Tuesday, April 1, 2014


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New lifeline for patients as pharmacy relocates


By Jo Barnes 01633 777240 jba@gwent-wales.co.uk Twitter @SWABusiness


ANEWpharmacy in St Julians will be a life-line for people living in the Newport ward. Mayberry Pharmacy has


moved to the new branch on Durham Road to provide the thousands of patients that use the St Julians Medical Centre with a more convenient place to take their prescriptions. The Medical Centre helps hun- dreds of people every week. Up until now, however, patients had to walk to Caerleon Road to find their nearest pharmacy. Mayberry Pharmacy’s new chemist is directly opposite the St Julian’s Medical Centre meaning that patients, in par- ticular thosewho are elderly or have young children, will only have to walk across the road to get their medicines. And to help ensure they don’t


have to wait too long, the chem- ist boasts a multi-pharmacy team, as well as consultation rooms for free health checks, weight loss advice, hearing tests, chiropody and physiotherapy. PaulMayberry, managing director of Mayberry Pharmacy, said: “Last year we launched a consultation exercise with patientswho used our previous pharmacy on Caerleon Road to understand their needs more. “More than 95 per cent of our patients that used the St Julian’s


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Firm takes its training sessions to Europe


A NEWPORT-BASED compa- ny has been selected by digi- tal giants Nagra Kudelski to roll out training programmes for its international staff. Outsourced services spe-


cialists Smart Solutions, based at Langstone Business Park, has worked with Nagra Kudelski since 2012 delivering training to its facilities in Cwmbran. Now the company is taking


its training to Geneva to deliver to staff from Nagra’s global network. Training on presentation skills and report writing has been given to Nagra’s senior staff, with future sessions to focus on training for trans-interna- tional organisations. Jon Hayward, managing


director of the training divi- sion of Smart Solutions, said: “We are pleased to expand the work we are doing with Nagra Kudelski”. Nagra Kudelski is a world-


Wales and Dragons rugby star Andrew Coombs help hand out prescriptions at Mayberry Pharmacy’s new branch


Medical Centre said they would find it easier to get their medi- cines if there was a pharmacy closer to the Centre. “These iswhy we have taken


the step to relocate”. Wales and NewportGwent Dragons rugby star Andrew


Coombs was on hand to help cel- ebrate the launch of the new pharmacy. He said: “A lot of our support-


ers are from St Julians and it’s great to knowMayberry Pharmacy’s chemist is going to make life easier for people”.


Experts share information at a business club’s lunch


HOWsafe is your data? was the top of the City of Newport Business Club’s first business lunch of the year. Az Ashraf, founder of Newport


firmA2Z Computing, gave a detailed insight into 31 different kinds of viruses currently trav- elling around the world wide web. If you wanted to knowthe difference between a wabbit and a botnet, then this was definitely for you and certainly made you think twice about opening any unexpected emailwhich arrives in your inbox. Claire Brown, from Spectrum Internet, posed five key ques- tions about data – What do you do with your data? Howdo you store your date? Howdo you access your data? When do you check it?Why do you need to secure it? She told guests to imagine themselves as hackers, and quickly identified that the room


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Az Ashraf, of A2Z Comput- ing, Claire Brown, of Spectrum Internet, with City of Newport Business Club chairman Janine Dance, centre


was full of possible targets. Claire interspersed her talk


with facts to reinforce her points and presented basic guidelines to help reduce the risk of becom- ing a hacking victim. Both speakers provided food


for thought, especially to those responsible for ensuring the security of commercially sensi- tive data in a business setting. The next Newport Business


Club event is ‘It’s Murder in Business’ – a murder mystery whodunit eveningwhich takes place at 5.30pm on Thursday May 15, 2014, at the Holiday Inn, Newport. The event costs £35. To book and to find out details, see newportbusinessclub.co.uk


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