Food distribution firm with appetite for growth will create 150 jobs with £6m investment
A £6 million expansion at a fast-growing food distribution company will create 150 new jobs in a major boost to the economy of rural Gwynedd. News of the investment was revealed during a visit to Harlech Foodservice by Liz Saville Roberts, MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd...
Scheme to decarbonise 7,000 homes will put “rocket boosters” under Gwynedd economy
Traditional products like wool and slate will be trialled as part of a major drive to decarbonise 7,000 homes across Gwynedd. According to business leaders, the ground-breaking Tŷ Gwyrddfai eco-project in Penygroes will put “rocket boosters” under the county’s economy...
Full steam ahead for tourism heroes
A railway that came back from the brink of collapse, a zoo that’s attracted eight million visitors and the world’s deepest hotel have been hailed as tourism heroes in North Wales. The Llangollen Railway, the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn Bay and Go Below Underground...
Audi RS 6 Avant Performance drive by Steve Rogers
Believe it or not this mean machine is a family estate. Sometimes. Other times it is a 170 mph supercar that would blow kids' minds on the school run. But is this the last we will see of the monstrous twin turbo V8 with its colossal horsepower and torque? There will...
Trailer firm pitches in with some Hollywood glitz at Bala school
Budding football stars at a Gwynedd school now have something in common with Hollywood A-listers Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds. The Year 7 and 8 boys’ and girls’ teams at Ysgol Godre'r Berwyn in Bala have taken delivery of a smart new kit donated by Ifor Williams...
Chancellor announces £160 million Investment Zone in North East Wales
Plans for an Investment Zone worth up to £160 million in North East Wales have come a step closer after the UK Government pledged to support it. The news announced in the House of Commons by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the Autumn Statement) has been welcomed by the...
Gwynedd care home residents have wheely good fun
The old adage that you can never forget how to ride a bike is certainly true for residents at a Gwynedd care home. Cycling sessions at Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd care home on the outskirts of Caernarfon are proving to be extremely popular. Groups are taken by...
National Eisteddfod winner adds her voice to the expert chorus at leading law firm
A National Eisteddfod winning singer has just joined one of North Wales’s leading law firms as part of their family law team. Ceri Haf Roberts, from Henllan, near Denbigh, is the latest recruit to Vale of Clwyd-based Swayne Johnson, one of the oldest law firms in...
Global engineering firm’s record sales are jet-propelled by £1.6m investment
The growth of a specialist engineering company that keeps the world’s airlines flying is being jet-propelled by a £1.6 million investment package. According to Jeff Wirth, the managing director of Continental Diamond Tool, on the Tir Llwyd Industrial Estate in Kinmel...
Director Julian Jones teams up with James Bond film makers and Succession star Brian Cox for global 007 blockbuster
A Welsh film maker has made broadcasting history with a James Bond-themed global television blockbuster. Father-of-two Julian Jones, 51, who was brought up in Llanrwst and Newtown, is the director of the new big budget Prime Video series 007: Road to a Million that...
