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Details of Secret Millionaire Kevin Greens new Channel 5 programme have been revealed today.
Its all been very hush-hush and I couldnt even tell my closest friends what it is all about, Green said today.
But Channel 5 took the wraps off the pre-publicity campaign today and I can now reveal the show is going to be called Secret Interview.
Filming was carried out earlier this year we have been busy shooting at different locations in West Wales and beyond.
Green has plenty of TV experience, having been featured on Channel Fours Secret Millionaire and Skys The Devils Dinner Party.
He added: The Secret Interview will be unlike anything I have done previously.
The show will put eight unknowing people through an interview process they will never forget.
The unwitting candidates believe they are filming a documentary about their workplace. In fact they are about to have an interview for the job of a lifetime without even knowing its happening.
Each of them will be tested to their limits by a team of undercover actors intent on causing utter chaos.
Meanwhile, their prospective new boss, a giant of their industry, watches everything.
Conducting the Secret Interviews will be Kevin Green, Michelin starred chef Jason Atherton, the editor of womens magazine Glamour Jo Elvin and hair stylist to the stars Nicky Clarke.
For the candidates, its going to be the working week of their lives and every move they make could take them a step closer to a job with the Secret Interviewers that could transform their world.
In the first episode, two aspiring chefs go in for the ultimate cook off with a new recipe; one fake food critic, a sprinkle of nightmare food orders and a rubbish waitress to garnish.
In episode two, a pair of hopeful estate agents come up against bogus buyers and tenants from hell whilst having to remain calm and collected.
In episode three, a duo of helpless hairdressers try to impress with flying colours and not dull lowlights. But will a late bluffing bride and bogus bridesmaids push them over the edge?
In the fourth episode, a pair of fashionistas have to organise an impromptu promo party with 60 minutes to make it happen and work experience girls who hinder, not help.
Co-produced by Twofour and GroupM Entertainment, Secret Interview will air on Channel 5 later this month.
Ian Dunkley, Channel 5 Commissioning Editor for Factual Entertainment said: No one likes being interviewed but this show takes it to a new level. Our candidates dont even know its happening and that they are being judged by some of the biggest names in their field of work.
Andrew Mackenzie, Twofour Creative Director says: "This is one of the formats we're most excited by. It feels entertaining and timely, rewarding good people with a step up the ladder without them even knowing they're being cunningly tested."
Richard Foster, MD GroupM Entertainment said: From the moment we first saw this as a paper format we were intrigued by what the show could be, and what Twofour have brought to life is an absolutely captivating series.

Weblink
http://www.kevingreen.co.uk/
Twitter - @kevingreenwales

About Kevin Green
Kevin Green is a self-made multi-millionaire and social entrepreneur. He is one of the UKs largest residential property landlords and a multi-business owner.
The 48-year-old dyslexic, who featured on Channel 4s Secret Millionaire, was homeless in 1984. Today his property portfolio runs into the hundreds.
He has a wealth of experience in the property investment world and heads a number of successful companies and other non property related businesses.
He is also involved in coaching under his own brand of Kevin Green Wealth (KGW) and is a Dynamo role model for the Welsh Government, inspiring young people in schools and universities to set up businesses.
Before making his fortune in business, he was a successful dairy farmer.
In 1999 he won a Nuffield Scholarship in agriculture and studied the attitudes and personalities of high achievers. He interviewed Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson.
The wealth guru loves to educate, motivate and inspire others and his passion and enthusiasm is quite infectious. His down to earth approach is often referred to by those who know him as exactly what it says on the tin. These qualities have catapulted him into worldwide demand as a speaker at conferences, dinners and seminars.
He has helped launched the new Entrepreneurship Academy Wales for the business leaders of the future.

Other information:
The series is made up of 4 x 60 minute episodes that will air from late August.
For all the latest about Channel 5, follow twitter.com/channel5press
About GroupM
The primary role of GroupM Entertainment is to produce, finance and distribute entertainment properties for a wide range of international TV and digital markets. The company's primary business interests extend across all media platforms and a variety of genres, including entertainment, factual entertainment, factual and drama.
About Channel 5
Channel 5 was launched as Britain's fifth and final terrestrial broadcaster in March 1997. In July 2010, the network was sold to British media powerhouse Northern & Shell and it currently attracts well over 30 million viewers a week. Channel 5 is the destination for must see entertainment, sport, documentary, kids, drama, film and news output. Pivotal channel programming includes a diverse mix to attract viewers of all age, including the Extraordinary People and Revealed strands, Cowboy Builders, The Hotel Inspector, , The Gadget Show, Home & Away, Neighbours, 5 News as well as the award winning children's strand, Milkshake! In addition it is the terrestrial home of all England Cricket summer Internationals. Joining their highly successful crime drama franchises in 2012 are two big new US acquisitions fantasy drama Once Upon A Time and the hugely anticipated return of a revamped 21st Century Dallas.
About Twofour:
Twofour is an award winning television producer creating factual, features and entertainment programming for leading broadcasters across the UK and international market. http://www.twofourbroadcast.com/
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Calling all members of the Old Maridunians Association, the organisation for old boys of the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School for Boys in Carmarthen!
It has been decided this year to move the annual dinner from a Friday evening to a late Saturday afternoon and also to use a different venue.
This will hopefully "freshen" things up while also making it easier for Old Boys living away to be able to attend. It will allow more time to socialise and reminisce with old friends.
This years annual dinner is to be held at the lvy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen on Saturday 13 October 2012, 4.00pm for 5.00pm; dress: lounge suit or blazer.
The dinner is open to all former pupils and staff.
lf you know of anyone who has not had an invitation, please pass on this news.
This years guest speaker will be Andy Edwards, who attended the "Gram" from 1972 to 1978 (when the school ceased to be).
Andy trained and qualified as a teacher and started his career in London in the 1980s where, incidentally, he turned out for London Welsh.
Andy is now a director of Morfa Bay Adventure Activity Centre in Pendine and is a keen cyclist, often cycling for charity.
The reunions continue to be well supported and the association officers hope you will be able to attend what is always a convivial atmosphere to meet up with school contemporaries.
Please reply by completing the attached slip and forwarding with your cheque for 18.50 (payable to OMA) by Friday 22 September.
Alternatively, BACS payments can be made to sort code 40-16-23, account number 10686522, with confirmation by email to James Ward at: ward_james@sky.com.
Useful numbers:
Tel: 07967 047993 (Ian Stone); 07792 489477 (James Ward)
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New president for Llanelli Rotary Club


By Robert Lloyd, 2012-07-25


Llanelli Rotary Club installed their new president at their annual handover dinner held at the Stradey Park Hotel, Llanelli.
Alan Owen, centre, took over the chair from Graham Williams, second from left.
The new junior vice-president is Hywel Bassett. The senior vice-president is Ken Abban, who was unable to attend the handover evening.
Pictured to the right of Mr Owen are club secretary Anthony Jones and club treasurer Carl Lucas.
Mr Owen has been a Rotarian for 10 years.
Born in Burry Port, he was educated at Llanelli Grammar School and Staffordshire University.
He worked at the Calsonic factory in Llanelli for a number of years as a computer manager.
He later ran a computer consultancy.
Today, Mr Owen is the postmaster at the Llanelli Docks Post Office in New Dock Road.
A Welsh speaker, he is a member of the Cor Baroc choir in Llanelli and a passionate Llanelli Scarlets rugby supporter.
Married to Mary, the couple have two children.
Rotary website -
www.llanellirotary.com
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The latest 'View from Richmond Park' Carmarthen Town AFC column from the Carmarthen Journal newspaper -

Carmarthen Town are delighted once again to be able to offer fans the opportunity to purchase tickets for the forthcoming Wales 2014 World Cup Qualifying Campaign home matches.
Bookings are now being taken for the following two games:
WALES V BELGIUM Friday 7th September 2012
Cardiff City Stadium Kick off 7.45pm
WALES V SCOTLAND Friday 12th October 2012
Cardiff City Stadium Kick off 7.45pm
Tickets for each game are as follows:
Adult - 20
Senior Citizen (age 65 and over) - 5
Junior (age 16 and under) - 5
There is no booking fee when you order from the club and no limit on tickets for yourself and family and friends (subject to availability of course).
Booking form available on our website page www.carmarthentownafc.com/walestickets.html where you can specify what tickets youd like.
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Carmarthen Town AFC is looking to put together a team of ground staff for the coming season.
The work involves the preparation, maintenance and repair of the football pitch for all matches involving the various teams representing Carmarthen Town.
In particular, grass cutting, divot repair/replacement, chain harrowing, pitch marking and grooming work will ensure that the best possible playing surface is available for the teams.
New recruits will work as a coordinated team with Richmond Parks current groundsman.
Anyone who is prepared to be part of the team should contact Jonathan Lewis on 0772646106 or Anthony Parnell on 07989448629.
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Dates for your diary. Pre-season matches (home matches in capitals)
July
28 Sat 2:30pm SWANSEA CITY XI
August
4 Sat 2:30pm Taffs Well
11 Sat 2:30pm Cwmbran Town
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Tote: July 17 draw Winning numbers, 02 and 39. There was no winner of the prize of 300. The draw for a prize of 400 was being made on Tuesday night.
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For the latest news on the Carmarthen Town AFC, check out the clubs website - http://www.carmarthentownafc.com
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The Iechyd Da beer column from the Carmarthen Journal by Simon Buckley, chief executive of the Evan-Evans Brewery in Llandeilo.

It was General MacArthur who said, Beware, retreat often ends in defeat!
Well, I am not a general facing a massive retreat and the consequences of that.
But I am a brewer facing the impact of a long wet summer.
This is the time of year that pubs make money to see them through the winter and the weather is killing off the summer day-time trade
The Royal Welsh and the National Eisteddfod normally mark the beginning of the final run out of summer and the run into autumn.
We hope that these landmark events are going to herald the onset of summer and a few weeks of dry and sunny weather. The positive impact that this will have on both morale and takings will be tangible.
Ever the optimist, heres hoping!
I am not taking the bet and am off to France for a battery charge.
Much is talked about the new concepts of brewing and the marriage of beer to food, and creating new flavours for new food matches.
Anyone would think that this is something new, but beer has always been the drink of the nation, with cider coming a close second.
Our new bottling plant will be up and running by the end of September and we are then going to launch a series of new bottled beers that will provide a whole new range of flavours to match even the most demanding beer drinkers and flavour aficionados.
For all those CAMRA members, there will be a new range of specialist bottled-conditioned beers.
We will be the only brewer bottler in Wales that can produce bottle-conditioned beers professionally.
So what are bottled-conditioned beers?
My dear mother always used to drink bottle Guinness back in the 60s and in the bottom of that bottle would be a sediment.
The sediments were for the most part natural yeast, which worked its wonders in the bottle, fermenting the sugar in the beer. It was that sediment that gave the beer its natural carbonation.
Many people try to produce great bottle-conditioned beers, but the simple fact is that its not an easy process.
The process involves removing yeast from the beer by cold filtration and then dosing the clear beer with a set amount of clean yeast.
Too much and the beer explodes, too little and the beer is flat.
Get it right, and you will get a beer that is fresh and will deliver a wonderful range of flavours.
Most of the bottle-conditioned beers in Wales are simply bottle-conditioned because the brewer fills them straight from the fermenting vessel. That is not the way to do it!
So, you can expect, new organic ales, bottle-conditioned dark beers and a flavour to match a host of new recipes being devised for the Autumn and Christmas by our team of Evan-Evan chefs.
Also, look out for a new desert beer, to match the nutty dessert wines, softer carbonation and intense flavours from the malts.
So, if summer does not happen, we will have something to look forward to in the autumn.
But as I finish this article, the sun is beaming into my office in the brewery, and perhaps, we may just be seeing the start of our long awaited summer?
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Looking after business, the business page column from the Carmarthen Journal
By Ann Thomas, senior consultant with Clay Shaw Butler, chartered accountants and business consultants of Carmarthen

They say that charity begins at home and Ive got the aches and pains to prove it!
Currently, I am in training for a marathon Paris to Swansea bike ride to raise cash for the Maggies cancer centre in Swansea.
Getting ready for a 400-mile marathon means you have to spend hours in the saddle getting fit.
Take the aches and pains out of the equation and you can actually get some thinking done on those practice rides. For example, I was thinking about how to make tax-effective gifts.
You can get tax relief on gifts to UK charities if you give:
  • under Gift Aid
  • through a Payroll Giving scheme, run by your employer, or
  • by making a gift of certain shares or land.
In subsequent columns, Ill look at other issues, but, for now, lets concentrate on Gift Aid.
If you pay tax, Gift Aid is a scheme by which you can give a sum of money to charity and the charity can normally reclaim basic rate tax on your gift from the taxman, HMRC.
That increases the value of the gift you make to the charity. So for example, if you gave 10 using Gift Aid in 2011/12 that gift was worth 12.50 to the charity.
You can give any amount, large or small, regular or one-off.
If you do not pay tax, you should not use Gift Aid.
How does a gift qualify for Gift Aid? There are three main conditions. You must:
  • make a declaration to the charity that you want your gift to be treated as a Gift Aid donation
  • pay at least as much tax as the charities will reclaim on your gifts in the tax year in which you make them (tax credits on dividend income will count towards the tax paid)
  • not receive excessive benefits in return for your gift.
You should keep a record of payments made under Gift Aid for each tax year. The time limit for claiming tax relief on Gift Aid donations is four years. This time limit applies to the charity and the individual making the gift.
If you would like to help a charity financially, it makes sense to do this in a tax efficient way. We can provide assistance in determining this for you. Please contact us for more detailed advice.
The team at Clay Shaw Butler can be contacted on 01267 228500 or through the website at www.clayshawbutler.com
If you want to sponsor Ann on her bike ride, see the JustGiving website http://www.justgiving.com/Ann-Thomas27
Or if you want to sponsor Ann directly, call her at Clay Shaw Butler on 01267 228 500 Email - AnnThomas@clayshawbutler.com
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Take a look at this a new home the Lewis Partnership architects have just completed inFronwen, Graig, Burry Port.
As a leading firm of architects, they pay as much attention to smaller projects as they do to large school and university builds.
They undertake a wide range of extensions and alterations to houses and bungalows, no matter how big or small, including sun lounge extensions, family rooms, garage conversions to habitable rooms and many more.
For example, heres a list of some of their recent projects -
Pencoed Road, Burry Port Sun Lounge extension to existing dwelling house and detached detached sauna.
19 Gwelfor, Penygraig, Llanelli New bedroom, bathroom and conservatory
Oak Tree Lodge, Saundersfoot Sun Lounge extension and double garage.
30 Glynhir Road, Llandybie Two storey extension to dwelling house.
19 Lon Brydwen, Gorseinon Detached Sun-Room extension to dwelling.
Garreg Lwyd Alterations and extension to dwelling.
Rhodfar Capel Conversion of garage to habitable room.
Plas Kenrhos, Burry Port Extension and alterations to Grade II listed house.
Chapel House, Bishopston Extension and alterations to dwelling house.
Sandpiper Road Conversion of garage to habitable room.
Clos Yr Hesg, Swansea Vale Sun Room / Family Room extension to dwelling house.
Fronwen, Graig, Burry Port
See the small works page on their website -
http://www.lewispartnership.co.uk/small-works/
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Burry Port Town Band has an exciting opportunity to display the collection of prize winning silverware at the Saith Gallery, Burry Port from Friday 27th July.
The collection stems from their recent successes in West Wales, South East Wales, Welsh Regional and British Open competitions and includes many of the individual performance awards the band's soloists have also won in those competitions.
Roz Moreton the owner of the gallery believes that it is important to support the band any way it can.
She said: "The Saith Gallery is proud to present this year's accomplishments of the Burry Port Town Band. It is a perfect fit to have all the Burry Port Town Band trophies on display amongst all the visual arts that have been created locally by artist and craft makers. It just shows what outstanding talented people we have in our wonderful town."
The band's chairman, Graham Howe, added: "It is great to have such brilliant support from the local businesses which means we can have these awards on display for all of the public to view prior to our forthcoming 40th Anniversary Concert in the Memorial Hall, Burry Port on Saturday 4th August."
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