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ocal stockbrokers Redmayne- Bentley got its St David’sDay celebrations off toawinning start as Welsh rugby ace Dan Lydiate joined the Mayor of Newport


Margaret Cornelius to officially open its new offices at 24 Bridge Street, Newport. The Wales international and Newport


Gwent Dragons flanker and the Mayor declared the stockbroker’snew office ready for business almost two years to the day since its first began trading in the city. Daniel O’Connell, managing director Redmayne-Bentley Stockbrokers, Newport, said: “We’re proud to have come so far in two years after being established as the firm’sfirst office in Wales and Newport’sonly stockbrokers and the first for 30 years. Redmayne-Bentley has been providing first class service to clients since 1875 and we are proud to continue that tradition here in Newport.” Mr O’Connell said: “The new offices,


complete with real time trading floor, is linked through to the London Stock Exchange offering clients the very best up to the minute stock broking service right here in Newport.” Gerald Davies, managing director of


Kymin Financial Services, said: “We are steadfast supporters of the city and this new office underlines and exemplifies our confidence in Newport. “Our ambition is to continue to grow,


to be successful, and to help generate opportunities for wealth creation for our clients and to employ more local people and thereby to benefit the city of Newport.” The Newport branch of Redmayne-


Bentley Stockbrokers, which had been located in Kymin Financial Services offices also on Bridge Street for two years, is part of anational firm that has been in business since 1875. The Newport office is the company’s first and only presence in Wales.


Tuesday March 6, 2012 In brief…


From page 1 Site Director at Tillery Valley, Phil Hall said: “We are delighted to have secured this significant contract with ICare to provide meals for individuals in their homes across the UK. “We have agreat deal of


experience in supplying prepared meals for community distribution.” The chairman at ICare, Stephen


Emmanuel, said: “Healthy eating is essential for everyone -but ensuring that there is always ahealthy, nutritious, and satisfying meal to be had at home can be achallenge for some people. “We are very much looking


forward to beginning work on this contract and to building on our work with Tillery Valley over the next five years.”


One of the best Admiral Group has been named the 6th Best Company to Work For in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For list. It is the company’shighest ever


placing and the second year running it has featured in the top 10. Last year south Wales-based Admiral Group, which has an office in Newport, came 9th.


Admiral Group was also awarded


the Wellbeing Award after scoring the best out of the all the companies in the list for that category. The Wellbeing category looks at how employees feel about stress, pressure, the balance between work and home life and the impact of these factors on their personal health and performance.


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Mayor of Newport, Margaret Cornelius, opens the new Redmayne-Bentley office with (l to r) Dan O'Connell, Robin Hall, Chris Taylor and Gerald Davies


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Blaenavon-based accountants, Troubleshooters, has launched anew service called The Accounts Department, which is aimed at helping businesses of all sizes. The venture has already attracted


its first client, RWA Compliance Services Limited, which is one of the UK’smarket leading financial services compliance consultancies, and which has recently moved its operations function to Blaenavon. The Accounts Department service


provides financial administration support to businesses of all sizes from sole traders to multi-director companies. Records can be delivered or


collected monthly and processed giving business owners access to up- to-date financial information. The agreed monthly fee can


incorporate the annual accounts and tax return completion so there are no


large bills at the end of the year. RWA operations director Tom


Wood believes that outsourcing the finance department to alocal business is already bringing benefits to the company. He said: “Over the last 12 months


RWA has shown asignificant amount of growth and having someone available to us who can help manage payroll, cash flow forecasts, VAT returns and production of management accounts has allowed us to concentrate on servicing our client base and we are anticipating our strong growth to continue in 2012 as aresult. “We see many benefits to


operating from atown like Blaenavon and, even though we have a nationwide presence, we are very keen to use local suppliers and support the local economy where possible.


“When we looked at the options


available to us, Ryan and his team at Troubleshooters ticked all the right boxes –most importantly we receive personal service and management information when we need it.” Troubleshooters owner Ryan


Redman said: “SMEs have been struggling for the last couple of years, but we are finding more and more are asking us for help and advice so that they can concentrate on service, sales and marketing. “I don’tthink the forecast is


gloomy for every business and with the right support in place the opportunities are there for any business to grow. “Companies like RWA are


bucking the trend in South Wales and it is refreshing that they are bringing their wealth of experience to the town.”


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