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CALLING ALL CITIES: WIN UP TO £10,000 FOR YOUR LOCAL HIGH STREET •           Launch of the Great British High Street competition 2016 •           Last year’s competition had 230 entries and over 200,000 public votes •           New categories for individuals, including high street employees under 25 years old High Streets Minister Marcus Jones is calling on cities across the country to enter the Great British High Streets competition 2016. Now in its 3rd year, the competition celebrates the great work that…

Organisers of Venturefest have announced that the investment and collaboration event is set to return to Wales’ SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff, for its third consecutive year on 28 September 2016.   This year’s Venturefest Wales event will focus on breaking through the common business barriers that Welsh business leaders and entrepreneurs have identified are holding them back, as well as bringing together investors with academics, entrepreneurs and innovators to create meaningful business partnerships. Having conducted market research to understand what Wales’…

Edwards Coaches of Llantwit Fardre, near Pontypridd have launched a campaign to encourage business owners and employees to wear red on Wednesday in show of their support for the Wales national football team, as they take part in their first ever tournament semi-final. Proud sponsors of the FAW, Edwards feel it is important to capture the nation’s emotions and bring everyone closer than ever by simply wearing the colour red. In France, the Welsh supporters have been dubbed the ‘red…

We are delighted that one of the Airmen in ‘Allo ‘Allo is being played by Tom Seymour. In the Second World War Tom’s father served as a navigator in the RAF. During that time he flew 17 missions over France. They involved both dropping supplies for the Resistance and dropping British Agents by parachute to serve alongside them. For this distinguished service in these secret missions Tom’s Dad was awarded Croix de Guerre. The photograph shows the medal being pinned…

We’re just under a week until our concert and all the last minute items on the To-Do list are gradually being ticked off. The choir and our soloists are sounding great and we’re looking forward to the big day. City Voices Cardiff have been around since 2008 and now have a membership of almost 180 singers who rehearse once a week working towards two main concerts a year in St David’s Hall. We are not a ‘traditional’ choral society but…

The search is on to find the UK’s most dog-friendly places, as the Kennel Club launches its Be Dog Friendly Awards 2016. The competition, now in its tenth year, is part of the wider Be Dog Friendly campaign which aims to break down barriers for man’s best friend by encouraging more businesses and public spaces to welcome dogs. With around 8.5 million dogs in the UK, and around one in four households owning a dog, the great British public are…

Public Health Wales is launching its fourth annual ‘Screening for Life’ campaign on 1 July to raise awareness of the free national screening programmes offered by the NHS. The month-long campaign is aimed at encouraging people from across Wales to take up free NHS screening. This year’s campaign will focus on raising awareness of all screening and look at breaking down barriers to screening which may affect a person’s decision to take part in screening or not. Throughout the month,…

1. Where better to be on a match day There’s nothing quite like watching Wales play in the Millennium Stadium on a match day. The centre of Cardiff turns into a sea of red as the Welsh fans assemble in their thousands. Where else can you find crowds of people all patriotically singing ‘Bread of Heaven’ walking arm in arm through the city? The pubs are packed, the pints are flowing and there’s nowhere better to end the day than…

With the Royal Mail’s postmen and women working six days a week delivering letters and parcels to 29 million addresses, dog attacks are unfortunately a common issue which increase by a quarter during the school holidays when children and parents are at home and pets are left to roam the garden. If your postie is worried about their safety when entering your property, they have a legal right to refuse delivery to you. MedicAnimal, the UK’s leading online pet healthcare…

The British Science Association (BSA) has announced the winners of its prestigious Award Lectures for 2016. Seven top UK researchers have been recognised for their cutting-edge research after a competitive selection process. They will join an illustrious group of Award Lecture recipients, which include Professor Brian Cox (winner in 2006), Maggie Aderin-Pocock (2008), and Richard Wiseman (2002). The winners and their respective awards are as follows: * The Daphne Oram Award Lecture for Digital Innovation was awarded to Dr Rebecca Stewart (Queen Mary University of London) * The Charles Darwin Award Lecture for Agricultural, Biological and…