200+ attend inaugural Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo at Medru – The Skills Factory
MORE than 200 students, businesses and visitors descended on Coleg Cambria Deeside for a cutting-edge celebration of skills and engineering. The inaugural Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo was held at Medru – The Skills Factory and welcomed the cream of UK industry. Among them were companies such as Universal Robots, Manchester Metrology, Alpha 3 Manufacturing, KUKA, Innovative Physics,…
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Leadership programme hits all the right notes with Wrexham Sounds manager
A RENOWNED leadership programme hit all the right notes with a talented music studio manager. Wrexham Sounds has gone from strength to strength since opening its doors in February, providing disadvantaged children and young people with music-based activities, courses and lessons. Schools, agencies, charities and families use the Rhosrobin-based social enterprise, which draws on a talented…
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Bersham Wheels returns to Coleg Cambria in Wrexham this summer
WHEELS are in motion for the return of a popular family fun day. The second Bersham Wheels event takes place at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham from 10am to 3pm on Saturday July 9. Many of the region’s top car, scooter, and motorcycle organisations will be in attendance, as well as enthusiasts displaying their…
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Mackenzie Jones support for market traders ahead of £72m city move
PROMINENT businesses will trade a historic market for a multi-million pound city development thanks to a leading law firm. Geoff Hughes Butchers is one of several stallholders that will transfer from Chester Market to the £72m Northgate site later this year, with the support of Mackenzie Jones Solicitors. A fixture in the Market Hall for…
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PetPlace and LVL5 Gyms team up with football club to net support for children’s hospices
PETPLACE, LVL5 Gyms and Kinmel Bay FC have united to net support for a leading children’s hospice. The North Wales pet retailer and recently launched fitness company are new kit sponsors for the FAW platinum-accredited club, which has more than 100 players across its junior, men’s and ladies’ sides. And the three organisations will be…
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PetPlace strengthens links with innovators and independents to improve animal health
A GROUNDBREAKING pet retailer is focused on building even stronger relations with sustainable start-ups and innovative independent businesses. PetPlace owners Sion Pritchard and Paul Penketh are targeting more bespoke suppliers and products designed to improve the health and wellbeing of animals, and fledgling firms looking to support the pet trade now and in the future….
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Medru Skills Factory to host inaugural Industry 4.0 expo this summer
A REVOLUTIONARY new Skills Factory will play host to a cutting-edge event uniting pioneers of engineering and education. The inaugural Digital Manufacturing Skills Expo is to take place at Coleg Cambria Deeside from 9.30am to 4pm on Tuesday (June 28). Organised in partnership with Nu-Tech Exhibitions and Events, the Open University and Bangor University, the…
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Louie Spence and stars celebrate graduating ION Leadership cohorts
DANCER and TV personality Louie Spence was among stars who paid tribute to delegates graduating from a prestigious leadership programme. Former Wales rugby international Rupert Moon, sports presenter Mike Bushell, celebrity farmer Gareth Wyn Jones and Anglesey politicians Rhun ap Iorweth MS and MP Victoria Crosbie joined him in congratulating the latest cohort to complete…
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Pussycat Doll special guest as students lauded in two-night celebration
THE resilience and talent of Coleg Cambria learners were celebrated at its annual student awards ceremony. The event took place at the college’s Yale site in Wrexham, held in person for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Special guest was Kimberly Wyatt, a star of TV’s Got to Dance, Celebrity Masterchef,…
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Aspiring Leaders debut cohort celebrated by Coleg Cambria
COLEG CAMBRIA is developing and supporting future managers and leaders to help the institution evolve and grow for years to come. The college’s Aspiring Leaders programme was launched in September, designed to promote succession planning, encourage passionate, proactive, and motivated staff, and build even stronger working relationships between employees across the college’s sites in Wrexham,…
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