THE internet revolution has brought a massive boost for a shopping centre in North Wales. While many predicted that online sales would sound the death knell of traditional bricks and mortar shopping, major stores at the Eagles Meadow in Wrexham say their sales have been given a healthy shot in the arm by Click and […]
A Second World War veteran who fought his way through Europe and helped liberate Brussels is being honoured by the Queen. Bill Evans, 91, was thrilled to be invited to the garden party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th birthday. The ex-Royal Welsh Fusilier, a resident of Pendine Park’s Gwern Alyn Care Home […]
HEN-TERPISING youngsters have just racked up the sale of their 2,000th fresh eggs through a Welsh centre of eggs-cellence. Youngsters at Ysgol San Sior in Llandudno raise rare breed chickens, and sell the hens’ eggs to parents during term time and through Bodnant Welsh Food Centre during holidays. The school sell their Wyau San Sior […]
A leading North Wales financial firm has launched an expansion scheme by taking over a Shropshire-based business. Bosses at Wrexham-based Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management say the new acquisition will increase the number of their clients by 550 to more than 2,000. The takeover of Ellett Wealth Management, in Oswestry, is part of a long-term Hadlow […]
The First Minster of Wales dropped into a Wrexham care home and joined residents for afternoon tea. Carwyn Jones was accompanied by Labour’s Assembly candidate for Wrexham Lesley Griffiths during his visit to Gwern Alyn Care Home which is part of the Pendine Park care organisation. Mr Jones said: “It’s been a fabulous visit to […]
A former engineer who lost his voice box to cancer is helping others facing the same operation learn how to speak again. Peter Holloway runs the North Wales Laryngectomy Club, which counsels and supports those facing the traumatic treatment. The 70-year-old from Penrhyn Bay suffered a cancerous tumour on his larynx, or voice box, and […]
A cyclist from a North East Wales-based self-storage company is to tackle a gruelling 186-mile overnight cycle race in Sweden this summer to raise money for a hospice charity. Nick Powell, from Lock Stock, who have sites in Wrexham, Saltney, Flint and Mold, one of the UK’s largest containerised storage companies, will take on the […]
A YOUNG Wrexham barista is savouring the heady aroma of success after officially reaching the highpoint of his trade. Billy Paterson, who admits he didn’t even like coffee before starting work at Starbucks in Wrexham’s Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre, has just won the right to don the coveted black apron of a Coffee Master. The […]
A paté entrepreneur who has launched the world’s first dairy-free chicken liver parfait will spread the secret of his success to members of an influential business group. Rufus Carter, commercial director of Patchwork Paté, is one of the keynote speakers at the next meeting of Wrexham Business Professionals (WBP) at the Ramada Plaza on May […]
High-flying sixth formers from North Wales have been getting the measure of a career in medical physics. Science students from Abergele’s Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan, St Asaph’s Ysgol Glan Clwyd and Flint’s St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School were given an insight into the world of medical physics. They attended an event at Ysbyty Glan […]
