1. Winter Trails and Tails in Conwy As the end of 2024 approaches, we’re wrapping up our winter tourism campaign for Visit Conwy. Since October, we’ve hosted a series of press and influencer trips every week, including The Mirror and Coast magazine, all aimed at showcasing the beauty of Conwy during the winter months. Over …
1. I’m A Celebrity, Get Me…to Abergele With I’m A Celebrity fever sweeping the UK, the Mirror newspaper headed back to gothic Gwrych Castle, for a throwback tour of the cursed castle. The 20th and 21st series were set here in 2020 and 2021, when international travel to far flung, exotic jungle encampments, was restricted …
1. Helping Welsh women find their #Mumentum New data shows that nearly two thirds of mums want to retrain for a new career, but barriers such as money and time hold them back. The Open University is addressing these worries with its ‘Mumentum’ campaign, an initiative designed to empower mums who are motivated to retrain …
1. Drone firm flies with British Business Bank investment Our client British Business Bank has made a major £850,000 investment from the £130m Investment Fund for Wales (IFW) into Caerphilly-based aviation robotics business Drone Evolution- and this week we’ve been sharing this story with the media. Drone Evolution were consultants to Local Authorities across south …
1. Making a home in the headlines with Principality Principality Building Society released its quarterly Wales House Price Index this week, revealing the average Welsh house price as £232,400 for the period July-October – a slight drop on the previous quarter’s rise of 3.1%. Principality’s report also showed transactions in Wales were up, suggesting glimmers of recovery …
1. Bagging gold at the BAFTAs It was lights, camera, action for the Working Word team last Sunday as months of planning and prep came together at the 2024 BAFTA Cymru Awards. We managed press and media on the red carpet and backstage at the awards, securing interviews for household names Philip Glenister, Mark Lews-Jones, …
Ever since she was a little girl growing up in Merthyr Tydfil, Katie Owen has loved Christmas. That’s why she was the perfect host for our 2023 15-part BBC Radio Wales series, Katie’s Christmas Cards. On the airwaves each December weekday, Katie heard from 15 special people with magical festive stories from each and every …
1. Celebrating Black Business Week Black Business Week has been celebrated across the UK this week with a series of events dedicated to unifying black professionals and entrepreneurs. To take part in the conversation on behalf of the British Business Bank we worked with Leon Stapleton, the Bank’s Welsh Ambassador for their Start Up Loans …
1. Coverage off the charts as L E M F R E C K takes home the Welsh Music Prize On Tuesday night Newport-raised rapper L E M F R E CK took home this year’s Welsh Music Prize for his album Blood, Sweat & Fears following a ceremony jam-packed with performances at the Wales …
1. The Guardian press play on Cardiff Music City Festival Cardiff’s biggest-ever music celebration kicked off in the capital last Friday as the Cardiff Music City Festival opened with electronic music legends Leftfield and Orbital headlining the Utilita Arena. We’ve been working with Cardiff Council to reveal the scale of events that are taking place …
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