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...
New cafe built by Rubicon Garden Rooms at animal rescue centre officially opened
A new cafe at a North Wales pet refuge has been named Doris’s Bunker in honour of the tea-serving gran whose legacy funded the work. Doris Davies served up thousands cups of tea in her career, including brewing up for spooks cracking the WWII Enigma code. The...
Home-grown cider adds sparkle to food and drink showcase
A top cider maker who doubled production in six years is celebrating a new milestone. Steve Hughes, 54, owner of Rosie’s Triple D Cider, based in Llandegla, is now the largest exclusively “Welsh-pressed” cider maker in Wales. He is also adding sparkle to a campaign to...
Classes by new travelling language tutor will help health staff speak to patients in Welsh
A new specialist language tutor is putting the accent firmly on ensuring health staff can comfortably communicate with Welsh-speaking patients. Melangell Tegid Gruffydd brings a wealth of experience in both teaching and promoting the language to her new role of...
Wrexham’s Alison Parker Appointed by Anwyl Homes
Flintshire-based award-winning housebuilder, Anwyl Homes, has appointed Alison Parker, from Wrexham, as Architectural Technician. In her new role, Alison will be responsible for the provision of designs, technical information and detail drawings for each new Anwyl...
Walk down memory lane in honour of local stalwart raises cash for hospice
A group of history buffs went the extra mile in aid of a hospice - inspired by the memory of a much-loved local councillor who spent his last days there. More than 50 people turned out for the a 90-minute guided tour around Denbigh, exploring some of the town's most...
