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Vale Business
A round up of business news in the Vale.
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SULLY
City PA’s talent pool
City PA is pleased to announce the
growth of its team in Sully with
the addition of Jane Close. Jane’s
appointment ties in with City PA’s
policy to utilise the highly
talented but vastly overlooked,
pool of professional PAs who are
‘women-returners’.
Jane is highly skilled as a board level
PA and brings valuable experience to
enhance the existing City PA team.
City PA provide flexible PA and
secretarial support to semi-retired and
non-executive directors, consultants,
SMEs and the public sector.
Clients are already commenting on
how professional and friendly Jane is
and Jane herself says “I was frustrated
that I could not find a position that
would utilise my skill set but City PA
has given me the opportunity to use
my skills and experience whilst
working flexibly to suit the needs of
my family. And the concept of a
‘virtual PA’ who can work remotely
from our office and still offer the
same high level of service to
executives who have lost the use of a
full time PA is brilliant.”
City PA’s managing director, Deborah
Meredith, added “We guarantee the
quality and standard of service we give
to our clients and place strict criteria
on our recruitment requirements.
There is a huge pool of talent that is
wasted by employers who do not offer
flexible working to women returners – our aim is to recruit from that pool
and ensure our clients get the quality
of service they demand whilst our
team get the working hours that suit
their needs and utilise all of their skills
and experience.”
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LLANTRISANT
Leekes are online!
Leekes, one of Wales’ leading
independent retailers, has
announced the launch of its new
e-commerce website. www.leekes.co.uk will offer
customers the opportunity to
browse and purchase online.
The site has been developed in
conjunction with one of the UK’s
leading ecommerce software
developers and features the latest
tools in online shopping functionality
as well as ensuring the site is
designed to be as easy to use as
possible. Features on the site include
imaging tools that allow users to
zoom in and view product in detail,
and vivid product descriptions that
deliver an informative online
shopping experience.
Geraint Martin, E-Commerce Business
Manager for Leekes, said, “Leekes has
always been a leading independent
retailer and this new venture,
www.leekes.co.uk, puts us another
step ahead. The site will allow us to
showcase our range of quality
products to a UK-wide audience of
customers. We are confident that our
new-look website will help us to
build on the success that Leekes has
enjoyed in its stores in recent years
and that we can bring the Leekes
promise of quality and value to new
audiences throughout the UK.”
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DINAS POWYS
The Huntsman team
All businesses know that their
staff work better as a team, and at
The Huntsman in Dinas Powys,
they really put this into practice.
Hilary and Peter have recruited
enthusiastic staff from Dinas Powys to
work in the restaurant. They start at
fourteen as dish washers and then
progress into the dining room as
waiters and waitresses. Do they like
working for the owners? You bet
they do. “We get taken on staff trips,
sometimes to a Chinese restaurant
and then onto the cinema. They look
after us really well,” said Felicity.
“In return for hard work, we have
learned vital people skills and
discipline. Hilary and Peter also work
around our school commitments and
they trust us to work our shifts
around each other.” Proud owners,
Peter and Hilary said, “Our customers
get to know our staff really well.
Many of them come back to us time
after time so the waiters know what
they want immediately. We’re
looking forward to Sam, our youngest
recruit, joining us soon.”
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SULLY
Quit with George!
George Savva is a man on a
mission. He is passionate about
helping smokers who really want
to give up and kick the habit.
A habit is a learned behaviour;
and you can train your brain to
learn a different behaviour.
When people feel the need for a
cigarette the chances are they’re
feeling the need for something else,
i.e. to satisfy a possible thirst or
hunger - but the brain interprets this
as a need for a cigarette.
George has been helping people
improve their lives by stopping
smoking for 15 years. “It is one of the
most dramatic life changing decisions
smokers can make, not just for
themselves but for the people they
love, and the people who love them”
George states. When someone suffers
from a smoking related disease, it
does not just affect their life, it affects
many lives.
“Stopping smoking is very simple”
George states, “but don’t confuse
simple with easy. Simple is not
necessarily easy. However, If people
are halfway willing to work with me”,
insists George, “then, they will stop
smoking”
It takes...7seconds Ltd
Unit 318 Vale Enterprise Centre
Hayes Road
Sully
Vale of Glamorgan CF64 5SY
0845 087 3285
email george.savva@tiscali.co.uk |
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PENARTH
Penarth Chamber of
Trade & Commerce
is on the horizon
The former Penarth Chamber of
Trade and Commerce being relaunched.
The new Penarth
Chamber will be an independent
organisation which seeks to
develop trade in Penarth,
represent the interests and
promote competitiveness of all
member businesses.
The chamber is not quite ready to
formally accept members, but are
keen to share progress with Penarth
residents and to give the opportunity
to indicate willingness to become
part of developing a strong and
effective trading forum within the
town.
The Interim Committee are in the
process of finalising a new
Memorandum and Articles of
Association and having the Chamber
properly registered as well as
developing a set of aims and
objectives and establishing a list of
non-trader stakeholders and
interested parties for the new
Chamber.
If you are interested in The Penarth
Chamber and would like to find out
about membership and upcoming
events please send a short message
via the email below along with your
name and contact details. They look
forward to hearing from you.
Peter Knowles
Hamptons
Interim President
Penarth Chamber
of Trade & Commerce
For more information please contact
info@penarthchamber.co.uk
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BUSINESS PROFILE
In2NetWales
In 2000 Paul Jones studied a website
design course at Bridgend College.
After completing the course the
Chairman of the cycling club, of
which he is a member asked him to
design a website to promote the club
and encourage new members. The
result was very successful.
At this point Paul realised that his
skills could be used to promote the
local town of Llantwit Major
(www.llantwitmajorvale.co.uk)
Over the years the site has developed
to include many new sections such as,
accommodation, places to visit, photo
galleries, public houses and lots of
information for residents and tourists
visiting the area.
A year later he established a site for Cowbridge (www.cowbridgetown.co.uk)
and the response from traders has
been very positive.
He has also developed many websites
for small to medium businesses in the
Vale of Glamorgan, hotels in Greece
and villas in America. Paul says,
“All my customers comment on how
happy they are with my service and a
lot of them recommend me to others.”
Paul is able to offer:
Website design and creation
Domain registration
Domain name Transfers
Hosting packages
Email forwarding
E-Commerce solutions
Search engine submission and
website promotion
Website statistics
Virtual tours
Paul can be contacted at
www.in2netwales.com
If you have a business news story you’d like to tell us about, please get in touch by sending the information to
Vale Life
Cardiff House
Cardiff Road
Vale of Glamorgan CF63 2AW,
or emailing jennifer@valelife.co.uk
or by calling 0845 130 6452. |
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