Business confidence in Wales has slumped to its lowest level for almost three years, according to the Institute of Chartered Accounts for England and Wales (ICAEW).Publishing its latest Business Confidence Monitor (BCM),…
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A472 Ystrad Mynach works complete
The A472 in Ystrad Mynach, outside the Dance Centre, has reopened to two-way traffic after the completion of road works.The council works are part of a wider highway improvement scheme around the…
Entries open for Shelter Cymru’s Junior Golf Championship at Bargoed
Homelessness charity Shelter Cymru has said entries for its junior golf championship have been flooding in.The championship is open to young golfers across Wales who are members of a golf club and…
United Welsh given Investors in People award
Caerphilly-based housing association United Welsh has been awarded The Investors in People Gold award.The business award recognises a company’s effort to look after its employees and ensure they are at their best.United…
Wheelchair services to be examined in Assembly inquiry
The National Assembly for Wales’ Health and Social Care Committee will hold a one-day inquiry concerning wheelchair services in Wales on Thursday, March 8.The Committee will revisit the findings of a report…
Caerphilly MP Wayne David’s blog: March 6
You can tell a council election is coming closer because Caerphilly County Borough Council are doing their best to give the impression that the council’s Plaid Cymru leadership are doing a good…
School children release 200 balloons in Aberbargoed
Almost 200 balloons were released last week by school children as part of their St David’s Day celebrations.Pupils at Ysgol Bro Sannan, in Aberbargoed, released the balloons as part of their Eisteddfod…
Caerphilly engineering graduate beats almost 1,800 for coveted job
An engineering graduate from the University of Glamorgan has secured a job with one of the top 50 graduate development companies in the UK.Michael Weller, 27, a BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering…
Ynysddu cycle track washed away by landslide reopened
A cycle track washed away in a landslide has been repaired and reopened.A section of National Cycle Route 47 in Ynysddu was damaged in 2008 but thanks to a £135,000 grant from…
Gwent Police refuses to deny station closure plans
Gwent Police has refused to deny it will be closing most of its stations after Caerphilly MP Wayne David found out about the plans.The Labour politician said he learnt of the plans…