Cash boost for brick children school thanks to Wrexham finance firm
A WREXHAM-based charity which helps some of Nepal’s most impoverished children gain an education has thanked a finance firm for a cash boost. Treasurer of The Brick Children School charity, Terry Wales, met with Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management Director Medwyn Edwards...
£120,000 pot of cash on offer for ideas to improve Bay of Colwyn
Businesses in the Bay of Colwyn are being invited to bid for a share of £120,000 pot of cash to improve their local areas. Colwyn Business Improvement District (BID) is making the money available for projects that will make the region more attractive, bring in extra...
Colwyn Bay turned into massive art gallery with new photo festival
A North Wales seaside town is to become a massive outdoor art gallery as part of a brand new photo festival. Colwyn Bay is partnering with Aberystwyth to host the inaugural Northern Eye International Photography Festival, with a host of speakers from the world of...
Heartbeat bears provide ‘pawfect’ memento for mums-to-be
Mums-to-be are being handed a ‘pawfect’ memento of their unborn child’s heartbeat, inside a teddy bear, thanks to an award-winning North Wales toy company. Mochdre-based Be My Bear, which has supplied Harrods, Selfrdges, Butlins, X-Factor, The Apprentice and...
Red hot quartet head for festival
A world-renowned early music group will transform itself into an imaginary gypsy band at a top festival. The Red Priest quartet will relive the wild virtuosity of early Baroque masters when they star at the North Wales International Music Festival at St Asaph...
Hospital matron Linda raises money to end stem cell lottery
A hospital matron was inspired to launch a fund-raising campaign by the daughter of a close friend who had a life-saving stem cell transplant. Linda Jones, who works at the private Spire Yale Hospital in Wrexham, was touched by the plight of Zoe Porter, 24, who is...
Horsing around helps raise money for African orphanage
A piebald horse called Bailey was the star of the show at fun day at a care home which raised money for an African orphanage. During the day the impressive steed struck up a special friendship with Rachel Clarke, who was an accomplished show jumper and carriage driver...
Ifor Williams expands with £5m investment
A top trailer firm is opening a new £5m factory to cope with strong demand for its products. Ifor Williams Trailers is setting up a new production line at a site in Sandycroft in Flintshire to create extra capacity to build its iconic livestock trailers. The move will...
Agonising wait over as Jo confirmed as fastest truffle maker on the planet
A top chocolatier has finally been confirmed as the fastest truffle maker on the planet - after an agonising wait. The record set by Jo Edwards in front of a huge crowd at last year's Llangollen Food Festival has only just been ratified by the Guinness Book of World...
Crooks’ cash funds community crimebusters
A special fund which uses cash seized from crooks to help community crimebusters in North Wales is set to take its hand-outs to over £200,000 in five years. The Your Community, Your Choice Awards are again putting up over £40,000 for local groups and North Wales...
