Pioneering music cooperative hits the right note for 10th anniversary
A pioneering music cooperative that provides regular work for 70 freelance musicians and teaches 5,000 youngsters a week is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The Head of Service, Heather Powell, will be outlining the key to the success of the North Wales Music...
Sliding doors moment that led to couple to launch pioneering care firm celebrating 40th anniversary
A “remarkable couple” are celebrating the 40th anniversary of their pioneering care organisation. Mario Kreft MBE and his wife, Gill, started in a small way by opening their first care home in 1985 because they couldn’t find anywhere suitable for their own...
Double investment boost at North Wales port will create 300 jobs
The go-ahead has been given for a major expansion at a North Wales port that will create 300 new jobs. The Port of Mostyn is pressing ahead with its plan to build a new berth to cater for the next generation of much larger floating offshore wind turbines It was made...
Seat Ibiza drive by Steve Rogers
There has never been a bad time to buy a Seat Ibiza and it could be heading for a bumper year. The supermini pool is draining. The demise of Ford Fiesta is a thorn out of everyone's side, and Citroen has gone all electric with the C3 so relatively cheap to run cars...
Art-loving care home residents star in new film
Artistic residents at a care home have played a starring role in a ground-breaking new film. The popular weekly art sessions at Pendine Park’s Penybryn care home in Wrexham were the focus of the shoot commissioned by the older people’s charity, Age Cymru. Among those...
Leading food supplier expects records to be broken at flagship food exhibition
A record number of 120 suppliers will be showcasing their products at a flagship food exhibition in North Wales where sales are forecast to top £1 million. Thousands of buyers are expected at Harlech Foodservice’s annual two-day trade fair, Expo 25, at Venue Cymru in...
TV firm where staff get extra St David’s Day bank holiday is one of the best places to work in UK
A television production company where staff get an extra bank holiday for St David’s Day has been named as one of the best places to work in the UK. The accolade was bestowed on Caernarfon-based Cwmni Da for the second year in succession at the annual Broadcast...
Huw’s “legacy of hope” as record number of women enter world’s biggest female only ultra-marathon
An endurance runner with inoperable cancer is in a race against time to raise £1 million to create a “legacy of hope”. Huw Willliams, 53, from Pwllheli, is organising the world’s largest female-only female only ultra-marathon in the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales....
Mazda CX-80 launch drive by Steve Rogers
Big, bold and beautiful sums up Mazda’s newest member of its SUV family. Yes, it looks like a stretched CX-60, which it is sort of, but there is a lot more to it than just a longer wheelbase. Take a gander at the rear doors and you should spot the difference - they...
Green-fingered Hannah plans ambitious restoration of 100-year-old walled garden
A talented gardener is taking on her biggest challenge when she starts work on restoring a historic 100-year-old walled garden at a North Wales care home. Hannah Barrow, from Caerwys, in Flintshire, has just been appointed as a consultant horticulturalist by the...
