Gabb and Co Solicitors have been busy raising money for charity. They recently took part in ‘The Wallich Clash of the Corporate Challenge’ to raise money for The Wallich charity who support the homeless in Wales. The charity believes that everyone deserves the right to a home and that everyone deserves the right to feel […]
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Funding for bright ideas in rural communities
A pot of £2.79million is now available to support inspirational ideas which will boost the local economy and improve life in the Vale of Usk – the rural wards of Newport and Monmouthshire. Groups with ideas for new projects are encouraged to get in touch straight away to see if they could be eligible. “We […]
Responsible Tourism Award for Talgarth Mill
Congratulations to a shining star of responsible tourism! This week Talgarth Mill, a restored 200 year old water mill famous for putting the small welsh town of Talgarth back on the map as a tourist destination, received its greatest accolade yet when awarded a silver medal at the World Responsible Tourism Awards in London. The […]
CRICKHOWELL ADVENTURE STORE IN THE RUNNING FOR TOP PRIZE
Crickhowell’s adventure shop has been named one of Britain’s best outdoor stores – and it could take the top prize if enough people vote for it. Crickhowell Adventure Gear has been shortlisted in The Great Outdoors Awards 2015 competition to find the best independent retailer. Shop Manager, Jane Bradbury, said she was “gob smacked” when […]
PROTESTORS “CLOSE TO SUCCESS” IN BID TO BUY TOWN CENTRE PUB
An audacious bid by townspeople to buy a High Street pub under threat of being turned into a national chain convenience store is “very close to success” – according to the campaigners. A deal would see the UK’s second biggest pub chain, Punch Taverns Ltd, selling The Corn Exchange in Crickhowell High Street to 170 […]
Lee Jowitt Auto Repairs
Lee Jowitt Auto Repairs is now a well established business based behind the hospital at Union Road Industrial Estate. Lee’s focus since opening in 2012 has always been on offering a friendly and competitive one-stop shop for vehicle repairs, MOTs and tyres. The only thing he doesn’t do is repair and spray body work! Since […]
Christie Residential
A rebrand six months on. Surehomes? Remember them? We certainly do. By the end of 2014, having celebrated our 10 year anniversary, Surehomes had enjoyed its most successful year to date, selling more than any of our competitors across the area. But at the turn of the year we embarked on the daunting but necessary […]
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 […]
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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