Archive for August, 2007
Young Entrepreneur On Course for His First Million
Issued on behalf of Live Enterprise (UK) Ltd
Young entrepreneur Emyr Hughes is well on his way to becoming Wales’ latest millionaire – despite being thrown out of school with no qualifications at the age of 15.
His business Live Enterprise (UK) Ltd launched less than a year ago but is already on target to turn over [...]
Friday, August 24th, 2007
Welsh Design Agency Stills Expanding
Issued on behalf of Stills
The brand communications agency Stills has expanded, recruiting four new employees to cope with a boom in design contracts they’ve won.
Graphic designer Vicki Ashurst, production assistant Ceri Mears, production manager Kat Marsh and interactive designer Laura Sorvala have just started with the Cardiff-based agency. There is also another new vacancy for [...]
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
T-Boards Offer New Opportunity in Advertising
Issued on behalf of TiSPLAY
A new opportunity in outdoor advertising – “the T-Board” – has been launched and is being rolled out across the UK by a Welsh business.
The innovative boards are produced by TiSPLAY Ltd, based in Cwmbran. Named because of their shape, the T-Boards display advertisements to car drivers and the passengers when [...]
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Turn the Air Pink & Blue for Cancer Research Wales
Issued on behalf of Cancer Research Wales
MERMAID QUAY will be holding its second pink and blue themed walk this September as part of an appeal to fight breast and prostate cancer.
Everyone who signs up for this year’s Cancer Research Wales walk will be asked to wear either pink, to show support for breast cancer, or [...]
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Chef To Taste High Life After Lotto Jackpot Win
Issued on behalf of the National Lottery
A chef is celebrating an extra-large serving of lottery luck – and is looking forward to enjoying an à la carte lifestyle – after winning the whopping £4,986,272 Lotto jackpot last Saturday (18 August 2007).
Paul Hardware (51) and his wife, Denise (46), who both grew up in Cardiff and [...]
Monday, August 20th, 2007
Funeral Directors In The Black After Lotto Win
Issued on behalf of the National Lottery
A 24-strong syndicate of undertakers and builders is now planning to celebrate after winning a £462,999 Lotto prize in the draw on Wednesday 22 August 2007.
The 21 men and three women, who all work for the family-owned firm, Pritchard & Griffiths in Tremadog, Porthmadog, matched five main numbers plus [...]
Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Lay Claim To £5,000 Give Me Five Award
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
A PROJECT designed to encourage the integration of children from different ethnic backgrounds in South Wales to play and socialise together is looking for financial help from a special community treasure chest.
The Cardiff-based MENFA (Mentoring For All) charity launched their summer playscheme project more than 20 years [...]
Saturday, August 18th, 2007
Lay Claim To £5,000 Give Me Five Award
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
A BID to cut down on anti-social behaviour among the young in a Mid Wales village is seeking help from a special community treasure chest this summer.
The Shawbury Action Group in Shrewsbury is one of the latest community organisations to apply for the £5,000 Shropshire Star-Principality Give Me [...]
Friday, August 17th, 2007
Surgery Joins Fundraising Walk for CRW
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Staff at a doctor’s surgery in Cardiff are set to don their silly wigs for the Pink-a-Blue fundraising walk around Cardiff Bay, in aid of Cancer Research Wales.
The fundraising team, consisting of seven members of administration staff at Whitchurch Road Surgery in Cardiff, has suitably named themselves Suzie’s Surgery Sweeties, after team member Sandra Bishop’s [...]
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Applications Flying in for Give Me Five Award
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
CLUBS for the young and elderly, and a charity offering help and support for young victims of bullying are lining up for a special £5,000 community hand-out this summer.
Pant & Dowlais Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Treorchy Senior Citizens Club and the Cardiff-based Bullies Out charity have applied for [...]
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
FX Finance Fitness Column #5
Issued on behalf of FinanceXchange
WELL you can’t say we weren’t warned. Interest rates went up again as feared – and there’s every chance we haven’t seen the last of the rises yet. Look back at the Finance Fitness column for May and the warning bells for business were already ringing long and loud. Three months [...]
Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Military Students on Duty for Great Wales Run
Issued on behalf of the Army Preparation College Cymru
More than 100 students and staff from the Military Preparation College, Cardiff, will be manning the water stops at tomorrow’s (SUN JULY 29) BUPA Great Wales Run. Around 4,000 runners are expected to take part in the six-kilometre run in and around Cardiff Bay. The students, aged [...]
Monday, August 13th, 2007
Careers Wales Manager Swaps Job For McJob
Issued on behalf of Careers Wales Cardiff
A MANAGER responsible for education and business links in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan will be swapping his suit for a uniform, and instead of sitting behind his desk, he’ll be behind the counter of his local McDonald’s, this Friday (July 27)
Jeff Evans, Education Business Manager with Careers [...]
Sunday, August 12th, 2007
Communities Lining Up for Give Me Five Award
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
A BLITZ on poverty in Newport, a bid to get drink and drug addicts to kick their habit and a project to bring the heart back to a “ghost town” in Gwent are lining up for a special £5,000 community hand-out this summer.
Raven House Trust, Islwyn Drug and [...]
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Alix Popham Wales Insider Profile
Issued on behalf of 8 Total Management
Your current role: Professional rugby player for Llanelli Scarlets RFC and Wales. Member of the 2007 Wales World Cup squad. Founder partner of 8 Total Management.
Career Path: Began playing rugby at the age of four with Newport HSOB Club. Joined Newport RFC Youth at 17, made senior debut at [...]
Friday, August 10th, 2007
City Players Hope to Run Faster on Gio’s Pasta
Issued on behalf of Conti’s Restaurant
BLUEBIRDS-BARMY restaurant owner Giovanni Malacrino will be hosting a table of special sporting guests for lunch this season.
Cardiff City season ticket holder Giovanni has invited the entire Bluebirds first team squad for a light pasta lunch at his Conti’s restaurant in Mill Lane, Cardiff, on the day before every home [...]
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Crusaders Welsh Pirates’ Wheelchair Rugby
Issued on behalf of Celtic Crusaders Rugby League Club
Promotion-chasing Celtic Crusaders rugby league club are preparing to tackle one of their toughest challenges to date – taking on the Welsh Pirates wheelchair rugby team.
The match will be a boost for the Welsh Pirates and the profile of the sport in Wales and will take place [...]
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Gary’s Lucky 13 with the Celtic Crusaders
Issued on behalf of Celtic Crusaders Rugby League Club
THE summer can seem a long haul for rugby and football fans, but broadcaster and author Gary Slaymaker has found a means to live through the sporting ‘drought’ by following rugby league side Celtic Crusaders for the S4C series Y Clwb Rygbi 13.
The well-known film columnist will [...]
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Fundraiser Ed Says Thank You
Issued on behalf of Cancer Research Wales
A VILLAGE picnic of thanks organised by brain tumour patient Ed Evans was going ahead today (SAT Aug 18) – despite him lying seriously ill in a hospital bed.
Ed, 27, from Wick in the Vale of Glamorgan, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour five years ago after suffering [...]
Monday, August 6th, 2007
Mela Aims to Raise Awareness of Cancer Charity
Issued on behalf of Cancer Research Wales
A CANCER charity which spends all its money in Wales on research and patient support will benefit from the country’s largest multicultural event taking place in Cardiff this weekend (SUN AUG 19).
The Cardiff Mela – a celebration of Asian culture, food, fashion and entertainment – is expected to attract [...]
Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Western Mail Property Doctor Column #8
Issued on behalf of Emyr Pierce Solicitors
When I bought my house 10 years ago it had a 79-year lease. Should I now be thinking of buying the freehold?
The principle of buying a freehold is that if you own a house under a long tenancy – and it must be a whole house, not just a [...]
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
Western Mail Property Doctor Column #9
Issued on behalf of Emyr Pierce Solicitors
We bought a house eight years ago which had been extended five years earlier with a small utility room to the side. We are now selling up, but have been told we need to provide building regulation approval for the extension which we’ve discovered it never had. What should [...]
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Rombourne Welcomes New Sales Manager
Issued on behalf of Rombourne Business Centres
Graduate Alaana Woods has been appointed Sales Manager at the serviced office specialists Rombourne Ltd in Bristol.
Alaana, a recent English graduate from the University of West Wales will be responsible for acquiring new clients for the three Rombourne serviced business centres across the city.
Originally from Stroud, Alaana, 22, who [...]
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Vale Resort New Conferencing Facilities
Issued on behalf of the Vale Hotel, Golf & Spa Resort
The Vale Resort, Wales’ leading 4 star independent hotel, golf and spa resort, has unveiled plans for one of the largest state-of-the-art conference facilities in Wales, which will open at the end of 2007.
The £1 million development of a new conference centre will link the [...]
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
