Archive for November, 2007
Darwin Gray Podcast on Benefits of PR
Issued on behalf of Darwin Gray
The benefits of a professional public relations strategy is the subject of the latest podcast in Darwin Gray’s Business Blueprint series.
The advice in the form of a five-minute interview comes from Alastair Milburn, managing director of Effective Communication and former editor of the South Wales Echo and is available to [...]
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Western Mail Property Doctor Column #23
Issued on behalf of Emyr Pierce Solicitors
As a landlord who has invested in buy-to-let properties I am concerned about the current very uncertain state of the housing market. Would I be wise to reduce my financial commitment – or reduce the rents I am charging in order to attract new tenants?
With the market slowing down [...]
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Third Annual Engineering Week Set for Success
Issued on behalf of Careers Wales
Having proved a huge success with upwards of 3000 school pupils from across Wales who have already enjoyed the National Engineering Week experience, the third annual event of its kind is due to take place next week.
Once again, more than 1500 school pupils – aged 13 and 14 – [...]
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Dazzling Future Bekons for Young Musician
Issued on behalf of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
A fifteen-year-old clarinet player from the Vale of Glamorgan is celebrating, having been chosen to play in the national Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.
Rachel Patel, a pupil at Howell’s School, has won one of only 160 coveted places in the Orchestra, fending off competition from [...]
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
How To Party – Like A Professional
Issued on behalf of Eventute Ltd
A Christmas party is a chance to celebrate a year of successful achievements with staff and clients, but if it’s badly organised, the hangover will last well beyond the new year.
Karen McGrath, Managing Director of corporate event specialists, Eventure UK gives her top tips to businesses in Gwent for getting [...]
Monday, November 19th, 2007
The Guide to the Perfect Christmas Party
Issued on behalf of Eventute Ltd
Chipped wine glasses, mismatched chair heights, a stressed-out hostess, and running out of wine are all classic ways to ruin a Christmas party – but thinking like a professional is the key to becoming the perfect festive hostess, says Karen McGrath, Managing Director of Cardiff-based, corporate event specialists, Eventure UK [...]
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
It’s an Office for All at Westbury-On-Trym
Issued on behalf of Rombourne Ltd
EVERY company wants a swish address, efficient receptionists and super secretarial services.
But it’s not every business that’s able to afford to buy – or even lease – its own office, let alone pay the salaries of someone to answer the phones, take messages, sort the faxes and handle the mail.
For [...]
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Carmarthen Journal Give Me Five Shortlist
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
THREE special community projects have been shortlisted for the £5,000 Carmarthen Journal-Principality Give Me Five award.
They were among more than 40 projects from the Carmarthen area put forward for the cash award offered up by Wales’ largest building society.
The three shortlisted by the Principality judging panel are Carmarthen [...]
Friday, November 16th, 2007
Daily Post Give Me Five Shortlist
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
THREE special community projects have been shortlisted for the £5,000 Daily Post-Principality Give Me Five award.
They were among more than 40 projects from the North Wales area put forward for the cash award offered up by Wales’ largest building society.
The three shortlisted by the Principality judging panel are [...]
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
Shropshire Star Give Me Five Shortlist
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
THREE special community projects have been shortlisted for the £5,000 Shropshire Star-Principality Give Me Five award.
They were among more than 40 projects from all over Mid Wales put forward for the cash award offered up by Wales’ largest building society.
The three shortlisted by the Principality judging panel are [...]
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
Stills Turns XFM South Wales DJs into Superheroes
Issued on behalf of Stills
Presenters from Xfm South Wales have been turned into comic-book superheroes by top Welsh design agency Stills to promote the impending launch of their new radio station on November 29th.
Pritchard and Dainton from Dirty Sanchez, Goldie Lookin Chain’s Rhys and Eggsy, ITV1 Wales presenter Colin Francies and ex-Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable [...]
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Wheels of Fortune for Lucky Lotto Couple
Issued on behalf of Camelot
A couple who own a car valeting company in Cardiff, are miles happier and are looking forward to a shiny new year after scooping £83,566,00 by matching five numbers and the bonus ball on last Wednesday’s (7 November 2007) Lotto draw.
Amanda Blake (34) and partner Paul Buckingham (42) have run [...]
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Western Mail Property Doctor Column #22
Issued on behalf of Emyr Pierce Solicitors
My widowed father, who died five weeks ago, has made me the sole beneficiary in his will, which includes the family home worth around £450,000. Bearing in mind last week’s confirmation by the government to double the limit of Inheritance Tax to £600,000, will I now escape this tax?
Every [...]
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Welsh Solicitor Wins Top Law Society Award
Issued on behalf of Darwin Gray Solicitors
A young Welsh solicitor has won a top UK award for her voluntary work in the community.
Fflur Jones, of Cardiff-based commercial law firm Darwin Gray Solicitors, won the Law Society’s Young Lawyer Pro Bono Award for small firms at a ceremony in London on Wednesday night.
31-year-old Fflur, originally from [...]
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
South Wales Argus Give Me Five Shortlist
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
THREE special community projects have been shortlisted for the £5,000 South Wales Argus-Principality Give Me Five award.
They were among more than 50 projects from all over South Wales put forward for the cash award offered up by Wales’ largest building society.
The three shortlisted by the Principality judging panel [...]
Friday, November 9th, 2007
South Wales Echo Give Me Five Shortlist
Issued on behalf of the Principality Building Society
THREE special community projects have been shortlisted for the £5,000 South Wales Echo-Principality Give Me Five award.
They were among more than 50 projects from all over South Wales put forward for the cash award offered up by Wales’ largest building society.
The three shortlisted by the Principality judging panel [...]
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Jackpot Win For Lucky Port Talbot Couple
Issued on behalf of Camelot
A couple who run a nursery for more than 60 children in Baglan, Port Talbot, are celebrating the arrival of their newest bundle of joy – a cheque for £250,000 – after scooping last Wednesday’s Thunderball jackpot (7 November 2007).
Retired Corus steel worker, Brian Williams (73), and his wife, Joyce (68), [...]
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
All Dressed Up for Children in Need
Issued on behalf of The Orthodontic Centre
STAFF at The Orthodontic Centre in Cardiff dressed up for their patients to raise hundreds of pounds for Children in Need.
The 21 staff at the centre in Cardiff Gate, Pontprennau, which specialises in teeth straightening and teeth whitening, came to work dressed in a Heaven and Hell theme.
The clinical [...]
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Charity Helps Lite Up Nottingham Family’s Lives
Issued on behalf of The Joshua Foundation
WHEN Anna Johncock’s daughter Sarah was given the all clear from renal cancer at the age of 13, the family, from Wilford Village in Nottingham, thought they could finally start to look forward to the future.
Yet, just three years later, the single mum of four and her children were [...]
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Western Mail Property Doctor Column #21
Issued on behalf of Emyr Pierce Solicitors
I’m planning to buy a flat which I’m told is subject to an ongoing service charge. What is this – and how much could it cost me?
With buildings in multiple occupancy – whether it’s in two or 222 flats – they will each be let on individual leases with [...]
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
The Nativity Story …. circa 2007AD
Issued on behalf of Darwin Gray
Many of us are familiar with the nativity story from the Bible but have you ever thought how different it would be if played out today? Employment solicitor Eleanor Williams, from Newport, explains.
A lot of the individuals mentioned in the familiar Bible story of Christmas are in fact from groups [...]
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Western Mail Property Doctor Column #20
Issued on behalf of Emyr Pierce Solicitors
I own a property jointly with my boyfriend and we are considering separating. What should we do with the house we are currently buying in joint names?
The first thing you should do is speak to your building society to establish what the options are for one of you to [...]
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Team Engineered A Wheel Of Fortune
Issued on behalf of Cancer Research Wales
A group of workers at an engineering company based in Caerphilly, have cycled their way to raising a small fortune for Welsh cancer charity, Cancer Research Wales.
The 43-strong team of staff and contractors at the MITIE base in Nantgarw raised more £4,500 for the Welsh-based charity, during their one [...]
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
