A Welsh former head teacher has been awarded an MBE for services to education. Meredydd James, now employed as a business development officer for New Directions Education Ltd spent over seven years as head teacher for Rhymney Comprehensive School, having previously been deputy head at the school for 14 years. Mr James retired from his [...]

New Directions Holdings Ltd has reacted to recent reports by Standard Chartered’s latest economic forecast with an air of optimism for the Welsh business community. Gerald Lyons, Chief Economist for Standard Chartered remarked “the UK has already slipped back into recession this quarter, and firms are thinking twice about making investments”. In direct response to [...]

Transport around Cardiff is set to be affected this Wednesday (30 November 2011) as it is confirmed that all Cardiff Bus services in the area will be withdrawn as a result of nationwide industrial action. Cardiff Bus has been advised by the two Trade Unions representing its employees, UNITE and UNISON, that, following a ballot [...]