A firm advising SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) on new pension laws has been set up at Parc Nantgarw, near Caerphilly.Workplace Pensions Solutions (UK) has been established by Robbie Weston, of Tudor…
Author: Richard Gurner
The first sporting event of the Olympics was greeted with huge enthusiasm at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff
Caerphilly Council to spend £7m on roads
Caerphilly County Borough Council has announced it will spend £7,013,381 on roads this financial year.Its Regeneration and Environment Scrutiny Committee recently agreed how the cash will be spent.More than £4.6m of the…
Llanbradach man who set fire to partner’s dressing gown in drug-fuelled attack walks free after appeal
A Llanbradach man jailed for a terrifying drug-fuelled domestic arson attack walked free today after his prison sentence was slashed by appeal judges.Michael John Loader, 30, of Dan-y-Darren, assaulted the mother of…
Fleur De Lys AFC scores success at Dutch football tournament
A local football team has scooped success at an international football tournament in Holland.Fleur De Lys AFC’s under 15’s boys’ team won all five games without conceding a single goal at the…
South Wales East AM Lindsay Whittle’s blog: July 25
Cheese and Milk The Big Cheese has developed into one of the best weekends of entertainment in Wales or anywhere else.As a Caerphilly-born lad, I’m really proud at the success of the…
BBC One show presenter Alex Jones confirmed for Proms in the Park in Caerphilly
BBC One Show presenter Alex Jones and Only Men Aloud Musical Director Tim Rhys-Evans will co-present this year’s BBC Proms in the Park, in Caerphilly.The show, which was rained off last year,…
London 2012 Olympics kicks off with football in Cardiff
The London 2012 Olympics has begun in Cardiff with a women’s football match – two days before the opening ceremony.
Sensory garden opens at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr
A new sensory garden has been opened at Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.The garden opening, which is part of the Palliative Care Day Unit at the hospital, was attended by GE Aviation Vice President…
Council engineer from Bargoed wins award
An engineer employed by Caerphilly County Borough Council has been awarded a top award by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).Andrew Gould, of Bargoed, scooped the ICE Wales Ground Engineering Group Prize…