The website for a campaign for Cardiff to have Wales’ first directly elected mayor was launched on Monday 18th January. The campaign has been established by a cross party group including individuals from the business world with the aim of collecting enough signatures from the Cardiff electorate to trigger a referendum. The websites www.mayorforcardiff.wales and www.maerigaerdydd.cymru have been launched to give information about the campaign, including its supporters, and includes a downloadable petition. The campaign will be formally launched at…

Date: Sunday June 14, 2015 What is it? Velothon Wales will see up to 15,000 riders make history as they embark on Wales’ first-ever closed road cycling event. Velothon Wales will deliver a weekend of cycling on a scale that Wales has never before witnessed with tens of thousands of spectators lining the iconic route.   There will be a challenging 140km route for experienced riders and a 50km route followed by a UCI sanctioned professional race attracting pro teams…

Women’s entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kicking, something the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) is keen to celebrate. We found out what happened when the nationwide tour of the IOEE’s ‘Meet A Mentor’ events, designed especially to support women entrepreneurs, hit Cardiff City Hall. Right now, women mean business in a big way. More and more successful companies have women at the helm and ever more women are transforming their passions into profit. When the national Meet A Mentor…