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.

Featured in: Favicon

bbc.co.uk

msn.com

bbc.com

nature.com Favicon

mirror.co.uk Favicon

businessinsider.com Favicon

independent.co.uk Favicon

yahoo.com (+10) Favicon

bandcamp.com Favicon

wiley.com + 47 more

Articles

Spend some of extra military billions in Wales, companies say

1 day ago | bbc.com | Huw Thomas

Spend new defence billions in Wales, companies sayHuw ThomasBusiness correspondent, BBC Wales NewsBBCMore than 100 Ajax armoured vehicles have been produced in Merthyr Tydfil so farSome of the UK's increased billions in increased military spending should be targeted at the industry in Wales, defence companies have said.
Gwariwch arian amddiffyn yng Nghymru, medd cwmnïau

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

Gohebydd Busnes BBC CymruMae cwmnïau amddiffyn wedi galw am dargedu rhywfaint o'r cynnydd yng ngwariant milwrol ar y diwydiant yng Nghymru. Mae Llywodraeth y DU wedi addo buddsoddi biliynau yn y diwydiant amddiffyn i alluogi "parodrwydd ar gyfer rhyfel". Dywedodd General Dynamics, sy'n cyflogi dros 700 o bobl yn eu ffatri cerbydau arfog ym Merthyr Tudful, y byddai mwy o fuddsoddiad yn caniatáu datblygu modelau newydd a manteisio ar y farchnad allforio.
Llandovery RFC announce new signings for upcoming season

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

Addressing an audience at the annual 25 Club Dinner, Mr Evans, along with fellow coaches Gareth Potter and Nic Hudd, shared the news during a question and answer session. The club will see the departure of hooker Taylor Davies and Nathan Hart, both of whom are retiring. Mr Evans expressed his regret over their departure but showed optimism about the new recruits.
New sign confirms Llandovery as co-founder of rugby in Wales

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

It is the result of an endorsement from the Welsh Rugby Union, which gave equal status of recognition to Llandovery College and Lampeter College as the founder members of rugby in Wales. Handel Davies, president of Llandovery RFC and chairman of Carmarthenshire County Council, has worked hard to get the signpost put up and was delighted with the outcome.
Llandovery RFC seven-a-side team from 1979 reunite

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

A little less sprightly of gait, some with more facial hair and others with none at all, bespectacled or not, they all came together to revive old and happy days together and remember Saturday, April 21, 1979. On that day, 46 years ago, Llandovery had created quite a shock when they beat all comers to win the WRU National District F sevens at Gorseinon.
Llandovery RFC lose out 29-28 to Ebbw Vale RFC in playoff

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

Down 21-5 at half time and seemingly out of the game, the Steelmen turned the game on its head, the pack taking control in tight and loose - forcing Llandovery into mistakes and giving away penalties - to score three tries and finish with gusto. “We are very disappointed after being in control of the first half,“ said coach Euros Evans.
Llandovery RFC has been named as a Lions origin club

4 weeks 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 month 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 month 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

1 month 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.