Surprise, surprise! Matt overcome with emotion to receive top green award
A landscape designer had the shock of his life when awarded a top honour following the success of a £4million project to transform a housing estate into a green oasis. Matt Stowe, the environmental development officer with housing association Cartrefi Conwy was...
New research centre will deliver £4b boost to economy
A new advanced research and manufacturing centre in Flintshire will give the Welsh economy a massive £4 billion boost, according to Economy Secretary Ken Skates. Mr Skates revealed he had approved funding to complete phase one of the development in Deeside which will...
UCML switches on to bright future with plans to expand and recruit 10 staff
A leading utilities connections company has unveiled ambitious plans to grow by 25 per cent over the next year - and recruit another 10 staff. The news was revealed during a visit by Ken Skates, the Welsh Government's Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure,...
Top of the shops
Sales staff at a mobile phone shop are celebrating after being hailed as the best for connecting with their customers. The team at Carphone Warehouse came out top of their region, which includes stores across North Wales, Shropshire and the West Midlands, in a...
Bigger voice for smaller businesses
A leading businessman has pledged to give smaller firms a bigger voice in plans to revitalise the Colwyn area. Jeweller Greg Narey was speaking after being elected chairman of the Colwyn Business Improvement District (BID) – the biggest in the UK – which includes Old...
Rocks of ages from Anglesey on show
An exhibition featuring stones from Anglesey that pre-date dinosaurs by 250 million years will form the centrepiece of a unique display. The boulders from the earliest period of the Earth's history have been collected by the talented artist, Manon Awst, and will be...
Mash up of music, poetry and knitting at Pie cafe
Customers can enjoy the life of pie at a cafe with a difference where music, the arts and crafts are now also on the menu. The restaurant, called Pie, in Rhos on Sea does what is says above the door - and much, much more. Pie-lovers can even become a DJ for the night...
PlayStation conductor urges young virtuosos to join him for masterclass
One of the UK's most talented orchestra conductors has launched a search to find young virtuosos from North Wales to follow in his footsteps at a top festival. Robert Guy who founded the NEW Sinfonia orchestra with his brother Jonathan is spearheading the search for...
The mystery of the missing Rubens inspired masterpiece at Soughton Hall Hotel
THE owner of a Downton Abbey-style historic hotel is trying to solve the mystery of a missing masterpiece thought to be have been from the school of the 16th century Dutch artist, Rubens. The giant oil painting once adorned an entire wall in one of the first floor...
New Edinburgh advisor for Wrexham finance firm as part of ambitious expansion plans
A TOP Wrexham finance firm has recruited an Edinburgh-based advisor as part of ambitious expansion plans which reach in to Scotland. Natalie Ferguson, 27, originally from Cumbernauld and now living in Edinburgh, has been recruited by Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management,...
