Inspirational duo urge youngsters to sign up for “life-changing” scheme
Two inspirational young people are spearheading a recruitment drive for a training scheme that transformed their lives. Chloe Roberts, 24 and Sarah Price, 21, are urging youngsters between 18 and 25 to enrol on an innovative programme, which is a partnership between...
New HQ is vote of confidence in future of can do engineering firm
A world leading engineering firm has laid the foundation for future growth by building a new headquarters. The new offices of Microtech Precision Ltd at Bersham Enterprise Centre, near Wrexham, were officially opened by North Wales Regional AM Aled Roberts who has...
All systems go to create 100 new jobs at pioneering dementia care centre
Canolfan Gofal Bryn Seiont will be jewel in our crown say Pendine Park A care organisation has started recruiting staff for a new centre of excellence for dementia care in Gwynedd. Pendine Park is creating 100 jobs at the £7 million complex at the site of the former...
Kind-hearted Wrexham shoppers boost children’s cancer charity
A store manager has thanked her kind-hearted customers for helping them give a £200 boost to a children’s cancer charity. Women’s clothes store Wallis at Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham organised raffles and sold pins in aid of CLIC Sargent. The UK-wide...
Cost of policing in North Wales goes up by 17p per week
A 3.44 per cent increase in the cost of policing North Wales has been agreed - it works out at 17p a week for Band D households in the region. The rise in the precept was unanimously approved at a meeting today (Monday, January 19) of the North Wales Police and Crime...
Jamie Oliver gives thumbs up to school chutney on sale at Bodnant Welsh Food Centre
Culinary superstar Jamie Oliver has praised chutney created by youngsters at their school, which is being sold at a Welsh centre of excellence. Pupils at Ysgol San Sior in Llandudno turned windfall apples from the school orchard into the no-cook chutney and sent a jar...
Award for housing scheme breathing new life into Snowdonia village
An eco-friendly housing development that's helping to breathe new life into a former slate quarrying village in Snowdonia has won a major national award. The £730,000 Maes y Waen scheme in Penmachno in Conwy was named as the Development of the Year at the Welsh...
Clutch of green awards for Welsh eco-entrepreneur
A renewable energy expert who was among the winners at the Daily Post Business Awards is also celebrating a hat-trick of other major accolades. Gareth Jones, Managing Director of Carbon Zero Renewables, in St Asaph, believes their emphasis on quality and customer...
Wrexham shopping centre is buzzing after slashing electricity use
A shopping centre underlined its reputation as the greenest in Wales after slashing its use of electricity - by keeping the lights on. Over the past 12 months Eagles Meadow in Wrexham has cut electricity consumption by 82,000 kilowatt, a seven per cent saving. Since...
Anniversary of Llangollen links with opera giant Pavarotti celebrated
An appeal has been launched to commemorate the double anniversaries of the late great opera singer Luciano Pavarotti’s visits to Wales’s top international cultural festival. This year’s Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in July will stage an exhibition to...
