Saturday, 3rd December sees the return of Small Business Saturday. Now in its tenth year,, the campaign has grown significantly year on year encouraging millions to shop small. Our small businesses are vital to having thriving high streets and bustling communities. They create jobs and keep our cities, towns and villages vibrant and unique. That is […]

HSBC will close 114 branches in Britain from April 2023, the British lender said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of such announcements by retail banks in the country as they slash their networks to try and cut costs. The Abergavenny and Chepstow branches are on the list of planned closures and will close their […]

This year's Poppy Appeal takes place from Thursday 27th October until Remembrance Sunday on Sunday 13th November. By donating to the Poppy Appeal you’re helping to provide ongoing vital support to the Armed Forces community, ensuring their unique contribution is never forgotten. Your poppy shows you care. It's not just buying the traditional paper poppies that help […]

The Royal Mail are proposing to relocate the Post Office branch from St John's square, Abergavenny to a new location in the Ryman store at 17A Cibi Walk, Frogmore Street, Abergavenny The lease at the current premises is due to expire in April 2023 and an alternative location has had to be sourced. Customers would […]

A BUSY Monmouthshire road will be closed for three weeks whilst resurfacing work takes place. A stretch of the Blaenavon Road which runs between Govilon and Blaenavon Monmouthshire council will carry out work to resurface Blaenavon Road (B4246) in Govilon, from its junction with Merthyr Road, continuing up t he Blorenge Mountain towards Blaenavon and […]

Watch out, on Thursday 11th August for the last supermoon of 2022. Supermoons are full moons that appear much bigger and brighter than normal. August’s full Moon is traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon because the giant sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught during this part of summer. With the […]

Motorists are beginning to finally see the cost of fuel starts to drop. Back in June, the average price of petrol and diesel was around £2 a litre and it seemed that there was no way back for to fill up your tank. Finally, the cost of fuel has made a turnaround and is slowly […]

AN ANNUAL charity day at Chepstow Racecourse raised a record £72,000 for the Noah’s Ark charity. This year’s Royal Ascot Charity Day, held earlier this month after a three-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic, set a new fundraising record for the popular event. Organised by Julie Hayward, the Vice Chair of the Noah’s Ark […]

A FORMER winner of the BBC TV series The Apprentice will share his success story at The Awaken Twelve Year Anniversary Networking Lunch.

Newly opened Usk boutique hotel, The Lodge by Cefn Tilla, is to relaunch it's Cafe and restuaurant thanks to a collaboration with a local catering business. The Lodge, which is owned by nearby Cefn Tilla Court, has teamed up with Portskewett based Pickled Pumpkin Catering to take over it's cafe and bar area and to […]