By Mark Jones, director of Carmarthen-based Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants. This Money Matters column appears in the Pembrokeshire Herald, Carmarthenshire Herald and Llanelli Herald.
 
The taxman at HMRC is working with more than 150 software suppliers who have said they

Aberystwyth University and the University of Bath have worked in partnership to produce a free online course to help pupils studying the Welsh Baccalaureate.
Launched at Aberystwyth University on Friday 7 September 2018, the Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) will be available in Welsh

There’s a new outdoor seating area at the Jenkins Bakery Cross Hands branch.
The new area was unveiled this summer at the popular coffee shop and bakery.
Area manager Fiona Snook said the new seats would be a welcome addition to the branch.

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Byron Jenkins, who has died at the age of 82, was very much a man for all seasons, a hard-working and much respected and admired figure in Llanelli.
He was best known for being the owner of the Best Western Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli, the venue

The Melin Sospan Sizzler Middle Distance Triathlon takes place this Sunday (August 26).
The event was postponed earlier this summer when the heatwave was rudely interrupted by a very unwelcome storm.
Race organiser Noelwyn Daniel said: “It was unfortunate that bad

They say ‘West is Best’ and Côr Meibion Pontarddulais Male Voice Choir have certainly proved that with a record-breaking win at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales at Cardiff.
The ‘Bont’ choir took the Blue Riband prize for large male voice choirs for the 17thtime.
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