By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants.
 
The taxman at HMRC has confirmed that the tax gap for 2016/17 has fallen to 5.7%.
The ‘tax gap’ is the difference between the tax that should theoretically be paid

Actor, singer and former mayor of Aberystwyth Sue Jones-Davies has been awarded an Honorary Bachelor of Arts Degree from Aberystwyth University.
Sue graduated from Bristol University in 1971 before embarking on a career as an actor and singer. She has worked in television, film,

The broadcaster and seminal figure in Welsh media, Euryn Ogwen Williams, has been honoured as a Fellow of Aberystwyth University in recognition of his contribution to the cultural life of Wales.
Brought up in Leeswood near Mold in Flintshire, Euryn Ogwen Williams graduated from

Schoolchildren are being asked to design a cycling jersey as part of Carmarthenshire’s OVO Energy Tour of Britain celebrations.
Anyone under 16 can enter and the winning design will be created into a jersey and presented to all Welsh riders as they kick

Carmarthenshire County Council is to undertake a £100,000 culvert replacement under the B4297 in Llangennech to address a problem which has caused flooding to properties and to the highway in the past.
The works will start on Monday, July 23, and will involve the

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