• Afallen welcomes new Partner to accelerate growth in energy sector

    Afallen has expanded its partnership to include renewable energy and offshore development consultancy Venn Associates.   The appointment is part of Afallen’s continuing growth strategy. Venn Associates is the first new Partner since the company was founded in 2018. Commenting on the appointment, Joseph Kidd, founder of Venn Associates said: “I am delighted Venn Associates has…

  • Hiraeth Energy; embedding the community in renewable energy

    We are delighted to see that Hiraeth Energy is partnering with Norwegian based Magnora offshore wind to jointly develop two floating wind projects in the Celtic Sea. Of course, we would say that; Afallen is a Partner in Hiraeth Energy, and we have been working alongside the other team members to try to make the…

  • Hiraeth Energy; gwreiddio cyfran gymunedol mewn ynni

    Rydym yn falch iawn o weld bod Hiraeth Energy yn mynd i bartneru â chwmni gwynt Magnora o Norwy i gyd-ddatblygu dau brosiect gwynt arnofiol yn y Môr Celtaidd. Wrth gwrs, byddem yn dweud hynny; Mae Afallen yn Bartner yn Hiraeth Energy, ac rydym wedi bod yn gweithio ochr yn ochr ag aelodau eraill y…

  • Welsh learner podcast

    Hear about my experience of learning Welsh – and other languages.

  • Hiraeth podcast; infrastructure in Wales

  • A worthy infrastructure strategy for Wales

    If I tell you that It’s not often I’ve found myself excited by a piece of infrastructure policy, I’m sure I’ll be in good company.  Hold on to your hats; the just-published Wales Infrastructure Investment Strategy (WIIS) is about to smash your concept of what infrastructure policy can mean to the environment, well-being and social…

  • What the Romans can teach us about the value of the Welsh language

    What the Romans can teach us about the value of the Welsh language The Roman Empire was pre-eminent in terms of trade, agriculture and international networks of information and trust. Not until industrial times did the earth see a city as large as Rome, and as needing such huge quantities of food – and wine.…

  • Reinventing Afallen

    This guest post is by David Clubb I was recently made aware of a superb book on organisational structure and management called ‘reinventing organisations’. It’s an unusual book; firstly, you don’t have to pay anything up front. The author requests that you pay him what you think it’s worth, and only after you’ve had a…

  • Ailddyfeisio Afallen

    Cefais fy hysbysu yn ddiweddar o lyfr gwych ar strwythur a rheolaeth sefydliadol o’r enw ‘ailddyfeisio sefydliadau’. Mae’n llyfr anghyffredin; yn gyntaf, does dim rhaid i chi dalu unrhyw beth ymlaen llaw. Mae’r awdur yn gofyn i chi dalu’r hyn rydych chi’n meddwl ei fod yn werth, a dim ond ar ôl i chi gael…

  • Welsh Government’s approach to ‘digital’

    Welsh Government’s approach to digital is being described through a series of blog posts. I’m really encouraged by this approach to a new #digitalstrategy for Wales – and for public services in particular.  I like the way that a blog is being used to describe each of the ‘missions’ which underpin the strategy, and I think…