Archive for May, 2007
A Round Of Golf With A Rugby Legend
Issued on behalf of Celtic Crusaders Rugby League Club
A ROUND of golf with sporting legend Jonathan Davies will be up for grabs at an Institute of Directors’ lunch being staged with the Celtic Crusaders rugby league club.
The former Wales, British Lion and Great Britain rugby union and league star, who is president of the Crusaders, [...]
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Celtic Crusaders To Be Screened Live On S4C
Issued on behalf of Celtic Crusaders Rugby League Club
S4C and the Celtic Crusaders today announced an agreement to provide live coverage of a series of home fixtures in the Welsh rugby league club’s hunt for promotion this season.
The agreement will see four of the Crusaders’ Co-operative National League Two matches screened exclusively live on the [...]
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Park Plaza Checks In 100,000 Visitors
Issued on behalf of Park Plaza, Cardiff
THE 100,000th visitor has booked into the AA Hotel of the Year in Wales – just 27 months after it opened for business.
Businessman Joachim Pelka booked into the Park Plaza Cardiff last week and was presented with a bottle of champagne for helping to mark a major milestone in [...]
Monday, May 14th, 2007
SAS Hero Andy McNab Meets Local Military Students
Issued on behalf of the Army Preparation College Cymru
There’s a lot more to a life in the Army – than learning how to fight.
That was the message handed out by SAS hero-turned author Andy McNab to students at the Army Preparation College Cymru.
The Gulf War veteran had the reading age of a child of 10 [...]
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Major New Appointment for Celtic Crusaders
Issued on behalf of Celtic Crusaders Rugby League Club
PROMOTION-CHASING rugby league club Celtic Crusaders has appointed commercial litigation lawyer David Thompson as its chief executive officer.
Thompson, 33, has been in charge of the Crusaders since the end of last season and has overseen its transformation into one of the fastest-developing clubs of any major sport [...]
Saturday, May 12th, 2007
Gwent Gran Plans Disney Trip After Lotto Win
Issued on behalf of the National Lottery
A grandmother from Abertillery in Gwent is planning a dream trip to Disneyland after scooping a magical £1, 46,742 in last Saturday’s (APRIL 28) lotto draw.
Joanne Gilbert (47) was on holiday in her caravan in Weston-Super-Mare with her grandson, Rhys (5) when she realised she had become a millionaires, [...]
Friday, May 11th, 2007
Thunderball Winner Treats Friends To A Break
Issued on behalf of the National Lottery
Power line worker, Michael Neilson (50), is the most popular member of The Cosmo Club in Pontygwaith, now that he is going to treat seven of his friends to a summer holiday in Benidorm – after winning the £250,000 Thunderball jackpot last Saturday (5 May 2007).
Michael said: “We already [...]
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Business Is Pouring In For Welsh Wine Dealer
Issued on behalf of Devine Wines
WINNERS at this week’s Western Mail Business Awards ceremony will be presented with a specially engraved, gleaming trophy – but they may be surprised to find their award has been made by a Welsh Wine dealer.
Devine Wines was founded in 2003 by Stan Devonish, providing made-to-order bottles of wine with [...]
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Llanmoor Helps To Keep It In The Family
Issued on behalf of Parc-y-Berllan
It really is a case of keeping it in the family at Parc-y-Berllan, as brother and sister, David and Rebecca Barnes, take the keys to their new properties.
Twenty-three year-old Rebecca and David, 27, have both purchased at the popular Llanmoor Homes development in Caerphilly and moved into their new homes within [...]
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Are You Without The Woolwich?
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
WALES’ largest building society has taken on one of Britain’s biggest high street banks in a drive to win new customers.
Principality Building Society has launched a campaign across Wales and the borders to woo disillusioned Woolwich savers and borrowers.
The campaign – aptly called Are You Without the Woolwich? [...]
Monday, May 7th, 2007
Barry Based Producer Up For Top Award
Issued on behalf of Waitrose
A Barry ice cream producer is in line for a prestigious accolade in the hotly-contested Waitrose Small Producers Awards.
Cardamom Queen, run by Barry mum Uma Sims (44), has beaten off tough competition from small food companies nationwide to become one of only three finalists in the Dairy & Ice Cream category [...]
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
Final Touches Put to Ideal Business Show Wales
Issued on behalf of Ideal Business Show Wales
Thousands of decision-makers from the full spectrum of Welsh business will flock to the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on June 13th and 14th for the Ideal Business Show Wales and the chance to learn, network and expand their business’s potential.
The final touches are currently being put to the event [...]
Saturday, May 5th, 2007
FSB Joins Ideal Business Show
Issued on behalf of Ideal Business Show Wales
Wales biggest business event has received a major boost with news that the Federation of Small Businesses has signed up as a supporter of the Ideal Business Show Wales.
The FSB, which represents more than 200,000 small businesses across the UK and is particularly active in Wales, is the [...]
Friday, May 4th, 2007
Join The Fight Against Cancer In Wales
Issued on behalf of Cancer Research Wales
A Welsh charity is recruiting volunteers to help in the fight against cancer.
Cancer Research Wales, based at Velindre Hospital in Whitchurch, Cardiff, needs volunteers for all aspects of its fundraising work, including sales assistants at their charity shops, bucket collectors and stall holders at events, and volunteers to sell [...]
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
In The Pink Or Got The Blues?
Issued on behalf of Cancer Research Wales
A Bridgend park will be turning pink and blue for the day to help fight breast and prostate cancer in Wales.
The Cancer Research Wales Pink-a-Blue Walk, in association with the Bridgend Rotary Club, is taking place on Sunday, May 19 at Bryngarw Park in Bridgend.
Everyone signed up for the [...]
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Love In The Workplace
Issued of HR Consultancy Blue Apple
Claire Cooper, Managing Director of HR Consultancy Blue Apple, looks at the issue of love in the workplace and how to avoid hearing the words “You’re fired.”
The BBC show ‘The Apprentice’ is usually a place for war, not love. The feisty contestants are often the first to backstab and snipe [...]
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
