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The team at Clay Shaw Butler chartered accountants and business consultants in Carmarthen played their part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning for the cancer charity Macmillan. Staff baked a dazzling range of cakes and treats for the morning and opened the doors of the firm's conference room to customers, friends and the public. The event raised £608 for the charity. David Butler, director of Clay Shaw Butler, said: "It was a great effort by the staff. They worked very hard on providing a feast for all visitors. Everyone entered into the spirit of the event and we raised a wonderful sum for Macmillan." The World's Biggest Coffee Morning is Macmillan Cancer Support's biggest charity fundraising event. The charity asked people across the UK - and sometimes further afield - to hold a coffee morning, where donations on the day are made to Macmillan. In 2013, 154,000 people signed up to the coffee morning, raising a record £20 million for c...

Carmarthenshire County Council Housing staff have been pulling out all the stops to raise money for cancer support charity Macmillan. They chose the charity at a staff conference last year and set a target of £2,000. In the last 18 months, they have held numerous events, including dress-down days, bake-off competitions, cake stalls, quiz nights and auctions. Their final event was a coffee morning and cake stall, which was held at the end of September during Macmillan’s national coffee morning fundraising event. Council Chair, Cllr Siân Thomas, congratulated the team during this week’s full council meeting.