ONE of Wales' fastest growing companies is moving to a new purpose-built headquarters at Nantgarw, north of Cardiff. FD Systems has doubled its sales of financial and management systems software each year since its launch in 1997. To handle further growth
YOUNG father Nathan Brinkworth is scarred for life after a sickening attack during which a bottle was smashed over his head then pushed into his face. Shop fitter Mr Brinkworth, (pictured) 22, of Northville, Cwmbran, has been too traumatised to return
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TRAIN passengers at Newport have seen a change of operator as Wales & Borders Trains take over the station from First Great Western. The change of operator is part of plans to improve the rail network by creating an all-Wales franchise. The process
EVERY HOUR of every day, 365 days a year, a team of self-managed operators keep a unique South Wales rubber-plastic plant stocked with raw material. And what's so remarkable about these shift workers at the Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES) plant in Newport
ONE of Gwent rugby's longest-serving and hardest-working rugby officials, Newport Saracens' Harold Dormer, has died. He was 84. Mr Dormer, of Northfield Close, Caerleon, joined Saracens as a prop in 1938 and went on to serve the club for 64 years. He
ALMOST half of Wales' small businesses could be risking a fine of up to £1,000 when they tune in to watch the Chancellor's Budget speech on April 17. TV Licensing is warning Welsh businesses to check they are correctly licensed before its new task force
WELSH house prices continued their upward trend in the first quarter of the year with figures released by Principality Building Society showing an annual increase of 11.1% compared with 6% a year ago. This is the fastest rate of growth for Welsh house
FRENCH police say a teenager has confessed to the murder of a former Ebbw Vale miner. Arron Powell, (pictured) 56, who lived in Grangetown, Cardiff, but came from the Ebbw Vale area, died last Wednesday from a stab wound to his heart in the town of Orleans
RESIDENTS of a Newport street fear their homes could be a victim of plans to transform the city centre. Colne Street is in the middle of a proposed development area on the east bank of the River Usk - and residents are worried their small community will
DANIELA Woodbridge is hoping her business will be the purr-fect solution for people who want to leave their feline friends in the best of company when they go away. Mrs Woodbridge and her husband Chris have been busy getting the first phase of their cattery
DIFFICULTIES in juggling a career with providing a clean, safe home could be a thing of the past, thanks to a recruitment agency set up by two friends. Debbie Griffiths and Rachel Davies (pictured) set up the Griffiths Davies Recruitment to specialise
A COMPANY specialising in light switching technology is set to embark on a product development and marketing campaign thanks to £500,000 of equity investment. In addition Exodus Elect-ronic, which yesterday moved from its Wonastow Road home in Monmouth
DAVID MORGAN has been replaced by two Robo-Farmers - and he doesn't mind a bit. Because Mr Morgan, of Trostre Court Farm near Usk, can now get a morning lie-in while the £200,000 robots milk his cows. An instead of his 200-strong Holstein pedigree herd
NEWPORT have targeted winning the Welsh/Scottish League title for the first time as the reward for consistency over the season. Third-placed Neath stand in the way of Newport returning to the head of the table at Rodney Parade tonight (7.30pm) after Llanelli
A BLACKWOOD man who set up a charity to help Romanian children suffering from HIV/Aids says he still urgently needs support from the people of Gwent. Paul Davies (pictured) gave up his job and sold his home five years ago, to move to the country and form
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CONVICTED rapist Trevor Masters was due to hear today whether he will be released from prison in France. Masters, originally from Blaenavon, has been in prison in Pau since a ten-month manhunt ended when he was discovered in a cyber-caf in south-west
NEWPORT'S hopes of making further progress in the Premier Trophy where dashed as they went down by ten points in their final group fixture at the Clay Country Moto Parc last night. Opponents Trelawny have taken over at the top of the Western Group and
AMERICAN challenger Charles Brewer (pictured) fears a home-town decision could wreck his mission to dethrone Newbridge southpaw Joe Calzaghe of his world crown. The 31-year-old from Philadelphia blazed his way into Cardiff yesterday still brooding over
A STUDY is to be carried out in Caerwent to see if the volume and speed of traffic through the village can be reduced. As the Argus previously revealed, a bid for £10,000 to carry out the study was included in this year's budget - but led to criticism
NEWPORT are set to lose A internationals Peter Buxton and Matthew Watkins. Both are out of contract and Buxton is heading into England while Watkins could be on his way west. Gloucester, lying second to Leicester in the Zurich Premiership, will announce
A COMPANY founded on the back of the closure of a local factory belonging to a major clothing manufacturer is celebrating its first year in business. James Meller (pictured) formed AJM Sewing after being made redundant along with the whole workforce at
CALDICOT bid to prevent unbeaten Welsh League Division Three leaders Dinas Powys completing a swift double tonight, writes Ray Parker. Caldicot lost 2-1 at home and assistant player-manager Chris Lilygreen said: "We should have beaten them but gave away
A NEWPORT-based pioneer in the development of powerline communications technology has returned from the world's largest technology fair with a healthy order book and a new group of distribution partners in Western and Eastern Europe. LANergy said its
DON'T be too scared if you here somebody wolf-whistling and screeching 'I'm a pretty boy' if you walk around Rogerstone at night... lost parrot Kito will probably be responsible. And his worried owners Linda Murphy and Marc Budden (pictured) are hoping
THERE is life after steel, and its official! Newport & Gwent Enterprise with the aid of the Welsh Development Agency have run a series of courses aimed at helping former Corus steel workers start their own business. And the courses, which have run
CELTIC Manor's Lauren Diggle (pictured) gave a firm indication that she is going to enjoy a highly successful season in finishing joint second in the Tenby Ladies' Open Scratch Tournament for the Texaco Trophy. In fact, 19-year-old Diggle led the field
THE Wales Innovation Network - a scheme design-ed to turn bright ideas into new businesses - is already proving a success although it was only officially recently launched. Pilot schemes running in South East, South West, North and Mid Wales have already
MARK WILLIAMS (pictured) has renewed his anger at the way World Snooker are handling the professional game after claims the governing body are ready to get rid of all their overseas ranking tournaments next season. Wales' world number one (pictured) reckons
THE cast and crew of one of TV's best-loved hospital dramas are filming scenes on location in an old Usk courtroom. Producers of Casualty, which is watched by millions on Saturday nights, are filming scenes in Sessions House - but the plotlines are under
A DISGRACED magistrates' clerk faces the sack after being convicted of using threatening behaviour towards a train driver because he missed his stop. Stephen Keith Hancock, (pictured) 33, of Alexandra Street, Ebbw Vale, and Detective Constable Steven
NEWPORT have targeted winning the Welsh/Scottish League title for the first time as the reward for consistency over the season. Third-placed Neath stand in the way of Newport returning to the head of the table at Rodney Parade tonight (7.30pm) after Llanelli
STEVE Hansen was making the right noises and doing most of the right things when it came to getting the Wales coaching job full-time -- but now he's got it I say beware Hansen and the doomsday scenario of regional rugby. Predecessor Graham Henry departed
