Elderly couple suffer serious injuries after crash in Carmarthen
A third person also sustained injuries
Updated
An elderly couple have been taken to a Cardiff hospital after a serious head-on crash in Carmarthen.
The collision happened shortly before 9pm on Tuesday night in the Llangunnor area on the outskirts of the town centre.
Police, firefighters, ambulance crews and a Wales Air Ambulance helicopter were all called to the scene of the collision - which happened on Llangunnor Road between the roundabout next to The Range store and the turning for Penymorfa Lane.
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed that three people were medically trapped and had to be freed by fire crews using specialist cutting equipment
Materials warning on large projects as British Steel halts structural orders
There are fears that steel shortages could hit large projects after British Steel stopped taking orders on structural steel sections due to “extreme demand”.
The company, which is the only UK manufacturer of structural steel sections, has been hit by the worldwide strain on the supply.
A spokesman for the company said: “Due to extreme high demand impacting capacity levels, we have temporarily closed the order book for structural steel sections only. Our order books remain open for all other products. Ex-stock sales of our sections are unaffected by this announcement and we’ll continue to despatch materials already produced as normal.”
TRADING UPDATES: SIG in good start to 2021; Accsys taps EUR37 million
Wed, 5th May 2021 19:20
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
SIG PLC - London-based supplier of insulation, roofing, commercial interiors and specialist construction products - Has made an encouraging start to the year, with January and February sales volumes picking up strongly and March and April trading ahead of management s expectations. For first quarter to April 30, like-for-like sales grew 29%, having declined 4% in the same period in 2019.
Accsys Technologies PLC - wood building products manufacturer - Proposes placing to raise EUR33 million and open offer to secure EUR4 million. The net proceeds of the Issue will be used primarily to fund the company s investment in expanding its Accoya business into North America, Accsys says. Plans to build new Accoya plant in US, as part of joint-vent
Ten exciting indie PC games you can’t miss in May
Things are heating up for triple-A, but there are still plenty of great indies to look out for
It’s May! You know what that means? That’s right, this is the month where we have to do our best to ignore the vampiric, ten foot-tall elephant in the room – not to mention her many, many admirers – and think about other videogames. Of course we’re very excited about the upcoming Resident Evil Village release date, but May’s got a ton of treats in store for PC gamers who don’t want to be stepped on, choked by, or otherwise maimed at the hands of Lady Dimitrescu.
TRADING UPDATES: LSL Property profit surges despite lower revenue
Wed, 28th Apr 2021 16:35
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
LSL Property Services PLC - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England-based estate agency - For 2020, pretax profit rises 31% year-on-year to GBP20.9 million from GBP16.0 million, driven by improved growth in Financial Services and Surveying. Underlying operating profit were up 12% at GBP41.5 million from GBP37.0 million, in spite of revenue declining 14% to GBP266.7 million from GBP311.1 million due to the planned reduction of 164 estate agency branches to reshape the Your Move & Reeds Rains network and Covid-19. No final dividend declared for 2020 but dividend payments are expected to recommence in the second half of 2021