News from Good Relations Wales. A leading communications consultancy based in Cardiff http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/ Copyright 2010 Good Relations Wales en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:52:25 +0000 Good Relations Wales Director Paul Shackson has acted as spokesperson for a proposed Low Carbon Automotive Centre of Excellence to be created in south Wales. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/putting-south-wales-on-the-uk-automotive-map/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:47:00 +0000 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/putting-south-wales-on-the-uk-automotive-map/ Good Relations Wales News Noreen Bray, Good Relations’ Chair in Wales, was invited to speak at a high profile visit by HRH the Prince of Wales to Newport this month as part of a Business in the Community event to report on the progress being made by Welsh businesses on the issue of Sustainability. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/good-relations-invited-to-present-to-the-prince-of-wales-at-business-in-the-community-event/ Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/good-relations-invited-to-present-to-the-prince-of-wales-at-business-in-the-community-event/ Good Relations Wales News Good Relations Wales has been shortlisted twice for the Cymru Wales PRide Awards 2011 in the Not for Profit category. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/good-relations-wales-shortlisted-for-pride-awards-2011/ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:21:00 +0100 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/good-relations-wales-shortlisted-for-pride-awards-2011/ Good Relations Wales News The Prince’s Mayday Network is the UK’s largest movement of businesses committed to tackling climate change and resource depletion. Named after the international ‘Mayday mayday’ distress signal, it was founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, as a call to action to business, at the first Mayday Summit in 2007. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/the-princes-mayday-network/ Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:10:00 +0100 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/the-princes-mayday-network/ Good Relations Wales News Good Relations, part of the UK’s top Communications Consultancy, the Bell Pottinger Group, has appointed a new Director, Paul Shackson, to run its Welsh operation. Good Relations has had an office in Cardiff for over 20 years and Paul has been part of the successful team for over 7 years. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/new-director-and-new-direction-for-good-relations-wales/ Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:28:00 +0100 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/new-director-and-new-direction-for-good-relations-wales/ Good Relations Wales News Would you relish the prospect of doing a media interview? If the answer is yes – congratulations! If it’s “No way“ then take a look at our latest film – it’s only a few minutes long and could change your opinion. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/wonderful-life-or-your-worst-nightmare/ Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:53:00 +0100 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/wonderful-life-or-your-worst-nightmare/ Good Relations Wales News Chapter Arts Centre in Canton is to play its part in the UK’s first ever Green Film Festival – it is one of five venues across the UK showcasing a selection of the best films, documentaries and shorts that highlight climate change and other environmental issues. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/chapter-to-host-first-green-film-festival/ Fri, 20 May 2011 11:31:00 +0100 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/chapter-to-host-first-green-film-festival/ Good Relations Wales News A new retail enterprise quarter located in the heart of Cardiff’s city centre has been launched by Linc-Cymru. Barrack Lane is designed to give new or young companies a head start in developing their businesses in a prime city centre location. Barrack Lane is adjacent to the ‘Eastside’ entrance of St David’s Dewi Sant. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/new-retail-enterprise-quarter-launches-in-cardiffs-city-centre/ Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:50:00 +0100 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/new-retail-enterprise-quarter-launches-in-cardiffs-city-centre/ Good Relations Wales News A striking new £2.5m bridge, spanning a 24.5m wide lock, has been lowered onto Porth Teigr. The bridge, known as the Porth Teigr Outer Lock Crossing, connects the wider Cardiff Bay area to the Porth Teigr site and the new BBC Wales Roath Lock Studios. It takes Porth Teigr a step closer to realising its aim of creating an environmentally sustainable mixed use development including commercial, retail and residential space. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/origami-bridge-lowered-into-porth-teigr-site/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:59:00 +0100 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/origami-bridge-lowered-into-porth-teigr-site/ Good Relations Wales News Successful support for the siblings of children who have died should be continuous. This is an issue Ty Hafan has put on the national agenda via Community Care magazine. Ty Hafan helps families in this situation by running bereaved sibling groups three times a year. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/ty-hafan-helping-children-through-sibling-loss/ Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/ty-hafan-helping-children-through-sibling-loss/ Good Relations Wales News The treatment of some older people in Welsh hospitals is “shamefully inadequate”. That is the message from Ruth Marks, Older People's Commissioner for Wales, as she publishes a major report into her review of the experiences of older people in hospital in Wales. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/dignified-care-older-peoples-commissioner-for-wales-demands-change-to-the-treatment-of-older-people-in-hospitals/ Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/dignified-care-older-peoples-commissioner-for-wales-demands-change-to-the-treatment-of-older-people-in-hospitals/ Good Relations Wales News The Assembly needs the legislative tools in place to effect positive change for business in Wales.’ This was the key message put forward by First Minister Carwyn Jones at Wales’ premier business networking event, the Hugh James Exchange. The First Minister provided the key note speech at the event, held at Cardiff’s Hilton Hotel on Wednesday [2 February], which was debating the hot topic of the moment – ‘Should business say “Yes” on 3 March?’ The Exchange was chaired by Good Relations Chair Noreen Bray. http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/should-business-say-yes-on-3-march/ Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:29:00 +0000 http://www.goodrelationswales.co.uk/news/should-business-say-yes-on-3-march/ Good Relations Wales News