Tourism champion on mission to sell North Wales to the world
A Falklands veteran with years of experience with local authorities is on a new mission to sell North Wales to the world. Jim Jones spent eight years with the Welsh Guards and was badly burnt during the Falklands War. After leaving the forces he worked in local...
Entrepreneur Gareth sets up UK’s first glamping construction company
An award-winning entrepreneur from North Wales has set up the UK's first dedicated glamping construction company. Gareth Jones, head of the Carbon Zero Group, is aiming to build on a tripling of turnover in 2015 with ambitious expansion plans, taking on up to 17 new...
Brave David battles back to become carer at flagship centre
AN INSIRATIONAL man has fought his way back from a crippling brain condition to land a job caring for residents at a £7 million dementia centre of excellence. Just over 15 years ago 46-year-old David Edwards, from Llanllyfni, near Caernarfon, was struck down by a...
Slashed car park charges create jobs boost at shopping centre
Businesses at a shopping centre are planning to recruit more staff after car park charges were slashed there. Parking fees at Eagles Meadow in Wrexham town centre were reduced by between 55 per cent and 38 per cent just before Christmas - and it's already providing a...
Good call by expanding mobile phone chain
An expanding mobile phone accessory and repair chain has opened its first store in North Wales. E.ffective is the latest business to move into Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham and has taken over one of the last few remaining available units. The store, which...
TV stars Dan and Huw back £250,000 appeal to mark centenary of Lloyd George’s premiership
TV presenters Dan Snow and Huw Edwards have backed a £250,000 appeal to celebrate the 100th anniversary of David Lloyd George becoming Prime Minister. It comes as new, previously unseen photos of Lloyd George were revealed by his remaining family. The appeal was...
Shoppers get in a spin at the Quadrant
Shoppers were in a real spin as they got on their bikes as part of a health and wellbeing day in Swansea city centre. Instructors from leading leisure and fitness venue LC were on hand at the Quadrant Shopping Centre manning a peloton of spin bikes as part of the...
Charlotte the skateboarding dairy cow ‘living the cream’ thanks to trailer firm
A trailer firm has come to the rescue of an unusual beast - Charlotte the fibreglass dairy cow. Ifor Williams Trailers responded immediately to the plea from a charity who wanted to transport Charlotte around schools to help teach children where food comes from. The...
Police crackdown on anti-social behaviour
The police are cracking down after complaints about anti-social behaviour near a school on Deeside. They have increased patrols and issued "yellow cards" to a number of the youths who were congregating in the evenings at Wepre Hall School in Connah's Quay. The...
Search for world’s best young singers given a massive boost
AN ICONIC competition to find the world's best young singers has been given a massive boost by a pioneering care organisation. Pendine Park has agreed to more than triple the prize money up for grabs in the prestigious Voice of the Future competition at the Llangollen...
