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List of UK dialling codes covering Wales This is a list of geographic UK dialling codes covering Wales that are currently in use. Some exchanges cover both sides of the Wales-England border. All geographic telephone numbers in Wales are in the format (01xxx) xxxxxx, with the exception of Cardiff and the surrounding area which has been (029) xxxx xxxx since the "Big Number Change" in 2000. [1]
This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom, which adopts an open telephone numbering planfor its public switched telephone network. The national telephone numbering plan is maintained by Ofcom, an independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries. This list is based on the official standard, but includes defunct codes and historical ...
Abertillery ( / ˌæbərtɪˈlɛəri /; Welsh: Abertyleri) is a town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales. Following local government reorganisation it became part of the Blaenau Gwent County Borough administrative area.
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: William Pitt The Younger was the youngest prime minister, to assume office at 24 and the last PM of Great Britain. Mid left: Winston Churchill was prime minister during much of World War II.
Tredegar ( / trəˈdiːɡər /; Welsh: [trɛˈdeːɡar] ⓘ [2]) is a town and community situated on the banks of the Sirhowy River in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, in the southeast of Wales. Within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, it became an early centre of the Industrial Revolution in Wales.
4–4–5 calendar. The 4–4–5 calendar is a method of managing accounting periods, and is a common calendar structure for some industries such as retail and manufacturing. It divides a year into four quarters of 13 weeks, each grouped into two 4-week "months" and one 5-week "month". The longer "month" may be set as the first (5–4–4 ...
Breakdown of UK daily newspaper circulation, 1956 to 2019. At the start of the 19th century, the highest-circulation newspaper in the United Kingdom was the Morning Post, which sold around 4,000 copies per day, twice the sales of its nearest rival. As production methods improved, print runs increased and newspapers were sold at lower prices.
The history of taxation in the United Kingdom includes the history of all collections by governments under law, in money or in kind, including collections by monarchs and lesser feudal lords, levied on persons or property subject to the government, with the primary purpose of raising revenue.