Top butcher clinches 500-store sausage deal with the Co-op
Top butcher Edwards of Conwy has just clinched a deal that will put their award-winning bangers on the shelves of over 500 Co-op stores across England and Wales. Their popular six-pack sausages will be on sale at Co-op supermarkets across the Midlands and North West...
Transport legend Julian will help drive firm to create 30 new jobs
A go-ahead warehouse and distribution company has recruited an industry “legend” to drive ambitious expansion plans that will create 30 new jobs. Julian Richards, 60, has been appointed commercial director at Wrexham-based McCarthy Distribution and he is also aiming...
Devastated care home owner Brian relives Covid horror after deaths data published
A care home owner who lost more than 20 residents to Covid-19 has relived the ordeal as new data reveals the tragic death toll suffered by Welsh care homes. Brian Rosenberg, who owns Tregwilym Lodge Nursing and Residential Home in Rogerstone, Newport, said lessons had...
Boxing club packs a big punch with cash seized from criminals
A historic Flintshire boxing club with a history of producing champions is back in the swing of things after lockdown. Buckley Boxing Cub was founded over 100 years ago and its regular sessions at the gym off the town’s Drury Lane are once again attracting over 300...
Grieving widow calls for Wales-only Covid inquiry as new data reveals tragic death toll
A former care home owner whose husband tragically took his own life because of the unbearable strain of Covid is demanding answers from the Welsh Government on their handling of the crisis. Louise Hough, who until recently owned Gwastad Hall Care Home in Cefn-y-Bedd,...
Rural communities to share £1.3 million fund for green projects
Towns and villages across North East Wales are being challenged to come up with innovative green projects to earn a slice of a £1.3 million fund aimed at boosting the local environment. The Green Communities Fund aims to provide money to kick-start sustainable...
Covid deaths were our “worst possible nightmare”
A social care leader said the loss of care home residents who died of Covid was the “worst possible nightmare”. Mary Wimbury, the chief executive of Care Forum Wales, was speaking in the wake of the publication of the death notifications for individual homes by...
Business leaders say freeport would turbo charge North Wales economy and create thousands of jobs
Business leaders say securing freeport status for Holyhead would be a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to turbo charge the North Wales economy. According to the North Wales and Mersey Dee Business Council, it would help attract billions of pounds of investment and...
Inspirational Julie’s Cwtch café culture survives and thrives against the odds
An “inspirational” woman who launched a café just before Covid-19 struck says she has had to reinvent herself “more times than Madonna” to survive the pandemic. Mother-of-four and gran-of-five Julie Vaughan-Roberts, 65, ploughed every penny of her life-savings –...
Judges sing praises of tech savvy music cooperative
A music cooperative that “pushed the boundaries of technology” to provide online lessons for children and young people has won a top award. The North Wales Music Cooperative, a not-for-profit organisation providing quality music tuition for pupils in Denbighshire and...
