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    A popular country music night in Cardiff brings fans together to make new friends

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    Local Welsh art projected on station as part of a huge Light of Winter trail

    Author and storyteller launches typewriter-for-hire service in Cardiff market

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    How Welsh musicians are using social media to keep the spirit of bilingual music alive

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    Training project that aims to make screen sector more accessible gets funding boost

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    Local yoga instructor sees a rise in men embracing yoga classes to improve wellbeing

    ‘Men and women are not built the same’: Fighting for female-friendly fitness gear

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    Netball participation among adults is growing as women seek a sense of community

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    Fibroid advocate takes the stage at Everywoman Festival to raise awareness of this common condition

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    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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    ‘Men and women are not built the same’: Fighting for female-friendly fitness gear

    AI Generated image of an empty theatre

    The last act? Wales’ arts sector faces an uncertain future in challenging times

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    Fashion crisis unwrapped: The ‘rental revolution’ for Welsh consumers’ wardrobes

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Business

Roath’s new favourite plant shop Eartha thrives despite Covid restrictions

Eartha is turning over high profits under Covid restrictions, regularly being at full capacity and gaining thousands of new Instagram followers.
Business

The new independent record label that is giving power back to musicians

Rose Parade Recording Co. is a community interest company that aims to put power back into the hands of musicians by giving them a voice
Business

Pop-up shop showcasing independent businesses opens in Morgan Arcade

The Makers Arcade has opened in the city centre and offers unique and handmade products from local designers
Business

‘We never intended for it to be a massive success’: Card shop owner starts lockdown deliveries

Pete Hall has been cycling, crafting and tweeting his way through lockdown and his optimism for the future of indie business remains unwavering
The front cover of the first issue of Bizzy
Culture

Brand new zine called Bizzy connects independent businesses with likeminded consumers

A group of volunteers have launched a new zine called Bizzy which advertises local businesses around Cardiff with short features...
Buy local or Bye bye local
Business

The Welsh Food Innovators: How local independent businesses are thriving through lockdown

Three Welsh independents have used their creativity and relationships with local and seasonal producers to survive a year in lockdown
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Business

Welsh independent business, Max Rocks, will host a pop-up shop in John Lewis

Cardiff's John Lewis pop-up initiative with The Great British Exchange will feature Welsh independent business, Max Rocks later this November
Corp Market, located in Canton, with a bow wrapped around it for the festive season
Business

Corp Market is encouraging locals to shop sustainably and provides a safe space this Christmas

A month after its grand opening, Canton's beloved market has become home to several sustainable independent businesses
Long Reads

Criminal damage: How crime is affecting our city’s independent business owners

Following break-ins, vandalism, and knife-crime in the capital, many independent business owners are worried about their vulnerability to crime
Magazine

Alt.Cardiff magazine: The indie business crime issue

This issue focuses on local independent businesses and how the issue of crime is affecting local independent business owners in Cardiff
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