North Wales print firm unveils £70,000 investment in new equipment
A North Wales firm that helps promote pop stars including Little Mix, Kathryn Jenkins and Sir Elton John has unveiled a £70,000 investment. Powlsons Printers in Colwyn Bay prints thousands of flyers, banners and other material for top acts including Sir Elton John,...
Legendary choir to host St David’s concert in world’s choral capital
A venue acclaimed as the world capital of choral singing will play host to a show-stopping St David’s Day concert featuring the world famous Rhos Male Voice Choir. The concert will be at The Stiwt theatre, built in in Rhosllannerchrugog near Wrexham, in the 1920s...
Pancake flippers raise cash for hospice
Shoppers had a flipping good time in aid of a hospice. The Marks and Spencer store at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham held an appetiser for Shrove Tuesday with a pancake tossing competition for customers. The aim was to raise money for the town's Nightingale...
North misses out on sex offender funding as Cardiff creams off cash
The people of North Wales are being treated like second class citizens when it comes to dealing with sex offenders, according to the North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner. Arfon Jones hit out after it emerged that funding was available for a vital scheme to...
Seaside cafe diners’ enjoyment of music helps eliminate an Anglesey black spot
Diners listening to rag-time music from a rare 1920s nickelodeon at an Anglesey seaside café have helped to improve a dangerous footpath. The new path, alongside Ravenspoint Road in Trearddur Bay, has been installed using money put into a coin-operated nickelodeon at...
Merchandising company Sional marks up success with plans to move into new premises
A North Wales merchandising company that supplies Olympic stars through to local firms is celebrating a successful year by moving into a new base and recruiting more staff. Sional supplies more than 60,000 promotional products, from branded pens to sports clothing,...
Last call for International Eisteddfod Voice of the Future entries
A competition to find the world’s best young singers has been flooded with entries after a pioneering care organisation teamed up with opera superstar Sir Bryn Terfel to increase the prize money to £10,000. The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, which is...
Pioneering harness for mums-to-be with pelvic girdle pain wins top life sciences award
A medical harness designed by a North Wales businessman to help pregnant women combat acute pelvic pain has won a top industry innovation award. The revolutionary harness is for women suffering intense pelvic girdle pain (PGP), also called symphysis pubic dysfunction....
Unique £250,000 scheme will be stepping stone into work for 120 jobless people
A pioneering scheme will provide a launchpad into work for 120 unemployed people over the next four years. The Stepping Stones project goes live this spring after being kick-started by a cash boost of almost £250,000 from the Big Lottery Fund. It will provide high...
Store trio of wedding bells celebrate new jobs
Wedding bells will be ringing three times at a fashion store where they're also celebrating a hat-trick of promotions. The new manager, Caroline Collinson, 32, and two members of her top team at the Next store at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham are all...
