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The Free Reign Tour is set to commence in May hitting some of the hottest music hubs and venues in the country with a revolving lineup of some of the most talked about up and coming folk rock artists.

Property developer Mandy St John Davey has been named chairman of the South Wales branch of Women in Property.   Mandy, who lives in Aberdare, has a multi-million pound property portfolio and is well known in Wales and the UK for mentoring women to enter the property and construction sectors.   The Association of Women in Property (WiP) is a UK wide organisation which has been supporting women working in the property and construction sector for nearly 30 years, promoting…

The Challenge is the UK’s largest youth model rocket competition UK winners will secure a place in the Final at Farnborough International Airshow, 2016 Chance to compete against teams from the USA, France and Japan   ADS Group, leading trade association for the UK’s space industry, is putting a final call out to schools and youth groups from across Wales to enter ‘The Aerospace Youth Rocketry Challenge’ – the only competition of its type in the country.   As well…

CTC, the national cycling charity, backs Welsh Assembly’s Enterprise and Business Committee’s report CTC, the national cycling charity, today (Monday 22 February) warmly welcomes the findings and recommendations of the Welsh Assembly’s Enterprise and Business Committee’s report ‘Active Travel: The Start of the Journey’. CTC also urges the Government to follow the advice of its own advisor Professor Stuart Cole and provide funding of at least £10 per head. The report reviews the progress of the Active Travel (Wales) Act…

Edwards Coaches, now in their 91st year of trading and 5th generation of family ownership, have carried their run of award wins from 2015, into early 2016. Last month, it was announced that Edwards are in the running for no less than 6 awards at this years National Coach Tourism Awards and this month, they were awarded winners of 2 awards at the annual Accor Hotel awards in London.   The awards were: 1) ‘2015 Partnership Achievement Award Group and…

Amongst the three participants is Bridgend man Simon Davies. The 51 year-old has completed at least one fundraising event every year for the past 11 years – everything from skydiving and hiking to cycling events, but this will be Davies’ first attempt at triathlon.   Speaking of his motivation, Simon Davies commented: “Recently a very close member of my family and great friend was sadly diagnosed with cancer; witnessing their horrible battle has spurred me on immensely to increase my…

NOBLE Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter’s classic play Betrayal comes to St David’s Hall for three explosive shows from Thursday 3 – Saturday March.   Packed with pain, sorrow, rage and regret; the 1978 drama is based on Pinter’s own seven-year affair with BBC TV presenter Joan Bakewell. Featuring a fresh interpretation from the Cardiff-based new theatrical company On in 5 Productions, Betrayal examines the love triangle between Emma, Robert and his “close friend” Jerry.   However, this is no ordinary…

TV favorite Gabby Logan has launched ‘Britain Has Spirit’, a new campaign searching for the best individual and group volunteers from Wales, Scotland and England. Gabby is calling on the Welsh public to nominate their local shining stars, who selflessly give up time volunteering for nothing in return. By nominating, local champions will be in with the chance of winning regional prizes including £1,000 towards a street party and ultimately national prizes of £25,000.   Recent research of 2,000 people1…

Firstsource Solutions, the UK’s customer experience expert, has once again shown its commitment to investment in Cardiff by announcing today that it will create more than 300 new jobs as it opens its 2nd contact centre in the city. The new, state of the art, centre at Oakleigh House comes 4 years after the opening of Firstsource’s flagship facility in the city which currently employs over 1,000 people. Open for business since the end of February the new centre will…

Edwards Coaches has taken its relationship with one of the biggest names in transport up a gear after joining forces with the UK’s largest coach operator to sell its package holidays.   In a major coup for Pontypridd-based Edwards, its package holidays both home and abroad will now be accessible via National Express’ website – opening up a major new market for the family-run coach company.   The move means Edwards’ breaks will now be readily accessible to the millions…