By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. This column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, Carmarthen Herald and Llanelli Herald.
 
The taxman at HMRC has issued a warning to taxpayers regarding the latest tax refund scams.
These scams

Plans to build a new £9million Welsh medium primary school in Llanelli have taken a step forward following news that a village green application for the proposed site has been declined.
Carmarthenshire County Council is proposing to build a new Ysgol Dewi Sant School

Targeted promotion of Carmarthenshire as a world-class visitor destination has seen record-breaking tourist numbers over the last year, helping boost the local economy by more than £434 million.
Independent figures, put together for Carmarthenshire County

An exhibition of works by artists from Wales and Ohio has opened in Aberystwyth University’s Old College.
‘Paired Landscapes’ showcases more than 20 pieces of artwork about Wales and the United States, including paintings, prints and sculptures.
The work of four artists is featured:

Aberystwyth University students are amongst the most satisfied in Wales and in the UK as a whole, according to the annual National Student Survey (NSS) published today Friday 27 July 2018.
The latest NSS results show that overall satisfaction amongst students at Aberystwyth University stands

Comedian Phil Evans is from Ammanford. He is known as the man who puts the ‘cwtsh’ into comedy. Website – www.philevans.co.uk
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