to deliver essential services to residents throughout the past 12 months, even when some of our buildings have had to close and we are pleased to be able to offer some face to face services once again, whenever we’re unable to support customers over the phone or email.

Art for the Park is part of a year-long series of events to mark the tenth anniversary of Swansea as a City of Sanctuary, during which participants celebrate how people seeking sanctuary have become part of the community, bringing their skills and enthusiasm to help make Swansea the great place that it is. This project demonstrates our commitment to Swansea as a City of Sanctuary whilst celebrating 10 years since Swansea first became a City of Sanctuary. Art for the Park is another fantastic opportunity to show how people seeking sanctuary can work with other local people to produce something beautiful that really adds to the atmosphere and togetherness of our lovely city. We have already had the Council marking the anniversary with a special flower planting outside the civic offices, two beautiful banners put together from fabric panels by asylum seekers and others, which are hanging in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, and a programme of films selected by refugees to be shown at Taliesin, including a film about City of Sanctuary made with help from the Council’s Fusion project and several others.

An Aberystwyth bar has been issued a £1,000 Fixed Penalty Notice and served a Premises Closure Notice after an underground drinking den was discovered on the night of the France v Wales Six Nations rugby match. Officers from Ceredigion’s Public Protection Team were carrying out routine patrols in the county when they discovered a makeshift room set up in the cellar of Bar 46 on the evening of 20 March 2021. Officers entered the cellar using their powers under the Coronavirus restrictions regulations and found the group sitting around a table littered with drinks glasses, smoking and watching the post-match commentary on a television installed in the room. Ceredigion County Council’s Public Protection team will continue to take action against businesses who fail to comply with the Coronavirus restrictions.