Cardiff

Cardiff, the Welsh capital and, impressively, the UK's fastest growing city, is building on its heritage as a historic coal and steel producing powerhouse. The area’s specialist tradesmen are fuelling the remarkable predicted growth rate of 42%.

It's forever been an industrious place. The 1880's saw Cardiff handle more coal than any other port in the world, far exceeding Liverpool and London.

Today, Cardiff has diversified greatly, focusing on finance media and tourism - while becoming the country's sixth best shopping destination. With a £270 million Olympic-standard international sports village, Europe's largest waterfront development, and an integrated transport hub on the way, it has an exciting future.

From painters in Cathays to plumbers in Adamstown, take your pick of tradesmen from our Cardiff directory.