New regional sales director will champion Welsh language at fast-growing Wrexham copy firm
A dynamic businessman has pledged to champion the use of the Welsh language after joining a Fast Growth 50 copy firm. Arwel Griffiths has been snapped up by Wrexham Industrial Estate-based Rawson Digital after he sold his own successful copy firm – Kon-X Wales Ltd –...
Joy’s delight at award for police station’s £25 million boost for region’s economy
A CONSTRUCTION firm responsible for a new police station has built a legacy that will last for years to come – including a £25 million boost for the region. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones says contractors Galliford Try have built not only an...
Bakery duo and miracle man Cez step out in aid of hospice
A young father who defied the doctors and made a “miraculous recovery” after being diagnosed with an inoperable cancer is joining his brother on a marathon trek in aid of a hospice. Things looked bleak for Ceri Dawson, 29, two years ago when he was given the bombshell...
Top trailer firm looking to train and recruit 20 welders
Europe’s biggest trailer maker is looking to train and recruit 20 new welders to cope with a bulging order book. Ifor Williams Trailers has joined forces with the leading commercial training company, Gatewen Training Services, who are based in Wrexham. Jobseekers are...
Geoff, 72, gets his life back after “miracle” surgery on swollen nose
A retired business manager whose nose swelled and became a horrible bulbous mass three times its normal size has got his life back after “miracle” surgery. The distressing condition suffered by Geoff Turner, 72, from Llandudno, was caused by a rare skin disorder,...
Oh Myfanwy! Find out why Wales’ saddest love song will have you crying in your beer
Wales’ most famous and saddest love song has inspired a new beer. The song Myfanwy tells the tragic story of the unrequited love of a penniless young poet called Hywel ab Einion for a beautiful young noblewoman who lived in Dinas Bran castle high above Llangollen in...
Oar-some Welsh rower Lucy takes top spot on the podium
A WELSH rower has taken the top spot on the podium at a high profile international tournament against some of the UK’s top competitors. Bodelwyddan-born Lucy Iball, 25, who works for Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management, based at the former Wrexham Lager building in...
New £500,000 project to help struggling working families in Conwy
A social enterprise has secured £500,000 in funding for a pioneering project to help struggling working families who are living below the poverty line in Conwy. The money to pay for the four-year programme, Making Work – Work For All, being launched by Creating...
Having fun at care home is child’s play
Toddlers from a Rhyl nursery showed off their natural charm and boundless energy as they enjoyed a teddy bear’s picnic of jelly and ice-cream with elderly care home residents. The tots, who attend Beach House Day Nursery in Rhyl, took an afternoon “pull-a-long” tram...
Crashing out of Europe will put North Wales people in jeopardy, warns police boss
Crashing out of Europe with a hard Brexit or no deal at all will put North Wales people in jeopardy, the region’s police chief has warned. According to North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones and his deputy, Ann Griffith, we are ticking down to a...
