Any of you going to the Abergavenny Food Festival this year? You are? Excellent! If you come to the Market Hall at 3pm on the Sunday then you’ll see me and Karl Cheetham from the Gliffaes Country House Hotel on the stage, cooking and talking about both food and books; at the time of writing […]
Focus Magazines
The local magazines for Abergavenny, Crickhowell, Brecon & Talgarth – Events, News and Advertising
Monthly Archives: September 2015
We Are Recruiting!
Are you passionate about working in Marketing & Publishing? We are looking for a lively, self-motivated and enthusiastic person to join our tiny team (just two of us) in the capacity of a part-time salesperson. Your job will be, primarily, to generate, follow up and convert leads into advertising in our magazines. We offer flexible […]
Next Month’s Focus – Free Editorial to Celebrate our 100th issue
We’re 100! We have an exciting issue of the magazine ahead of us to celebrate and promote local business, and we’d like you to get involved… It’s all about YOU! In our October magazine, we’ll be celebrating 100 issues of the Abergavenny Focus and to celebrate we want to shout about our local businesses. We’ll […]
Crickhowell offers to buy pub and stop Supermarket spoiling town
After weeks of fundraising, campaigners trying to stop a former Crickhowell High Street Pub being turned into a supermarket have made a formal bid to buy the building for the town. Hundreds of thousands of pounds have been pledged by local people and visitors to Crickhowell, who want to buy the Corn Exchange and stop […]
Crickhowell Literary Festival 2015
Crickhowell lends itself well to becoming the setting for the newest literary festival in South Wales. The local area has been an inspiration for writers for centuries. Rev. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), lived and preached in the area in the early nineteenth century. Carnhuanawc was a vocal and active promoter of the Welsh language and culture, […]
Tackling Anti-Social Driving in Abergavenny
Officers in Abergavenny have been working in partnership with Monmouthshire County Council to tackle anti-social driving in Fairfield car park in the Town Centre. The problem… Increasing reports of vehicles gathering in car parks and surrounding streets have been received and the resulting anti-social behaviour from large groups of people being at the location, including […]
Monmouthshire’s GCSE students celebrate as high standards maintained
Monmouthshire’s GCSE students are celebrating another increase in their GCSE performance with results indicating that high standards have not only been upheld but in many measures have improved across the county. Pupils from Abergavenny’s King Henry VIII have achieved outstanding grades. The success of students in Monmouthshire has once again surpassed performances across Wales as […]
Wales’ biggest and best-loved food festival is back
Wales’ best loved food festival is back! Abergavenny Food Festival returns with a bursting line up, welcoming the best names in the food world to the beautiful market town this September. Raymond Blanc OBE, Tom Kerridge, Cyrus Todiwala and the Hemsley Sisters are just some of the names set to star. This year, the party […]
Monmouthshire’s small businesses could qualify for rate relief
More than 500 small businesses in Monmouthshire could qualify for rate relief of up to £1,500 thanks to a Welsh Government scheme administered by the county council. Monmouthshire’s cabinet members agreed to implement the scheme – known as the Wales Retail Rate Relief – at their meeting on July 15th. The relief is available to […]
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