Free Miwtini business support and remote working hubs will be a big hit in 2020
A LEADING business support organisation could have a mutiny on their hands in 2020. The Enterprise Hub – a collaboration between Menter Môn and M-Spar in Gaerwen – has launched Miwtini, a new business start-up programme for people in Conwy, Denbighshire, Anglesey and Gwynedd. The Miwtini programme will be holding training sessions on a variety…
Read MoreSupertemps to celebrate 40 years in style with free events across 2020
A RECRUITER celebrating four decades in business has big ideas for the year ahead. 2019 was a memorable one for the team at North Wales recruitment firm, Supertemps. The Colwyn Bay and Anglesey-based group, which unveiled a new Bangor office just weeks ago, has taken on new staff in past months and grown its presence…
Read MoreColeg Cambria super six to contest places at WorldSkills Shanghai event
Coleg Cambria will compete for places at the ‘skills Olympics’ in Shanghai next year. Six learners from the north east Wales college have made the Long Squad for Worldskills. The list is made up of 137 apprentices who will now join the event’s talent programme to try to secure a place on the team that…
Read MoreColeg Cambria launches new dog grooming academy and salon in Llysfasi
COLEG CAMBRIA has launched a new a dog grooming salon and training academy. The Collar and Comb Dog Grooming Academy at the college’s Llysfasi site will be formally unveiled with a seminar hosted by Julie Harris, co-founder of The Groomer’s Spotlight website. With more than 35 years’ experiences in the sector, Julie is one of…
Read MoreNorth Wales Police and Coleg Cambria join forces to train future PCSOs
COLEG CAMBRIA and North Wales Police have joined forces to launch a new traineeship scheme. The programme is aimed at prospective PCSOs (Police Community Support Officer) aged 18 above and will blend education at the college’s Deeside site with on-the-job training. The pilot scheme will be class-based for the first month, then the learners will…
Read MoreSteel giant and Coleg Cambria celebrate first apprentice graduates at ceremony
THE first learners to graduate from an innovative partnership between Coleg Cambria and an international steel giant have been celebrated at an awards presentation. The north east Wales college and Tata Steel have joined forces to deliver an NVQ Foundation Apprenticeship programme in Manufacturing. Thirty-one members of the inaugural cohort have successfully completed the NVQ…
Read MoreYana Williams returns to take the helm at Coleg Cambria and make the institution ‘even more innovative’
COLEG CAMBRIA begins the decade with a new chief executive who plans to take the award-winning institution “to the next level”. Yana Williams has a long-term vision for the north east Wales college and will build on the foundations laid by predecessor David Jones OBE. The former CEO/Principal of Hugh Baird College in Liverpool vowed…
Read MoreColeg Cambria students aim to reverse huge decline in red squirrel population
STUDENTS have joined forces with a wildlife project help save the red squirrel population from extinction. Level 3 NVQ Animal Management learners at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi built feeders and nest boxes for the animals and monitored their progress at enclosures in Clocaenog forest, near Ruthin, during a reinforcement project. They have been supporting the work…
Read MoreColeg Cambria and Kubota blaze a trail for future agricultural engineers
COLEG CAMBRIA LLYSFASI has joined forces with a top international agricultural machinery company to train future workers in land-based engineering. The college has signed-up to a new partnership with Kubota, the Japanese tractor and heavy equipment manufacturer. Together they have launched the Kubota Apprenticeship Scheme, a three-year block release programme which will blend education at…
Read MoreFlintshire Tourism Association to rebrand and collaborate to boost visitor numbers
A TOURISM and business group has unveiled a new vision to attract day visitors, overnight guests and holidaymakers to discover and celebrate Flintshire and the surrounding area. Flintshire Tourism Association (FTA) is rebranding with a new website and ideas including historical tours, promotion of Welsh language projects, improved town-to-town links and ‘story shops’ to…
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