For Red Nose Day 2011, Amanda Ward and Rhys Gregory organised a number of events in order to raise money for Comic Relief. Over the last week they raised money from cake sales and also selling Red Noses in partnership with Oxfam in Aberystwyth. The final figure is yet to be counted but they managed [...]
Posted in Economics - Posted on Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
The roundabout by Morrisons in Aberystwyth is notorious for tail back traffic during peak-times but work has undergone to widen the road leading up to the roundabout in order for a better flow of traffic. Although this has been an on-going concern for a while I was just thinking about what this means Aberystwyth is [...]
It’s amazing what you can find on the internet, a video showing a burst pipe at Morrisons in Aberystwyth and although funny it does raise some healthy and safety concerns at the store. The incident took place on 23/12/2010. The video shows a water leaking from the ceiling over the pizza area in the [...]
Posted in General - Posted on Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Although there are few recognisable supermarket names in Aberystwyth such as Iceland, Coop, CK Foods and Morrisons there still appears to be a degree of monopoly power in Aberystwyth. This is only a personal point of view however the lack of big supermarket brands in Aberystwyth means that certain prices of products are inflated in [...]
This isn’t new, Aberystwyth University and the town has been struggling to cope with the increased intake of students each year. Back in 2008, students were put up in hotels...
With the News of the World Newspaper brand coming under fire lately it was still a shock to see Murdoch completely get rid of it. As new scandals emerge...