Golden milestone for top North Wales accountant who’s still working after breaking his back twice
One of the best known and respected figures in the business world in North Wales is determined to carry on working despite having broken his back in two places. It’s now exactly 50 years since chartered accountant Michael Coxey, 78, arrived in Wrexham in 1974 and set...
North Wales wine merchants raise a toast to the power of AI and record sales
A ground-breaking North Wales wine merchant harnessed the power of Artificial Intelligence to fuel record sales as it celebrates 10 years in business. The husband and wife team of Dylan and Llinos Rowlands launched Gwin Dylanwad, based in Dolgellau, in Gwynedd, in...
Coop that stopped music from dying in schools hailed as “national treasure” by royal composer
A royal composer has hailed a pioneering music service that teaches 5,000 children every week in Wrexham and Denbighshire as a “national treasure”. According to patron Professor Paul Mealor, the spectacular success of the North Wales Music Cooperative is all the more...
Brave Bella, 6, inspires Phil’s close shave in aid of children’s hospital
A bakery “hero” shaved off his bushy beard in aid of a children’s hospital. Phil Lancelotte, a driver at the Jones Village Bakery in Wrexham, was inspired to raise money for Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool by the courage of the six year old daughter of workmate Wayne...
One Show hero Harri books his classmates in for fun session with care home residents
A schoolboy has achieved his dream of introducing his classmates to the care home residents he loves reading his favourite stories to. Harri Shone spends many spare hours after school reading his storybooks to residents at Pendine Park’s Highfield care home, in...
Nonagenarian action men Richard and James who have combined age of 188 get back on their bikes
Two men with a combined age of 188 have got back on their bikes in Gwynedd. Retired vicar Richard Jones, 96, and his friend, ex-shopkeeper James Glynn, 92, donned cycling helmets to ride specially adapted bicycles up and down the promenade in Caernarfon. The dynamic...
Sun shines on leading haulier on a mission to cut its carbon footprint
A North Wales road haulage company has taken a major step on its journey towards net zero with the installation of a 1400-panel solar array at its headquarters. Farrall’s Group’s new system on the roof of its offices and warehouse on the giant Deeside Industrial...
Storage giant takes over border sites with plans to increase unit numbers
A fast-growing North Wales storage giant has taken over two sites in the border counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire. Denbigh-based Lock Stock Self Storage has just signed the contract to acquire Craven Arms Self Storage and Ludlow Self Storage at Brimfield in...
Subaru Outback drive by Steve Rogers
Long before we became addicted to crossover SUVs there was very little around for people wanting something more than a bog standard family estate. Hauling a horsebox, pulling a trailer down a forest track, or just towing a caravan off a muddy field, the answer was a...
Film star Rhys Ifans and weather presenter Derek Brockway salute pioneering music project transforming children’s lives
Welsh celebrities including film star Rhys Ifans are helping to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a pioneering project that’s transforming disadvantaged children’s lives through the power of music. More than 500 youngsters aged five to 11 years of age have been...
