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  MEAD Farm Foods has demonstrated its support for independent coffee businesses by agreeing to provide all the milk for the first Newport Coffee Festival in August.
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           <description><![CDATA[Family is the most important thing in many people's lives - yet the pressures of modern life mean it's often also one of the most neglected.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Commercial finance firm Simply Factoring Brokers has celebrated its move to Caerphilly with the official opening of its new office.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Friars Walk and The Kingsway Centre in Newport have joined forces to sponsor the Customer Service Award at the  South Wales Argus Business Awards.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Superfast Business Wales has now supported more than 3,000 Welsh businesses looking to grow using online technology. ]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Ventilation manufacturer Nuaire, based in Caerphilly, highlighted national Clean Air Day with an air quality interactive workshop with a local primary school.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Businesses in Wales could add up to £1.36bn a year to the UK economy if they introduced a series of productivity improving measures, according to new research by NatWest. ]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Admiral employees have donated more than 100 toys and baby equipment to the children’s wards in the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. ]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[A young, dynamic business in Blaenau Gwent has the chance to win a free furnished office, including services, for a year worth up to £5,000.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[A Newport-based rising legal star is 'thrilled' to have been named Junior Lawyer of the Year.
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           <description><![CDATA[Cwmbran-based law firm Rubin Lewis O’Brien has appointed a conveyancing solicitor and a legal executive to its well-established residential property team.]]></description>
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  The time has come to promote Wales’ pioneering prowess in compound semiconductor technology on a global scale. That was the message from the UK government as the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales gathered leaders from Wales’ own ‘Silicon Valley’ for progress talks in Newport.
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           <description><![CDATA[As the traditional 9-5 working day becomes less and less common, the times at which people want to go to the pub, grab a meal or work out at the gym are changing. ]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[A young enterprise scheme is celebrating the success of its first entrepreneurial project which saw 32 young people, not in any education, employment or training (NEET), gain qualifications, land jobs and start two businesses.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Cwmbran-based telecommunications provider RPS Technology Solutions was highly commended in the ITSPA 2018 Best Business ITSP (up to £2m) award.  ]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[The South Wales Argus officially launched its SWA Business Awards at an event at the Riverfront, Newport. The event celebrated the award sponsors and those present heard a talk from Kevin Ward, manager of Newport Now, the lead sponsor. Andrea Callanan, of Inspire Me, gave an energetic presentation.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[The Newport and District Lunch Club gathered at Gemmllis Newport Retail Park, Spytty, with Paul Fosh, of Newport-based Paul Fosh Auctions in the chair, to enjoy an excellent three course meal. The lunch club is made up of business people and each meeting takes place at a different restaurant around the area.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[An Abergavenny butcher is among three from Wales putting their skills to the test in Birmingham on Tuesday as they bid for a place in the final of the Butchery WorldSkills UK competition.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Business activity at private sector firms in Wales increased at an accelerated pace in May, according to the latest NatWest PMI report. ]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Chepstow-based enModus has delivered a project for global retail chain Claire’s resulting in huge reductions in energy consumption at one of its UK warehouses.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[A Newport-based retail services company is hosting its annual charity golf day this week, with the aim to raise more than £4,000 for two important charities.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[A new domicillary care agency for adults with learning and physical disabilities has opened in Blaenau Gwent. ]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[The business team at the South Wales Argus is delighted to welcome another sponsor on board for the South Wales Argus Business Awards, which were officially launched last week.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Zoe Harris has been appointed as chief marketing officer of Newport-based GoCompare.com Group plc.]]></description>
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           <description><![CDATA[Newport-based electrical systems integrator IAC Ltd has relocated part of its operations to Maesglas Industrial Estate in the city in one of two new deals brokered by property consultancy JLL.]]></description>
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  THE trains which will run on the Wales and Borders lines have been revealed, and they are to be built using old London Underground carriages.
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