Chronic problems run deeper than zero hours contracts
Social care providers have blasted the practice of "zero hours commissioning" by local authorities across North Wales. According to Care Forum Wales, the way domiciliary care was procured and the tendering processes that were unfit for purpose meant that zero hours...
Charity aims to boost mental health services in Wrexham
A mental health charity is aiming to strengthen the support it provides in Wrexham. North East Wales MIND is trying to establish what services are needed in the town and how it can work with other agencies. Their finance manager, Andrea Hurst, was speaking after...
Wrexham firm on course to copy past success and double turnover
ONE of Wales’s fastest growing firms is on course to double its turnover after a bumper first quarter. Wrexham-based Rawson Digital, which supplies and maintains photocopiers and printers to companies across North Wales and the North West, was founded by Managing...
Heroic Hannah helps victims of sexual assault
A woman who dedicates her working life to helping teenage girls recover from the horrors of sexual abuse has been honoured by a top police boss. Hannah Mart, 40, runs support groups in Colwyn Bay and Wrexham for young female victims of sexual assault, giving them help...
Sunshine makes big savings for solar-powered dairy farmer
The sun is shining on a top dairy farm in Denbighshire and helping it save over £10,000 a year on its huge electricity bills. The herd of 370 Holstein cattle at Kilford Farm, near Denbigh, produce over three million litres of milk a year but a huge milking parlour...
Charity trek challenge for tough triathlete Fiona
A PA at a Wrexham finance firm who trains for triathlons in her spare time is putting her fitness to good use and taking part in a Slovenian charity mountain trek. Fiona Clarke who works for Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management, based in Regent Street, will don her hiking...
Daniel, 16, honoured for act of kindness
A ‘lovely’ teenager has won an award for an act of kindness he carried out during the school holidays. Daniel Roberts, 16, of Caergwrle, was upset last summer when he discovered that the community garden shed at his school, Castell Alun High in Hope, Flintshire, had...
Brave Harvey, 6, unveils new Wrexham kit
A brave little boy battling leukaemia was "chuffed to bits" to be chosen to unveil the new Wrexham AFC kit. Six year old Harvey Jones is the grandson of lifelong Wrexham fan Llion Jones who works for Ifor Williams Trailers who are sponsoring the club for the second...
Agriculture is of growing importance to economy, boss of successful tractor firm will tell business leaders
People should be more aware of the importance of the agriculture sector to the economy in general. That’s the message the boss of a successful Wrexham machinery firm which itself started down on the farm will have for business leaders next month. Paul Reeves, Managing...
Bakery creates 50 new jobs to cope with growing order book
A leading bakery is creating an extra 50 jobs - including a dozen apprenticeships. The award-winning Village Bakery has launched a recruitment drive to cope with its growing order book. The positions will be spread across its three bakeries on Wrexham Industrial...
