Entrepreneurs in Gwynedd can take baby steps in business with just a smart phone
A director of an eco-toy company that exports across the world told budding entrepreneurs in Gwynedd that all they need to get started is a phone. Peter Barton and his wife, Jolene, launched Babipur (Pure baby) in Porthmadog in 2007 when online shopping was in its...
Fast-growing Wrexham bakery keeps on trucking after big 90th birthday salute
A transport company is celebrating a bakery’s 90th birthday in a big way. C&M Transport has adorned the latest, £240,000 addition to its 20-strong fleet of articulated lorries with the Jones Village Bakery branding to mark the milestone anniversary and the signing...
Vale of Clwyd choir’s donation in memory of inspirational teacher
The memory of an inspirational primary school headteacher has been recognised five years after her death from motor neurone disease by a donation of almost £3,000 from a Vale of Clwyd choir. Côr Nantclwyd, a mixed choir based in the Vale of Clwyd and with over 100...
Trailer firm helps TV presenter Matt Baker in new “life-changing” Channel 4 series
A North Wales trailer maker has teamed up with TV presenter Matt Baker in a mission to give an aspiring farmer a “life-changing” opportunity. In his new Channel 4 series, Our Dream Farm with Matt Baker, the Countryfile and former The One Show presenter follows the...
School given bumper box of books thanks to young One Show “superhero” Harri
One of the world’s most famous publishers has given a primary school a bumper box of books thanks to a “superhero” pupil who reads stories to care home residents. Harri Shone, five, hit the headlines when it was revealed he’s been spreading joy at Pendine Park’s...
Wrexham’s city leaders must be on the ball to secure unprecedented economic growth
The global celebrity status of Wrexham AFC has given the city a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to secure unprecedented economic growth, according to a top business expert Professor Dylan Jones-Evans said the club’s superstar owners, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds,...
Whisky maker keeps the cows happy on the road to net zero
Contented cows on a North Wales coast farm are being fed on a diet of malted barley that’s left over after being used to make whisky. The Aber Falls Distillery, at Abergwyngregyn, is just 500 yards from Pentre Aber Farm where farmer Will Davies has a herd of 400...
Steve Rogers drives a trio of Mazdas
Mazda has clipped £3,000 off the price of its one and only electric car. The MX-30 has been a slow seller and with mounting pressure from emerging Chinese brands the company has brought its pricing more in line with MG and BYD with the added bonus of a free home...
Budding designers out in front thanks to top trailer maker
Four school pupils have come up with an innovative design for a new kind of industrial pallet which is set to be made into a prototype by the UK’s leading trailer maker. The quartet from Denbigh High School won a top prize in a national engineering competition after...
Welsh language can boost the bottom line and create jobs for young people
A £300,000 campaign has been launched to encourage businesses in Wales’s Welsh-speaking heartlands to use Welsh to boost their bottom line. Bwrlwm ARFOR – bwrlwm means buzz or chatter – is reaching out to companies and businesses, from village shops to multi-million...
