Huw Thomas

Wales

Business Correspondent at BBC

Business Correspondent for @BBCWalesNews 📺 Author of CHARLES: The King and Wales (Parthian, May 2023) 📚 This is a personal account, not a BBC one.

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Llandovery RFC has been named as a Lions origin club

6 days ago | southwalesguardian.co.uk | Huw Thomas

Llandovery RFC has been named as a Lions origin club (Image: Huw S Thomas) Llandovery RFC has been named a Lions Origin Club, recognising its role in nurturing talent and inspiring generations of rugby players. A wooden plaque which bears the names of the former Llandovery players who have represented the British and Irish Lions was received from Lions sponsors Howden and now hangs proudly in the Church Bank club house.
Road upgrade welcomed but more needed, haulier says

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Huw Thomas

The improvements to the A40 include more opportunities to overtake and new bridges and junctions [BBC]A £60m upgrade to a key road for tourism and freight in south-west Wales brings "light at the end of the tunnel" after years of congestion, but more projects are needed in Wales, a haulier has said. The improvements to the four-mile stretch of the A40 near Narberth, Pembrokeshire, are designed to help traffic.
Cwblhau gwaith gwerth £60m i'r A40 yn Sir Benfro

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Huw Thomas

Disgrifiad o’r llun, Dyw'r ffordd newydd ddim yn un ddeuol, ond mae'n cynnwys mwy o leoedd i basio yn ddiogelGohebydd Busnes BBC CymruBydd rhan o ffordd yr A40 yn y de-orllewin yn cael ei agor yn swyddogol ddydd Gwener yn dilyn gwelliannau gwerth £60m. Mae'r uwchraddio i'r ffordd rhwng Llanddewi Felffre a Redstone Cross yn dod â phedair blynedd o waith i ben - i wella cysylltedd yr ardal a lleihau tagfeydd.
Chance of Llandovery RFC drawing Quins in semi-final

2 weeks ago | southwalesguardian.co.uk | Huw Thomas

Adam Warren scored two tries for Llandovery RFC against RGC 1404 (Image: Stuart Ladd) What odds is there for an all-Carmarthenshire Quins – Drovers Super Rygbi Cymru Trophy semi final clash at Church Bank on May 10? Long odds perhaps but an in-form Quins could be the surprise packet at the quarter-final stages of the first ever running of the SRC competition.
291 jobs at risk at Dow chemicals site

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Huw Thomas

Almost 300 jobs at risk at Barry chemicals factoryHuw ThomasBusiness correspondent, BBC WalesGetty ImagesDow plans to close part of its Barry site where it makes the raw ingredients for silicone products such as sealantsChemicals company Dow says 291 jobs are at risk at its Barry site as it plans to close its basics siloxanes plant. Dow said the "potential outcome" was the result of "an assessment of its European assets," and the jobs would go over the next three to four years.
Llandovery win 14 try thriller at Cardiff Arms Park

1 month ago | southwalesguardian.co.uk | Huw Thomas

2 1/1 In a wonderfully entertaining and exciting game of 14 tries and 91 points at the Arms Park, the Drovers beat the SRC league leaders more decisively than the scoreline suggests. Cardiff had beaten Llandovery 52-19 last month and on that form were red-hot favourites to swamp the West Walians but whether through overconfidence or lack of concentration, they could not match the intensity, rhythm and steely determination of the visitors.
Who Llandovery RFC could face in Super Rygbi Cymru playoffs

1 month ago | southwalesguardian.co.uk | Huw Thomas

Here's who Llandovery RFC could face in the league play offs (Image: Stuart Ladd) The WRU has designed such a convoluted and labyrinthine system of qualification for the SRC end of season play offs that we hope this will guide us through how the competition will work and what awaits Llandovery and Carmarthen Quins. Llandovery’s win over league leaders Cardiff has ensured a top four finish and a home draw in the quarter-final play offs on May 3.
Newly reformed WISRA lose out to Crawshay's Youth

1 month ago | southwalesguardian.co.uk | Huw Thomas

WISRA reformed and put on a good display but lost to Crawshays Youth (Image: Anna Hurley) WELSH INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS 19 - 41 CRAWSHAY’S YOUTH Newly reconvened WISRA – the Welsh Independent Schools Rugby Association – gave their more famous opponents a real battle at Brecon before fading in the closing stages.
Twenty jobs could go as part of WRU restructure

1 month ago | bbc.com | Huw Thomas

Twenty jobs could go as part of WRU restructureHuw ThomasGetty ImagesUp to 20 roles will be cut as part of the WRU's new plan to save £5m a yearThe Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has announced up to 20 roles will be cut as it implements a restructure aimed at saving £5m a year. It said the "transformative programme" would involve savings and efficiencies in the business and would allow the governing body to operate" in a manner befitting of a £100m-a-year business".
Twenty jobs could go as part of WRU restructure

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Huw Thomas

Huw Thomas - Business correspondent, BBC Wales NewsThu, April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM UTC4 min readThe Welsh Rugby Union will cut up to 20 roles as it implements a restructure aimed at saving £5m a year. It said the "transformative programme" would involve savings and efficiencies in the business and would allow the governing body to operate" in a manner befitting of a £100m-a-year business". The organisation which employs 344 people added it has entered a formal consultation period with staff.