PetPlace powers ahead with net-zero vision following £250k investment
AN ACCLAIMED pet retailer has invested more than £250,000 in powering ahead with its net-zero vision. PetPlace has installed up to 450 solar panels at its stores in Abergele and Llangefni, with Ruthin, Mold and Gledrid, Oswestry, set to follow. The business has also introduced electric charging points at Gledrid, Llangefni and its Kinmel Bay…
Read More1,000+ turkeys for sale at Rhug organic farm to help national shortage
AWARD-WINNING Rhug Organic Farm is preparing to serve up Thanksgiving and Christmas cheer for customers nationwide. Rhug Estate, which covers 12,500 acres from Gwyddelwern to Carrog, North Wales, has more than 1,000 of its acclaimed Organic Dee Valley Bronze Turkeys for sale. As suppliers and supermarkets face shortages due to an outbreak of bird flu…
Read MoreSalisbury’s Chartered Accountants continues expansion with Anglesey merger
AN ACCOUNTANCY practice unveiled a new partnership with one of Anglesey’s longest standing firms. Fowler and Hare Ltd is now part of Salisbury’s Chartered Accountants. The acquisition follows a merger with Lotti Summers Ltd earlier this year, and means the company now has sites in St Asaph, Ruthin, Menai Bridge, and Beaumaris. Owner Peter Fowler…
Read MoreDandy’s donation lays ground for improvements at Cambria Deeside garden
A PROMINENT landscape supply firm laid the ground for improvements at a blooming wildlife garden. Organised by Alyn and Deeside MS Jack Sargeant, Sealand-based Dandy’s Topsoil and Landscape Supplies kindly donated bark mulch to the ‘wildlife corridor’ and wellbeing garden at Coleg Cambria Deeside. CEO Adam Dandy said: “We’re so glad our donation will help transform…
Read MoreMedic Society in good health as students go on to university success
COLEG CAMBRIA is the best medicine for students pursuing a career in the health sector. An incredible 10 learners from the north east Wales college’s Medic Society have gone on to study for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Science degrees at leading UK universities. Among them are Deeside Sixth Student of the Year Sky Cooper, who…
Read MoreOperations Manager has Come Together with Mackenzie Jones ahead of expansion
AN award-winning practice manager has Come Together with a prominent law firm ahead of further expansion. Steve Bradley, from Wilmslow, is the new Operations Manager at Mackenzie Jones Solicitors, which has offices in St Asaph, Chester, and Menai Bridge. With plans to grow further in the new year, the business is recruiting staff and secured…
Read MoreNew Skills New Start for fledgling businesses in booming seaside town
BUSINESS is booming in a seaside resort thanks to a pioneering skills and regeneration programme. Aberystwyth is reaping the benefits of New Skills New Start, a UK Government initiative funded via the UK Community Renewal Fund, led by Ceredigion Council and delivered by Antur Cymru Enterprise. Among those to have capitalised on the scheme’s financial and…
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Celtic Financial Planning celebrates top award and recruitment ahead of new office opening
AWARD-WINNING financial planners will continue with expansion and open their third office due to a surge in client demand and new staff. Mold and London-based Celtic Financial Planning is identifying locations in north west Wales – Conwy, Gwynedd and Anglesey – given the growth of their customer base in those areas. The latest recruit to…
Read MoreRhyl and Ruthin community projects benefit from Cadwyn Clwyd support
TRANSFORMATIVE projects benefited from significant funding that will have a positive impact on two Denbighshire communities. Rhyl and District Rugby Football Club (RFC) and the Ruthin Dendrochronology project were among 14 initiatives to secure financial support from Community Innovation Denbighshire via the UK Community Renewal Fund, matched by Clocaenog Forest Windfarm Fund and led…
Read MoreCharlie Samson to compete for gold on home soil at WorldSkills 2022
CHARLIE SAMSON will compete for gold at the WorldSkills finals this autumn. But the 24 year-old will no longer have to travel to Shanghai as the event was cancelled earlier this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will now take place at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham from November 1-4. Representing the…
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