Law firm reveals plans for North Wales expansion in landmark year
A LEADING law firm is going from strength to strength after celebrating a landmark anniversary. Edward Hughes Solicitors marked 70 years in business by securing a prestigious quality mark and revealing plans for further expansion in 2019. The company employs up to 30 staff in Rhyl and Colwyn Bay and is one of the longest-standing…
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Coleg Cambria at the centre of Wales netball success
COLEG CAMBRIA is at the centre of success for netball in Wales. Students at the college are achieving their goals by securing places in the Welsh and UK sides. Among them are Emily Martin, Maisie Williams and Mollie Underhill, who will represent the Welsh Colleges Squad on the national stage in 2019, having attended trials…
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Coleg Cambria leads the way to Shanghai with UK’s biggest Worldskills squad
COLEG CAMBRIA is set to take more representatives to the prestigious Worldskills competition in China than any other organisation in the UK. Wales has the most learners and apprentices on the international shortlist for the event, an impressive 10 out of the 47 set to travel to Shanghai in 2021. And five of that cohort…
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Coleg Cambria students renovate day centre as new £4m replacement is built nearby
COLEG CAMBRIA students are renovating a dilapidated community centre while a new £4million adult day care facility is being built Construction trainees have been busy painting fences and benches, plastering walls, tidying the gardens and carrying out maintenance duties at Glanrafon Adult Day Care Centre in Queensferry. Up to 50 people use the complex every…
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Leading broker takes Colwyn Bay insurance firm to new heights
A LEADING broker has taken a long-standing insurance firm to new heights with a fresh approach to business. Since joining Credent Commercial Insurance in 2016, Niel Jones has increased turnover and staff numbers at the Colwyn Bay firm. He has big plans for the future, but none bigger than further enhancing Credent’s reputation for high-quality…
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Leaders praise Coleg Cambria after £20m revamp is given the green light
THE £21m redevelopment of Coleg Cambria’s Wrexham campus will begin in the New Year. Cambria’s Yale site is to undergo a major overhaul that will feature a three-storey complex equipped with the latest digital technology, a 200-seat conference hall, new training kitchens and restaurant, a cutting-edge study space, revolutionary sports facilities and IT suites. Hundreds…
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Madonna and Bowie furnituremaker urges firms to join him in North Wales
THRIVING companies from across North Wales praised two leading business programmes for having a positive impact on productivity, growth and staff development. The inaugural North Wales Means Business Conference celebrated the success of the 20Twenty Business Growth and ION Leadership programmes. Up to 150 people were at Venue Cymru, Llandudno (last Thursday) to hear talks…
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New recruit and direction for leading jobs agency S2
THE growth of an executive recruitment business continues with the arrival of a new consultant. Just weeks after opening an office at the £20m Menai Science Park on Anglesey, S2 Recruitment has welcomed Jack Such into the fold. The 22 year-old graduated from Salford University with a Marketing degree and worked for a top Manchester…
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African student moves from Zimbabwe to North Wales for farming qualification
AN AFRICAN student travelled 8000 miles from Zimbabwe to study farming at Coleg Cambria. Dominic Edwards made the 13-hour journey to begin a Level 3 Technical Certificate in Agriculture at Coleg Llysfasi. Having grown up in Tanzania and Malawi, Dominic later spent years working on the farms of his friends and their families in Zimbabwe’s…
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Rugby greats unite to raise £42,000 at Coleg Cambria event
A COLEG CAMBRIA event starring Welsh rugby greats raised an incredible £42,000 for the NSPCC. An Evening with Sam Warburton was attended by more than 200 people and saw the former Wales and British Lions captain headline the celebration alongside past teammates George North and Ryan Jones. BBC broadcaster Jason Mohammad hosted proceedings and was…
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