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Robert Lloyd PR, Media and Marketing Consultancy

Robert Lloyd runs his own PR and media consultancy. Journalist/broadcaster 07777 683637 rlloydpr@btinternet.com

About Robert Lloyd

Media consultant (Wales & world!) able to tackle any job - with a smile! Journalist/broadcaster 07777 683637 rlloydpr@btinternet.com http://www.rlloydpr.co.uk

Latest News

Latest news and random blog items from Robert Lloyd

News

Campaigner Steve standing in town and county by-elections

Posted By RobertLloyd58

ONE of the leading campaigners in the Stradey Park Hotel campaign will be standing for election in next week’s hotly-contested polls for the Llanelli’s Elli Ward.
Steve Williams will be standing in both elections – for a place on Llanelli Town Council and a

News, Newspaper columns

South Wales Evening Post column, February 23, 2024

Posted By RobertLloyd58

PERHAPS it is a sign of old age? Or perhaps it is it is the unlocking of a new and cherished piece of wisdom?
Maybe, it’s the controversial new 20mph speed limits in Wales, or it could be a rebellion against the mobile phone age?

Scarlets

News

Tom Rogers signs new Scarlets deal

Posted By RobertLloyd58

Tom Rogers, one of the Scarlets’ young home-grown Wales internationals, has committed his future to the club by signing a new deal.
A product of Cefneithin RFC in the Gwendraeth Valley, the 25-year-old came through the age-grade ranks of the Scarlets and was part of

Blog posts, News

The latest Phil Evans column – February 21

Posted By RobertLloyd58

THE TROUBLE WITH POLITICAL JOKES IS…THEY SOMETIMES GET ELECTED!
People often ask me (as someone who’s acquainted with comedy) what, as Doddy put it, ‘exercises my chuckle muscles’.
Many comedians do. Billy Connolly for one. While other very successful laughter-makers you might think are hilarious,

News, Newspaper columns

Latest On Song column – February 21

Posted By RobertLloyd58

THE countdown is well and truly on for St David’s Day on March 1 and a long weekend of annual celebration concerts.
This time around, we are going to face plenty of choices as there are three west Wales concerts on the schedule at Carmarthenshire

News, Press releases

Tributes paid to Jenkins Bakery company secretary and director

Posted By RobertLloyd58

TRIBUTES have been paid this week to Jenkins Bakery director and company secretary David Jenkins, who died suddenly at the age of 66.
David was a key pillar in the widely-admired family firm – a business established by his grandparents, David and Elizabeth, in

News, Newspaper columns

South Wales Evening Post column, February 16, 2024

Posted By RobertLloyd58

MY grandfather must have had the gift of looking into the future when he left me a treasured World War Two metal helmet.
He knew the steel ‘Mark II No 2’ Home Guard headwear would come in handy for a journalist willing to suggest radical

Blog posts, News

The latest Phil Evans column – February 14

Posted By RobertLloyd58

THE BANK TILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC!
I was queuing in my bank, waiting to deposit my winnings from the one-armed bandit in my local pub.
For those of you who don’t know, he’s a Brazilian named Pedro Gonzales and (as he’s

News, Newspaper columns

Latest On Song column – February 14

Posted By RobertLloyd58

INTERESTED in pop, rock and opera? Then, the popular musical duo called Zirenz have something which is just up your street.
Zirenz are Bex Hazard and Cat Llewelyn, two singers and musicians based in the heart of the Gwendraeth Valley.
They are already making an

Blog posts, News

Nominations for the Elli Ward constituency in Llanelli

Posted By RobertLloyd58

There will be hotly-contested elections for the seats vacated by retiring councillor John Jenkins in the Elli Ward in Llanelli.
The elections will be for a single seat in the Town Council ward and a single seat in the ward for Carmarthenshire County Council.
The

News, Newspaper columns

South Wales Evening Post column, February 9, 2024

Posted By RobertLloyd58

THE King himself would have been shocked at the number of words and newsprint used to pay tribute to a wonderful life.
The reality is that every word, every photo and video clip is deserved praise for one of our greatest fly-halves.
As a

Blog posts, News

The latest Phil Evans column – February 07

Posted By RobertLloyd58

UNCLE CLEDWYN – THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FAILURE I KNOW.
“The Book Of Heroic Failures” by Stephen Pile was published in 1979 and became a No1 Best Seller.
I only read the first few pages because the bloke thumbing through a copy in WH Smith’s got

News, Newspaper columns

Latest On Song column – February 07

Posted By RobertLloyd58

IT’S hats off to the Llanelli-based Curtain Up Theatre Company this week as they have celebrated their latest fund-raising achievement.
Members of Curtain Up gathered to hand over a cheque for £2,000 to Ms Christine Darkin, coordinator of the Breakthro charity, based in Llanelli.
Breakthro

News, Newspaper columns

South Wales Evening Post column, February 2, 2024

Posted By RobertLloyd58

IT’S a sad confession, but my schoolteachers will remember that I was never any good at maths.
Arithmetic was always agony, geometry was grim, algebra always left me anxious – and trigonometry was simply terrible!
The sum total of my mathematical misery is something

Blog posts, News

The latest Phil Evans column – January 31

Posted By RobertLloyd58

FED UP WITH THE WEATHER? BLAME NAMING STORMS!
The year 2024 barely started when we were battered by storm after storm – and according to those highly paid and sometimes highly irritating weather forecasters, in-between the storms, we’ve had heavy rain and wind.
Err .

News, Newspaper columns

Latest On Song column – January 31

Posted By RobertLloyd58

EVERYONE loves a bit of Madness, so there’s a treat coming up during February half-term in Carmarthen.
Carmarthen Youth Opera will be staging Our House – The Madness Musical at The Lyric theatre from February 14-17.
The musical is also called A London Love Story

News, Newspaper columns

South Wales Evening Post column, January 26, 2024

Posted By RobertLloyd58

JUST checking, but did I ever tell you the story of the B Hag?
No? Well, make yourself comfortable and grab a cup of tea because here goes . . .
What’s a B Hag? Well, don’t go down the road of imagining a

Blog posts, News

The latest Phil Evans column – January 24

Posted By RobertLloyd58

TV COPS ARE ON THE PHONE MORE THAN ON THE BEAT
I intended telling you about the Olympic trampolinist who, immediately after his long-term girlfriend left him, married on the rebound.
But I’ve parked it in the layby of undeveloped articles, because I’ve created a

News, Newspaper columns

Latest On Song column – January 24

Posted By RobertLloyd58

TWO Carmarthenshire Theatres/Theatrau Sir Gar venues will be playing host to the popular Bronwen Lewis, who is bringing her ‘More from The Living Room’ tour to The Lyric in Carmarthen and Ffwrnes in Llanelli.
Following her hugely successful 2022 tour, Bronwen will be back, recreating

News, Newspaper columns

South Wales Evening Post column, January 19, 2024

Posted By RobertLloyd58

LET me be totally frank: I’m appalled, irritated, exasperated, wounded, infuriated, slightly tearful and a more than a little angry.
In short, I’m upset.
The lightning bolt news that Louis Rees-Zammit is quitting Rugby Union to try his hand at playing American Football came

Blog posts, News

The latest Phil Evans column – January 17

Posted By RobertLloyd58

LESS NEWS WOULD BE GOOD NEWS
Breaking news!
I’m joking!
I just wanted to grab your attention . . .  like rolling TV news presenters do when the male and female duo (was that format hammered out through an act of Parliament?) become as bored

News, Newspaper columns

Latest On Song column – January 17

Posted By RobertLloyd58

THERE’S been a warm welcome in Llanelli for the return of a singing group tailored specifically for people with dementia, their friends and families.
The Welsh National Opera’s Cradle Choir initiative was launched at Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli, last year.
It has now returned to action

News, Newspaper columns

South Wales Evening Post column, January 12, 2024

Posted By Robert Lloyd

“THE trouble with kids* today, eh?”
How often do we hear people tut-tutting and complaining about the younger generation?
Quite often, I guess, when you see random ‘feral’ gangs hanging around street corners.
But it is worth reminding ourselves that the vapers and alcopop-swiggers

News, Newspaper columns

Latest On Song column – January 10

Posted By Robert Lloyd

A NEW Llanelli-based company called Scarlet Musical Theatre Productions will be making a much-anticipated debut next month.
The classic coming-of-age rock musical Spring Awakening will be the first full-scale production for Scarlet Musical Theatre.
The show is being staged at Stiwdio Stepni at Ffwrnes

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