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On Friday 23rd June 2017, New Directions Chairman Jeff Tune was highly commended at an awards ceremony held in Cardiff. The Cardiff Business Awards recognise outstanding achievement in business and celebrate talent, ambition and innovation from across Wales' capital city. This is the third year the awards have celebrated the best of Cardiff business. The event held at City Hall in the capital celebrated 19 awards in total and was attended by over 400 guests…

A leading domiciliary care provider has opened an office in Buckfastleigh, Devon. ND Care and Support, who currently have offices in Cardiff (Head Office), Brynmawr and Cross Hand (West Wales) have taken steps to lay down solid foundations in England with the South West base. Speaking about the launch of the venture, Rebecca Ford, Director of Care for the organisation said ‘our team has been expanding for a number of years. We have taken our…

New Directions are delighted to be awarded 'Best in Education & Domiciliary Recruitment - UK' in the 2017 Business Excellence Awards, the first award of 2017. This comes after already being shortlisted for a number of awards this year, including being announced as a Cardiff Life Finalist for a second year for Best Company. Industry awards enhance our reputation as a brand and we are always delighted when we are recognised as specialists within our…

From the 14th to the 18th November 2016, we will be participating in Anti-Bullying Week. Rather than use our own voice, we worked to listen to the daughter of one of our staff who is the Digital Lead for her primary school in Wales. Take a read of this rather poignant note...

New Directions, a leading Welsh firm, has been awarded gold accreditation against the Investors in People Standard, joining the top seven per cent of accredited organisations across the UK and becoming the first Welsh agency to do so. This accolade demonstrates their commitment to high performance through good people management. New Directions has 12 offices across the UK with nine being based across Wales. The group employs in excess of 150 staff and has been…

ND Care and Support Director Rebecca Ford has been named ‘Manager of the Year’ at the New Directions company conference for 2016. Rebecca who has headed up the operation since 2007 was presented with her award by company Director of Operations John Andrews (pictured). Speaking about her win John commented ‘Rebecca has represented all that is integrity in what she delivers as Director of Care and Support. In a community that works to support our…

Brynmawr Business and Office Manager for ND Care & Support has taken the role of Vice Chair for the region’s Business Forum. The Brynmawr Business Forum works to promote the area to improve Brynmawr for the benefit of the businesses and residents in the area regardless of age, ethnic origin, ability, sex, belief or political affiliation. Odette spoke about her enthusiasm for the forum ‘we just want to put Brynmawr on the map. Our team…

A student local to Brynmawr has been named ‘Learner of the Month’ by leading work-based training provider Educ8. Melissa Brake who is employed by Brynmawr business ND Care & Support was given the accolade after completing her level 2 and 3 qualifications in record time. Melissa, who started with ND Care & Support in March 2013 has also won ‘Team Player of the Year’ twice at her annual national company conference held in Cardiff (pictured).…

The ND Care and Support guide to a happier, healthier winter season. Download the guide by clicking on the image below…