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As Debenhams gears up to open its newest store at Friars Walk on 12 November, the department store is excited to announce the finalists from its design competition launched in association with University of South Wales. To celebrate renowned Welsh fashion designer Julien Macdonald coming home to Wales to officially opening the store, a competition was launched to uncover a rising star of fashion design. 3rd year fashion design students were given a brief to design a capsule collection for…
– Oakfield School educates children with additional needs – Kellogg’s Awards judges bowled over by pupil involvement A school in Cardiff has won the title of the Best Breakfast Club in Wales. Judges of the Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards gave Oakfield Primary School a £1,500 prize after being impressed by how the Club helped better its students’ concentration in class. Oakfield’s Breakfast Club, which feeds 130 pupil every week, was set up ten years ago after teachers noticed kids complaining…
More support for people living with dementia is being provided through a partnership between Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Alzheimer’s Society. Three new Primary Care Dementia Liaison Workers will come in to post later this month and will work alongside the specialist Memory Team based in University Hospital Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan and with primary care staff to provide support to people with dementia after their diagnosis and to their carers. Funding for the posts has come from…
It’s no secret that Dragon’s Dens most successful inventions to date actually failed to receive any financial investment in the den; infamous examples include Tangle Teezer, which now boasts an annual turnover of 15m, and Trunki which, despite literally cracking under the weight of retail magnate Theo Paphitis, has since made its way into the households of 20% of British three to six year olds. Soon to join the ranks is David Robson’s UKick which has been backed by retail toy giant…
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour offers audiences the opportunity to travel the world and experience a selection of inspirational, exhilarating and unforgettable adventures from the comfort of a theatre chair. Now in its seventh edition, the 2016 UK and Ireland Banff Tour will share a collection of exhilarating short films with more than 80 screenings in over 50 locations across two different film programmes in early 2016. The festival tour showcases a diverse collection of the newest and…
FOLK fans are in for a treat next Tuesday (17 November) at St David’s Hall as Jamie Smith’s MABON perform in the L3 Lounge and host their official new album launch party! The multi award-winning five-piece release their fifth critically acclaimed album entitled The Space Between in January 2016, but they will be offering a preview of their breathtaking new material in front of a Cardiff crowd. Plus, all ticket-holders are invited to a pre-gig drinks reception at 7.15pm (ahead…
A new survey commissioned by ProVen Probiotics has highlighted the effect of children’s coughs and colds on school attendance and has shown that GP’s still commonly prescribe antibiotics to children with colds. The recent 2015 nationwide survey of 1,000 parents of primary school age children has revealed that two thirds of children take days off school every year, due to the common cold, and that more than 50% of those who went to the doctor with cough and cold symptoms…
Who After working for over 20 years in the Memory Teams of Bath and Cardiff, managing a nursing home and caring for people with dementia in hospitals, Jane Mullins, a dementia nurse specialist has created DUETcare, which focuses on helping professionals and families connect with the person with dementia through creative, sensory and innovative ways Beti George, BBC broadcaster and actress, partner of David, who has dementia What All training encompasses the values base of Dignity, Understanding and Empathy by…
Empiric to acquire student accommodation property on practical completion in Cardiff: Windsor House The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP) is pleased to announce that the Group has exchanged contracts to acquire on practical completion the freehold of a premium student accommodation property in central Cardiff for £40 million (excluding costs). The property, which is Empiric’s fourth acquisition in Cardiff, is located directly opposite the Group’s existing Summit House property on Windsor Place, in the city centre within a…
PizzaExpress is celebrating the launch of its exciting new look restaurant in Cardiff High Street. The restaurant has been totally transformed and features artwork paying tribute to the nearby Cardiff Castle. Each PizzaExpress restaurant is individually designed – often using well known places, people or historical events from the area as the basis. The new artwork draws inspiration from the shapes of some of the former Cardiff Castle residents’ coats of arms, including those of the Tudors and the de…
