Archive for July, 2011
Friends favour family firm when it comes to setting up home
A group of five friends have found the key to happiness – and all bought a properties at the popular Llanmoor Homes development, Cefn Cadno in Llanharan.
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Cancer Research Wales recruiting volunteers
Cancer Research Wales calls for volunteers to help them at this year’s National Eisteddfod from 30th July – 6th August in Wrexham
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Beechwood College – National Competition Final Celebrating The Creativity Of Young People With Autism
Two Welsh teenagers have been declared winners at a ceremony to celebrate Beechwood College’s national art competition, Create! Art for Autism
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
UWIC duo scoops Wales’ first ever National Teaching Fellowships
Ruth Dineen and Richard TongTwo from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC) are celebrating after being awarded National Teaching Fellowships
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle Prize Goes Unclaimed
£1million EuroMillions prize goes unclaimed
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
Inflation in Wales – good or bad?
Brewin Dolphin has revealed the Welsh results of a UK-wide survey which assessed the public’s level of concern on inflation
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Street Football Wales plans a night to remember
Fundraiser for Welsh Street Football team’s trip to Paris for The Homeless World Cup
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Speedway success for Cardiff
A superb PR campaign helped world sporting bosses secure a big Welsh return
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Swansea feasts on lunch deals
Wales’ second city seems to be the place for busiuness lunches.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Local news will flourish – Observer
Peter Preston adds a little more fuel to the fire of local media debate.
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Tommo talks his way to title
Glory comes to south west Wales as radio DJ prizes are announced.
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Peartree is bearing fruit thanks to Fairwood Trust
The Fairwood Trust has helped a Cardiff language school gain British Council Accreditation and expand into the international market.
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Swansea bells ring out after five years of silence
The decayed bell at the 105-year-old St Michael’s Church in Manselton is ringing again after five years
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Magnet starts to attract crowd
Port Talbot is providing a firm foundation as journalists attempt to find a way forward for local news delivery
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Welsh media still a force for good
South Wales halth reporter Liz Perkins is among those to be applauded by a national award scheme
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Swansea benefits from Dan’s excellence
The pitch that hosts Swansea City and the Ospreys is enjoying a lively hit of national publicity
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Speedway Spectacular set to Return to Cardiff
The FIM British Speedway Grand Prix has confirmed it will return to Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in 2012 following the agreement of a new five-year deal
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Look out, Santa’s about
The South Wales Evening Post today reflects that business is already gearing up for December
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Welsh building society counters open for donations to East Africa
Principality Building Society branches across Wales have today opened its counters to help raise money in support of East Africa Drought appeal
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Cardiff Students Get on their Bike for Cancer Research Wales
Students Jamie Roberts, Steven Edwards and Chris Hugh are currently cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats in aid of Cancer Research Wales
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Adam’s Cardiff coup goes national
Press conference at The Vale results in widespread readership for the success of a Rumney taxi driver.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Football tournament kicks of fundraising in style
More than 100 football players will take part in a charity football tournament in aid of Cancer Research Wales at Saron Playing Fields in Llandysul on Saturday 23 July
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Premier passions alive in Swansea
A feisty debate helped kick off a celebratory campaign which aims to promote a sporting city
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Office for National Statistics release unemployment figures
Dan Langford gives his response on the latest unemployment figures out today
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Fare play! Cardiff cabbie wins £1m on EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle
Self-employed Cardiff taxi driver Adam Derbi is celebrating after winning the EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Curt: Still a media darling
All these years on, Welsh football legend Alan Curtis is still in demand by the magazines.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Welsh business leaders to meet Archbishop
The Most Rev Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, is to talk at a meeting organised by the IoD on July 19
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Midsummer evening shines for local charity
A Midsummer charity evening has been held in aid of Cancer Research Wales at Newtown House and raised a staggering £5,890
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
‘Malta Madness’ for Cardiff Police Duo
Two Cardiff police officers have raised £5,000 for Cancer Research Wales by running and kayaking around the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Sosban goes social for big kick-off
Rugby stars Stephen Jones and Dwayne Peel are among those involved as a restaurant opens for business
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Pier pressure points to future
The campaigning press shouldn’t be a thing of the past – as a local glossy mag is showing.
Monday, July 11th, 2011
IoD South West urges Government to learn skills lessons
South West business leader Gerry Jones this week called on the Government to give wholehearted backing to those employers eager to offer staff new skills
Friday, July 8th, 2011
South Wales business tees up support for £2.5m new lifeboat
Investment management specialist Brewin Dolphin has donated £1,500 to an RNLI golf tournament aiming to raise funds for a RNLI lifeboat for Mumbles
Friday, July 8th, 2011
What can an employer do when strikes impact on the business?
With the prospects of further strikes Damian Phillips outlines what employers can do to keep their businesses operating
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Media noise for a quiet hero
He’s not one of Swansea City’s star names (yet) but Ben Arthure has merited every one of his column inches
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Millionaire Street Party!
An exclusive gathering of some of the region’s biggest National Lottery winners took place yesterday celebrating the creation of over 150 National Lottery millionaires in the South West of England
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Dylan’s still got what it takes
It’s the 100th anniversary of Dylan Thomas’s birth in 2014 and Welsh tourism types are already planning something special to celebrate.
And, despite the economy-triggered concerns over the future of Swansea’s Dylan Thomas Centre, the poet’s home town still has an appetite for him.
A few weeks ago Swansea’s Tapestri cafe bar hosted a recreation of Dylan’s [...]
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
New life down West
With the power of a major publisher behind it, a new lifestyle title has hit the ground running.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
New paper for Pembroke
It’s rare that Wales gets a newspaper launch so let’s raise a glass to this new weekly from the Tindle Group
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Hyperlocal gets into summer spirit
Successor to town’s local paper working hard to forge a brave new world.
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Bristol Warehouse Workers Cash in on EuroMillions Ahead of £136 Million Draw
A syndicate of seven workers at a flooring supplies depot in Bristol have scooped a EuroMillions prize of £588,791
Friday, July 1st, 2011
Jade shines at Rising Star Awards
Gold medal prospect Jade Jones has been awarded the Bob Humphrys Award at the SportingWales Rising Star Awards Dinner
Friday, July 1st, 2011
RNLI on right PR course
When Brewin Dolphin donated £1,500 to charity, the RNLI responded with great skill, humour and warmth
Friday, July 1st, 2011
