Deadline for entries: September 11 www.startupsawards.co.uk The 12th annual Startups Awards – the UK’s most prestigious awards for up-and-coming companies – are now open for entry. Sponsored by the UK’s favourite business insurance broker Simply Business and organised by Startups.co.uk, the number one website for start-ups and small businesses, the Awards recognise the success of Britain’s newest businesses which have been trading for four years or less. This year’s event will take place on Friday 27 November at the underground…

After a highly successful Made by Hand in 2014, the event’s organisers are pleased to announce that they will be bringing Wales’ largest contemporary craft festival back to Cardiff for a second year, from October 30th to November 1st 2015.   Spread across three days in the heart of the city, at the historic and prestigious City Hall, Made by Hand brings together an exceptional, handpicked selection of 135 leading award-wining makers from all over Wales and the UK. The…

    A hugely talented young Welsh singer who says music is her “family business” sang live on Terry Wogan’s hugely popular BBC Radio 2 show. Greta Isaac, 20, from Cowbridge, who comes from a long line of famous Welsh musicians, hit the national airwaves during Sir Terry’s Sunday morning programme. Greta, who sings mainly American-style folk numbers with their roots in the 1970s – most of which are her own compositions – while accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, reckons…

Students at Westbourne School are, once again, celebrating outstanding success in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma examinations; indeed, their best results ever.  Westbourne students have maintained and surpassed the exceptionally high standards set by their predecessors, with four students – ~30% of graduates – scoring over 40 points out of the maximum possible 45.  To put this into context, 40 points equates to between four and five A*s at A-level, and will get students in to pretty much any course…

Everyone neglects their feet and then panic once it’s summer time! Flip flops and sandals aren’t very forgiving for women and men. Clip your toe nails with a toe nail clipper, taking time to do it in chunks to avoid snapping the nail. Use a rough emery file to smooth the edges of nail.  Give your feet a soak in warm water, it doesn’t need to be a pedicure bowl but best ask before you use the kitchen bowl! You…

There’s much more to this summer’s festival scene than warm cider, soggy tents and yet another comeback tour. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to take part in the world’s biggest food fight, rock it out at the air guitar championships or parade through town in a coffin, this could be your lucky summer.  In fact, whatever your dream festival happens to be, the chances are it’s already been thought up and is happening somewhere on Europe’s…

Walk to Remember, Cardiff. Cardiff Castle Sunday 30th August, 6:30pm 10k walk £10 registration fee, £100 fundraising target.   Every £100 you raise pays for a Marie Curie Nurse to look after someone with a terminal illness for five hours, in the comfort of their own home.  Sign up online at: Mariecurie.org.uk/walking-cardiff 08450524184

The Tafwyl 2015 festival has managed to break all records to date, according to the organisers Menter Caerdydd. Over 34,000 people came through the gates of Cardiff Castle over the weekend of July 4-5, 2015 to enjoy the largest Welsh language community festival in the country – the highest number in the history of the free festival since it was established 10 years ago. This year was the first time that the highlight of the festival – the Tafwyl Fair,…

Cardiff, 3rd July 2015: Hosted by DHL, the Official Logistics Partner of Rugby World Cup 2015, and with less than 100 days to go until the Opening Match, the Webb Ellis Cup visits Cardiff as part of its UK and Ireland tour, marking the final countdown to this year’s showcase tournament. Welsh rugby player and DHL ambassador Martyn Williams commented: “I have always been so passionate about playing and supporting rugby in my home city so it’s extremely exciting to…

Nathan Wyburn posed with giant eye mascots The Protectors in Cardiff today (30 June), as a new survey reveals people in Wales expose their unprotected eyes to dangerous levels of UV light during the summer months. The Think About Your Eyes campaign found that Welsh people are exposing themselves to an average of 1 hour and 47 minutes of sunlight every day, seven times over the safe daily limit recommended by experts*, and damaging their vision despite over half (52%)…