Rooted in British fashion and design, Clothes Show Live has built a legacy over the decades for supporting the future generation of talent across the creative industry, and its 2015 Bright Young Things campaign is a celebration of just that. Forming part of the show’s established education programme, the annual Bright Young Things photoshoot brings together up-and-coming names from all areas of the industry, spanning photography, styling, modelling, hair styling, make-up artistry and design. Students and graduates who were discovered at the…

Julie-Ann Haines, customer director for Principality Building Society, has been appointed chair of CML Cymru, which represents mortgage lenders and promotes sustainable housing finance in Wales, from today (May 13). She will succeed Peter Hughes, managing director for Principality Commercial, who had been Cymru chair since 2009. Julie-Ann said upon her appointment: “I would like to thank Peter Hughes for his dedication as chair and providing a strong voice for the industry over the past seven years. I am excited to be the first female chair of CML Cymru and…

WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2015: Firstsource Solutions (NSE:FSL, BSE:532809), a global provider of customised Business Process Management (BPM) services, today announced details of its recruitment open day for 300 new full-time jobs in Cardiff. The roles will be based at the Firstsource Solutions centre in Cardiff Bay and are as a result of the award-winning firm expanding the customer management services it currently provides to global telecommunications and media company, Sky. The roles, unveiled in a new jobs announcement by the…

Back in October 2009 The Girl’s nursery teacher told me that the school’s Headmistress wanted to see The Boss and me at 1100 hours on the next Friday. My instinctive reaction was one of dread. It reminded me of those occasions during my education when I had been told to stand outside the Headmaster’s door… The Grammar school’s Head, ‘Barrel’, looked as you’d expect a man with that nick-name to look: very round, with an unruly shock of white hair…

            “What on earth is that noise?” I asked The Boss through a fog of sleep. Checking the bedside clock showed it to be three in the morning. “There it is again”, as a series of muffled thuds filtered into our bedroom. The Boss replied that it sounded like a basketball being bounced on the road outside our house. It is astonishing how quickly one can shift from sweet dreams to wide-awake. Fair leaping out of bed I bounded across…

Internationally renowned artists’ works of Kate Moss, Marilyn Monroe and Dita Von Teese to be auctioned    [LONDON: 14 May 2015] Today, an online auction launches which aims to raise £350,000 to support the charitable efforts of ‘Elephant Haven’ in establishing Europe’s first elephant sanctuary. It is estimated that over 600 elephants in Europe are in need of a safe haven. An increasing number of European countries have banned the use of elephants in circuses, but such elephants have nowhere…

Cardiff is quickly becoming a bastion of food and drink. We are being spoilt for choice with a new joint regularly oozing into the scene – whether you fancy a bib and seafood at Lobster and Burger, a sweet snack at Pancake House or a juicy burger at American favourite Five Guys – it seems we have it all. But we didn’t know what we were missing until a Slug and Lettuce popped up on the corner of Friary Centre…

Open day for 300 new jobs in Cardiff   WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2015: Firstsource Solutions (NSE:FSL, BSE:532809), a global provider of customised Business Process Management (BPM) services, today announced details of its recruitment open day for 300 new full-time jobs in Cardiff. The roles will be based at the Firstsource Solutions centre in Cardiff Bay and are as a result of the award-winning firm expanding the customer management services it currently provides to global telecommunications and media company, Sky. The…

  The transformation of the Brains-owned central Cardiff pub Kitty Flynn’s to a dedicated craft beer outlet is nearing completion following an eight week refurbishment that will see the doors open to the public for the first time on 15th May from 8pm. The heritage of the site has been fully recognised with the business renamed the Cambrian Tap in honour of the Cambrian Hotel that occupied the historic corner of the Old Brewery in the 1800s. Extensive external work…

Healthier people spend more time in the kitchen BEING slim doesn’t have to mean swerving the kitchen to avoid temptation – as according to new research, those who spend more time preparing food are healthier than those who merely dash in and out. A new study released by ElectrIQ, a manufacturer of affordable kitchen gadgets and household appliances, has found that those who spend 45 minutes or more in the kitchen per day have lower BMIs than those who only…