Housing association’s new plan to build 300 homes will boost North Wales economy
A housing association has launched a plan to help stem the tide of rural depopulation in north Wales. Grŵp Cynefin, which operates across the six counties of north Wales and north Powys, has revealed it’s intending to build 300 new homes by 2028. Central to its...
Record overseas sales at North Wales bakery earn King’s Award and create 100 new jobs
A North Wales bakery has been honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise after achieving record overseas sales. The prestigious award was bestowed on the Wrexham-based Jones Village Bakery for its spectacular short-term growth in exports over the past three years....
Young family lawyer inspired by volunteering on divorce and child arrangement cases
A young lawyer who has just joined one of North Wales’s oldest legal firms was inspired to specialise in divorce and child arrangement cases after working as a volunteer at her university’s law clinic. Esme Rowson, 24, originally from Shropshire, has just joined...
Drive to offer healthier lifestyles with new sandwich bar at Grub Hub
A reinvigorated community hub in North Wales is continuing to tick all the boxes in its drive to offer a healthier lifestyle to residents. The latest innovation at The Centre in Ruthin is the opening of a sandwich bar with a weekly macrobox meal deal – offering a...
BGT star Dennis creates musical madness at North Wales care home – with teapot and garden hose
A wacky musician who wowed judges Simon Cowell and Amanda Holden on Britain’s Got Talent had care home residents in stitches – playing a teapot and a garden hose. Dennis Frere-Smith’s performance at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont care home in Caernarfon began...
Lock Stock chocs cheer children
Young people on a Gwynedd hospital children’s wards had had their Easter weekend brightened thanks to a shipment of Easter Eggs from a leading storage business. Lock Stock Self-Storage, who have 30 storage parks across North Wales and the border counties, delivered a...
Harp virtuoso Elinor comes out of retirement to create musical history
An internationally acclaimed harpist is coming out of self-imposed retirement to give a series of performances featuring two historical harps. The recitals by Elinor Bennett will give music lovers an opportunity to listen to music from the 18th and early 19th...
Meinir on song in the garden as popular TV show returns
A talented singer-songwriter from the Llyn Peninsula is on a mission – to get more people gardening. Meinir Gwilym, who lives near Pwllheli and hails from Anglesey is one of the presenters of the popular S4C gardening series, Garddio a Mwy (Gardening and More). The...
Rising star Laura keeps the wheels rolling for fast-growing food firm
A rising star at Wales’s fastest growing food supplier has been appointed as the company’s new head of distribution. Laura Holland, who joined Harlech Foodservice five years ago on the tele-sales desk, takes charge of organising deliveries to customers across Wales,...
Pioneering organisation provides blueprint for social care in Wales
The outstanding work of a pioneering care organisation that’s celebrating its 40th anniversary is an example to the rest of Wales, says a Welsh Government Minister. The glowing praise for Pendine Park came from Dawn Bowden MS, the Minister for Children and Social Care...
