Paul Davies has joined the Celtic Couriers team as Business Development Manager.
Paul is pictured being welcomed to the Burry Port HQ by General Manager Gareth Jenkins, left.
Paul, 45, is a Llanelli boy through and through, born and bred in Llwynhendy and with footballing links to Trallwm and Pwll clubs.
Educated at Brynwgyn Comprehensive in Llanelli, Paul has worked with Best Ways Direct, Tesco, Butlins and Calsonic Llanelli Radiators.
Paul lives in Carmarthen.
Paul said: "I'd like to think that I have extensive experience of identifying the needs of corporate customers and of running and delivering sales and marketing campaigns for key clients.
"I aim to quickly understand the mission, vision and values of the company and I am now looking at bringing on board some key accounts for Celtic Couriers.
"The company has all the facilities and staff members to excel at the highest of levels in this sector of business.
"I look forward to welcoming old acquaintances and new businesses to Celtic Couriers and introducing them to the excellent service that we, as a team, provide.
"I have been impressed with all the staff here and feel honoured to join the team for what will be a very exciting year ahead for Celtic Couriers."
Celtic Couriers General Manager Gareth Jenkins said he was delighted to welcome Paul on board as the newest team member at Celtic Couriers.
You can email Paul at - paul@celticcouriers.co.uk

QualitySolicitors Redkite, the leading West Wales law firm, has today (Thursday, June 6) announced significant changes to its business.
The move reflects the current trend in the UK legal market, which has seen leading national and international firms restructure their operations.
We are fortunate here at QualitySolicitors Redkite in having a clear vision of how to build a successful modern law firm, with the emphasis on effectively and efficiently serving our clients in West Wales, said QS Redkite chief executive Andrew Manning (pictured above).
Along with other business sectors in the UK economy, we appreciate it is prudent to react to changes in the marketplace. It is a harsh reality that the legal sector now has excess capacity as the economy - and demand for legal services - has shrunk.
The changes begin with the start of a consultation process with staff about potential job losses.
The consultation involves 24 staff positions (12 in Carmarthenshire and 12 in Pembrokeshire) out of the total QualitySolicitors Redkite headcount of 120.
Mr Manning said: We plan to move to a structure more in line with larger leading law firms. There will be consultations with all staff, including lawyers, paralegals and support staff.
The changes reflect wider moves in the UK legal market, where leading national and international firms such as Eversheds, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Clyde & Co, Trowers & Hamlin, Bevan Brittan, Osborne Clarke and Wragge & Co have announced recent restructurings in the legal press.
QualitySolicitors Redkite Equity Partners David Sangster and Mike Evans commented -
"The Partners at Redkite have seen how the legal market is changing, with an ever-increasing supply of solicitors and other legal advisors joining the UK market.
We have seen big changes in demand following the credit boom of 2000-2007, public sector austerity cuts and legal reforms in areas such as Personal Injury.
As the largest law firm in West Wales, we are determined to be at the forefront of responding to such market changes and to build a 21st century law firm to meet our clients needs for a quality service at reasonable prices, delivered from a sustainable business platform.
We expect, over time, that our competitors will follow.
The Redkite restructure also includes Equity Partner Luke Smith focusing on his role as head of the Commercial Department and relocating to the Carmarthen office.
As recently announced, Mr Smith is handing over the reins as Managing Partner to newly installed chief executive Andrew Manning.
Mr Manning added -
I joined Redkite because I was impressed by how well the Partners understood the pressures facing the legal market, and also the opportunities to succeed in such a market.
For example, Equity Partner Tim Haggar has been very successful over the past couple of years in growing the firms opportunities to succeed.
Tim has been appointed to the professional panel of the Court of Protection Deputies and is also a full member of the highly respected Society of Estate & Trust Practitioners. He is now handling national as well as local cases.
The team at Redkite have a clear vision of building a successful modern law firm with motivated employees effectively and efficiently serving their clients in West Wales. They also have a national role in shaping the legal market as part of the QualitySolicitors brand.
Meanwhile, Equity Partners James Subbiani and David Williams are part of various groups, including the Law Society, lobbying Justice Secretary Chris Grayling against proposed changes to the way that criminal defendants are allocated legal representation.
A key part of my role is to assist the firm to achieve their vision of building a 21st century law firm. This includes bringing the business in line with practices adopted by well-managed leading, national and international firms.
Unfortunately (as has happened in other industries and other leading law firms), achieving this is expected to lead to some job losses in the short term. We will be entering into a consultation process with all staff today, and will ensure that support and assistance is provided to all concerned through a difficult transition process.

Redkite team was last year delighted to be chosen as the only law firm in Camarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to join QualitySolicitors. Redkite was established in 2011 through the merger of two long-established law firms in South West Wales Lowless & Lowless and Morris Roberts. The team at QualitySolicitors Redkite can be contacted on 01267 239000 and 01437 763332 or through the website at www.qualitysolicitors.com/redkite The firm currently has 15 partners and a total headcount of 120, with seven offices spread across Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire.

A revolutionary new, made-in-Wales, cooking appliance will be making its debut at Parc y Scarlets rugby stadium in Llanelli.
The wraps are due to come off the LoCooker a new concept in cooking.
Three members of the Clyne Energy Ltd team behind the project are huge Scarlets rugby fans.
West is best, is what we all like to say at Parc y Scarlets, said Clyne Energy chairman Professor Ken Board.
We think weve got a product that lines up there as a world-beating idea, so what better place to showcase our new invention than Parc y Scarlets?
The LoCooker is something we are very proud to call a made-in-Wales idea. It was invented here in Wales and it is being built here in Llanelli.
Llanelli has been synonymous with great achievements in rugby. Now we want Llanelli to build a similar reputation for invention and manufacturing excellence.
The LoCooker brings a new approach to cooking a wide range of food. It operates by a unique combination of water spray, water vapour and convection, delivering heat energy into food in a highly efficient way.
It runs using a 13amp plug. It requires no plumbing, and no extraction. It is portable. The food prepared by the LoCooker has improved vitamin retention and provides extra freedom for chefs at all levels.
The LoCooker launch will be happening at the Phil Bennett Lounge at Parc y Scarlets rugby stadium from 2pm on Thursday, May 23.
The launch will feature cooking demonstrations by celebrity chef Colin Pressdee.
Professor Board added: The launch is an invite-only chance to see a remarkable new concept in cooking. It will be of great interest to chefs, hospitals, restaurants, hotels, schools and other educational establishments, caterers of all sizes and other sections of the food industry.
If you are interested in attending the LoCooker launch, then please email Aboard@clyne-energy.com

Picture: Three members of the Clyne Energy Ltd team: Ken Board, Peter Lane and Alun Board.

Website
www.LoCooker.com

The popular Jenkins Bakery has scooped two prizes in national competitions.
The Llanelli-based bakery was successful in the The National Association of Master Bakers' bakery competitions at the Bakers' and Butchers' Spring Fair at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern.
"It's a double delight for us as a business," said operations director Russell Jenkins.
"What is particularly pleasing is that the wins went to two of our youngest members of staff.
"We believe in nurturing young talent here at the Jenkins Bakery and the two winners created top quality showpiece products to beat off stiff competition from the rest of the UK."
Natasha Fuge's winning design at the Spring Fair was in the Celebration Cake category and was inspired by impending birth of Duke and Duchess of Cambridges baby.
Trainee Alex Cowell won first for her cupcakes.
And Alex also won a special prize of a training day with television's Fabulous Baker Brothers at their Cotswolds HQ.
The prizes were picked up at the Spring Fair by Sarah Williams, cake department manager at the Jenkins Bakery, who received the honours on behalf of the team from the National President of the National Association of Master Bakers, Christopher Freeman, and TV personality Christine Hamilton.

Photos above:
The winning Celebration Cake design.
The wining cupcakes.
Sarah Williams, cake department manager at the Jenkins Bakery, received the honours on behalf of the team from the National President of the National Association of Master Bakers, Christopher Freeman, and TV personality Christine Hamilton.
Natasha Fuge, Sarah Williams and Alex Cowell.
Russell Jenkins, Natasha Fuge, Sarah Williams, Alex Cowell and Kevin Field, bakery manager.

The Jenkins bakery employs 280 people, full and part-time, across 26 different stores in South Wales.
The company has the Gold Standard Welsh Food Hygiene Award and the Investors in People award.
The business employs 70 people at its Trostre HQ, while the Jenkins shop network stretches from Carmarthen to Bridgend. There are 14 shops in Carmarthenshire and even one as far afield as Powys.
The company celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2011.
Website -
http://jenkinsbakery.co.uk/

Two young Welsh brewers have brought home the top brewing honours at the International Brewing awards, otherwise known as the brewing industry Oscars.
Voted top organic brewers in the world, for their Evan-Evans Organic Gold, James Buckley and Sajan Muthanna were identified as two of the top brewers at the International Brewing Awards 2013.
Bill Taylor, Head of the International Judging panel, said:
There were almost 1,000 beers in the competition from all over the world and to win a medal is to be recognised as being at the pinnacle of brewing excellence.
This is a competition judged by brewers from all over the world and provides a platform for top brewers to showcase their brewing excellence and skills.
James Buckley, 24, and Sajan Muthanna, 26, are brewers at Evan-Evans Brewery, in Llandeilo, South Wales.
James is the seventh generation of Waless oldest brewing family, the Buckley family, who have brewed in Wales since 1767.
Sajan Muthanna, a native of Bangalore, joined Evan-Evans having graduated from the international brewing and distilling university, Herriot Watt in Edinburgh.
Simon Buckley, chief Executive of Evan-Evans, said:
Those that doubt that the brewing and pub industry has a future should look at these two young men, who so early in their brewing careers have achieved the ultimate achievement of a gold medal at the Brewing Oscars.
This is a very proud moment for us as a brewery, a family, and for Wales.
With beers entered from brewers all over the world, this is an incredible achievement for James and Sajan. The gold medal was won through hard work, dedication and attention to detail. The beer was an example of the very best of British brewing.
James Buckley said:
It is a great honour to win this award and we go home to Wales with a sense of great achievement, pride, and a gold medal to share with our team back at the brewery.
This award was a team effort. Organic Gold is a new style of beer brewed using the finest organic raw materials. We are now proud to say it is the finest organic beer in the world.
Evan-Evans is a specialist brewer, based in Llandeilo. The company has a group of award-winning pubs. The Buckley family have brewed beer in Wales since 1767 and are one of the oldest brewing families in the UK, still brewing.
www.evanevansbrewery.com

Wales Archbishop, the Most Reverend Dr Barry Morgan, turned 16th century Presbyterian leader, John Knoxs diatribe* against the monstrous regiment of women well and truly on its head in St Davids Cathedral.