North Wales is a £2bn “jewel in the crown” of Britain’s visitor economy
NORTH Wales is a £2 billion “jewel in the crown” of the visitor economy of Great Britain, according to Wales’s tourism supremo. In his role as Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism for the Welsh Government, Ken Skates AM, has been invited to address the next...
Caring son Paul inspired by dad to run London Marathon for dementia charity
A caring son from Flintshire is gearing up for the London Marathon with a gruelling run 60 times around his dad’s care home - a total of 20 miles. Lettings agent Paul Quinn, 45, whose father Peter Quinn suffers from Alzheimer's Disease and is raising cash for the...
Top pain relief expert in worldwide demand
A pain relief expert from Wrexham who's using a pioneering new treatment is in demand. Dr Thomas Haag, a consultant in Pain Medicine at the private Spire Yale Hospital, in Wrexham, has taken part in a series of workshops across mainland Europe and as far afield as...
Super-heroes help raise charity cash
Super-heroes will be flying into Wrexham to raise a cape full of charity cash. Staff at the Odeon Cinema and Costa Coffee at Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre will be dressing up as their favourite super-heroes to celebrate the arrival of one of the year's major...
Fashion Frenzy comes to Wrexham
The town of Wrexham will be transformed into the fashion capital of the UK - just for one day. Celebrity stylist Suzy Makin, who’s worked with chart-topping bands Liberty X, Blue and Atomic Kitten, will be masterminding a fashion spectacular at the Eagles Meadow...
Top timber company celebrate ten years of magical children’s playgrounds
A Welsh wood products company are celebrating ten years of helping create magical playgrounds for children to enjoy up and down the country. In that time Ruthin-based Clifford Jones Timber have supplied Hampshire playground experts Handmade Places with almost £1...
Abergele school on target with new archery club
An Abergele school has become the first in North Wales to offer classes in archery. Students at Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan are on target to gain Duke of Edinburgh awards with their bow and arrow skills. The after-school classes were started by two teachers after they went on...
Golden generation honoured at one of the best companies in Wales
A "golden generation" of apprentices have been honoured for helping to turn a family run bakery into a massive success story. The apprentices past and present from the Village Bakery were given special silver and gold pins commissioned from leading jewellers Boodles...
David spearheads plan for 150 new affordable homes
A former property developer is spearheading a housing association's ambitious plans to build more than 100 affordable homes and buy 50 more. David Kelsall, 49, a qualified chartered surveyor, has been appointed by Cartrefi Conwy as their Development and New Business...
Here comes the sun – Wales’s first solar-powered abattoir switches on
Wales’s first solar-powered abattoir has been switched on. The G R Evans and Co Abattoir, near Corwen, is now using 120 solar panels on its roof to help power the plant and cut its £2,000 a month electricity bills. The business, which processes over 25,000 livestock,...
