Finning UK Ltd,  has been awarded a prestigious gold standard employer award in acknowledgement of its continuous support for the armed forces community. The award highlights Finning, exclusive dealer of Cat® equipment in the UK, as an exemplar within the industry sectors that it works including construction, power generation, waste management and paving, by advocating support for the armed forces. The company, which has a branch in Pontyclun, Llantrisant, joins an elite group of organisations that includes Microsoft, Greater Manchester…

    Cardiff and Vale University Health Board has been awarded Gold for its support to the armed forces, only 50 awarded in the UK this year. The Health Board was awarded a Gold Award announced by the Ministry of Defence for businesses and organisations who have shown outstanding support for the military community and the Armed Forces Covenant. The ‘Gold Awards’ recognise that Cardiff and Vale UHB have shown fantastic initiative in areas such as employing veterans and providing…

WELSH CONTRIBUTION TO BRITAIN’S BIGGEST WARSHIPS RECOGNISED  Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin today recognised the vital contribution that Welsh businesses of all sizes have made to the construction of the Royal Navy’s largest ever ships. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the nation’s future flagship and the first of Britain’s two new 65,000 tonne aircraft carriers, will be formally commissioned into the Royal Navy by Her Majesty the Queen next week (07/12). But the construction of the 280 metre-long ship, larger even than the…