Tredegar Ironsides RFC recruits Acorn as new club sponsor
Acorn, Wales’ leading specialist recruitment agency, has been unveiled as the latest supporter of Tredegar Ironsides RFC, which is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union, and a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons. T e new deal with Tredegar Ironsides RFC, established in South Wales since 1946, demonstrates Acorn’s ongoing commitment to supporting and promoting local businesses and sports clubs, and comes at an exciting time as the team has just been promoted to the national league 3 East A. Danielle Mohammed, Marketing Executive at Acorn said: “We are delighted to sponsor Tredegar Ironsides RFC and look forward to celebrating a number of wins with them throughout the season ahead. For Acorn, supporting local teams like the ’Irons’ is essential, not only to support the players in their sporting careers, but to fuel ambition across a community. T e lessons learnt in sport can be key to
Cardiff Bus has announced increases to a selection of its fares from October 29th due to rising costs across the whole of its operation. Having not increased its fares for three and a half years, the bus operator is revising its prices to address rising costs of operation. Customers who purchase tickets via the iff app or an iff card will continue to get the best value tickets.
The adult ‘day to go’ fare covering unlimited travel within the Cardiff and Penarth area will remain at £3.60 for those who purchase via the app or iff card, but it will increase to £3.80 if bought on the bus. The single journey price of £1.80 in this area will
shaping someone’s future, so if we can encourage more and more people to join clubs like this then we know we’re doing a good job.” Danielle Carter, Ticket Secretary at Tredegar Ironsides RFC said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to be starting the new season in league 3 following our
increase to £1.90, but the short-hop fare remains unchanged at £1.00.
The day to go ticket - for young people aged 5-15 and 16-18 with a valid Young Persons' iff card or My Travel Pass will remain frozen if purchased via the app or online and will rise by 10p if bought directly on the bus using cash.
Adult ‘week to go’ fares covering unlimited travel within the Cardiff area will rise by £1 for tickets bought directly on the bus, but will rise by 50p if bought via the app or online. For young people the ‘week to go’ fare will rise by 40p if tickets are bought on the bus and by 10p if bought via the iff app or online.
recent promotion but of course our hard work and determination would be a waste of time without the support of local businesses like Acorn. We’re delighted Acorn has come on board at such an exciting time, and look forward to showing them and everyone in Tredegar what the ‘Irons’ can achieve.”
Bus fares revised due to increasing costs of operation
Monthly tickets paid via direct debit, most annual tickets along with Park & Ride fares will be frozen. With direct debit fares remaining unchanged these continue to offer the cheapest way to travel around the To Go area – a daily equivalent of £1.58 adult or £1.02 young persons.
The group iff ticket is being replaced with a new ‘group day to go’ offering up to fi ve people of any age unlimited journeys on the day of issue for £10 on bus or £9.50 on the iff app. This new ticket will allow unlimited journeys on the day of issue in the To Go area for up to 5 persons of any age. Cynthia Ogbonna, Managing Director at Cardiff Bus, said: “While we are committed
to maintaining a comprehensive network of high frequency services from early to late 7 days a week, along with 24-hour services on some routes, we have to remain commercially viable. “We have resisted these increases for as long as possible as we realise the effect it will have on our customers.
“But these revisions are now unavoidable as we face increasing costs across the whole of our business.
“The more people we can get onto buses, the more we’ll reduce congestion – and the more people will be able to get to work on time and without the stress and expense of driving and parking.”
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