ERS will increase its staff-count in offices just outside Swansea from 230 to 398.
As part of a reorganisation at the Lloyd’s syndicate one of its English offices will close and it will move to larger offices in Swansea.
Ford has passed a manufacturing milestone for its fuel-saving EcoBoost petrol engines – five million have been produced globally since the engine line was launched in 2009.
First introduced in Europe in 2010, EcoBoost-equipped vehicles last year accounted for one in four new Ford vehicles sold in the region and Bridgend Engine Plant builds 1.5 and 1.6 EcoBoost engines for global assembly plants.
The concessionary rail scheme in rural Mid and North Wales will be extended for a further two years, says Transport Minister, Edwina Hart.
The scheme which operates on the Conwy Valley Line between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Llandudno, the Welsh section of the Wrexham – Bidston Line, the Cambrian Coast and Heart of Wales lines, is available to 720,000 free bus pass holders in Wales.
Over 20,000 responses to new AA-Populus research among AA members shows that nearly two-thirds have been cold-called by accident injury claim firms over the past 12 months.
And a worrying 11% say that claiming compensation is justified even if they suffered no injury in a minor accident so AA Insurance has called on the Government to act to control these claim firms as figures show that the number of injury claims is higher now than when new legislation designed to curb the rising tide of claims was introduced last year.
Europcar says road works and delays on public transport are the three things that Brits hate most for wasting their time.
About 43% say road works and traffic are worst wasters, with 37% citing public transport delays as well.
Extensive rail works are being carried out this weekend in South Wales.
Buses will replace trains between Cardiff and Barry Island and on the City Link line to Radyr and Coryton and Valleys services will be disrupted as well north of Cardiff Central station.
