The HR Dept South Wales

04/09/2026

🫶🏼👀 “WHERE CAN I FIND YOU?!” 👀🫶🏼

Honestly… if we had £1 every time we got asked this question, we’d probably be millionaires 😂🥐

So let’s make it SUPER easy! 👇🏼

📍🥐 FIND US HERE…

🍰 NEWPORT - 42 Alexandra Road, NP20 2JE

🥐 CWMBRAN - 7 Chapel Street, NP44 1DW

🍪 CEFN FFOREST - 97 Cefn Fforest Avenue, NP12 3JX

🧁 FLEUR-DE-LIS - 18 High Street, NP12 3UB

And the best bit…

💷 CASH? YES!
💳 CARD? YES!
🙌🏼 WE ACCEPT BOTH AT ALL 4 LOCATIONS!

🎪 BUT THAT’S NOT ALL…

We also LOVE a good pop-up! 🥳 Our most regular pop-up spot is M Cwmbran, but we’re always popping up at different events and locations…

👀 And our NEXT ONE IS THE Usk Show! 🎉

So whether you’re coming for your favourite pasty 🥟, a cheeky cake 🍰, fresh bread 🥖 or one of those treats you definitely didn’t need but absolutely HAD to have 😂…

WE’LL SEE YOU THERE! 🫶🏼

📍 4 shops. Plenty of treats. One very happy bakery team! ❤️

Now be honest… which one is YOUR local? 👇🏼🥐

03/09/2026

At the time of the Roman Empire, salt was so coveted by soldiers that they were partly paid with it. In fact “sal” (salt in Latin), is the root of the word “salary” today. The saying “worth their salt” refers to assessing whether a centurion was up to the job!

Romans were so addicted to this white stuff that the famous writer Pliny the Elder observed “Life cannot be lived humanely without salt”.

When we think of addiction nowadays, it is of more serious substances than salt. Alcohol and drugs spring to mind; and there are behavioural addictions too, like gambling.

They are deeply personal conditions, but ones that can have heavy implications in the workplace. In our latest blog, we explain why it is essential that you know how to manage it, should an employee develop an addiction:

www.hrdept.co.uk/knowledge-hub/blog/what-should-you-do-if-an-employee-is-suffering-from-addiction

02/09/2026

Book your place now!!!

Bringing together 100+ local businesses, the Big Breakfast is a brilliant morning of structured networking and genuine opportunities to connect with business owners and decision-makers from across the region. 🔥☕

Whether you’re looking to grow your network, make new connections or get your business in front of the right people, this is one to get in the diary. 💯

🎟️ Grab your ticket via Eventbrite and join us! 👇
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-breakfast-networking-for-local-businesses-in-south-east-wales-i-tickets-1997155711495

29/08/2026

1 WEEK TO GO UNTIL UK PRIDE 2026! 🏳️‍🌈💜

We are SO close! Here’s your day at a glance for 5th September 2026

🎤 MAIN STAGE - Riverfront (Free ticket required)
Gates open: 11:00
Show: 12:00 - 21:30
Last entry: 20:30

🌈 COMMUNITY STAGE - John Frost Square 12:00 - 17:00 (No ticket required)
Hosted by Newport City Radio

🎉 PARADE (No ticket required)
11:00 - Starting from John Frost Square

💜 PRIDE PALS 10:00 - 10:30 at Utopia Cafe in Kingsway Centre
Coming solo? Our volunteers will be there to meet you and walk to the parade together. No booking needed

🤫 QUIET ZONE
All day in Workshop 3 in the Riverfront Theatre
Hosted by Nurologik with their NuroCove. Professional support available if you’re feeling overwhelmed.

🛍️ Q***R MARKET 10:00 - 17:00
Kingsway, Friars Walk & Usk Plaza
Traders, makers, charities, communities and more!

🤫 QUIET HOUR
11:00 - 12:00

🎬 FREE FILM SCREENING + SNACKING AT THE RIVERFRONT
All day (free tickets required)
See the Riverfront website for details and to book.

Our pride guide is also on the way so keep an eye out! 👀

Have you got your free tickets yet? 🎟️

27/08/2026

By civilised standards, sexual harassment has never been acceptable in the workplace. But all too often it occurs, despite the Equality Act and other legislation before it.

As you probably know, the Government implemented new rules in 2024 which put a proactive duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment under the Worker Protection Act. And now just two years later (from October), the duties of prevention on you the employer go further.

In our latest blog, we explain employers' growing legal duty to prevent workplace sexual harassment and how effective training can support compliance :
www.hrdept.co.uk/knowledge-hub/blog/reducing-the-risk-with-sexual-harassment-training

23/08/2026

Main stage line up:

Headliners Ginny Lemon & Fenix

Liam J Edwards • RoKat • Burn the Ladder • Wayne King • Polly Amorous • Feral Cole • Lil Miss Kaci Quinzel • Kiki Babs • Kyle Finn • Sue De Creme • Fifi Fierce • Venus Flytrap • Candy Venom • Tammy Paxton • Newport/Torfaen Musical Theatre • Bitchelle Flowers • Greta Tude • Richard Angell

05/09/26 Free Entry
Newport City Centre

20/08/2026

From universities not probing outlandish claims to governments dismissing security vetting, public life is full of high-profile errors in the recruitment process.

Even when you get it right, recruitment is expensive. From the time you or your managers invest in it, to advertising and recruiter costs. And then there is the induction and training process while they get up to speed.

But get it wrong, and not only have you paid for all of the above, but you also have to absorb the cost of their shortcomings in whatever form they take, plus going through the whole process again.

In our latest blog, we explain some common mistakes that companies make, plus a better way of doing it:
www.hrdept.co.uk/knowledge-hub/blog/do-you-make-these-mistakes-in-recruitment?