Students rise from Kickstart to new careers after five-year Coleg Cambria journey
STUDENTS who joined a leading college as teenagers on an employment and training scheme are leaving five years later with bright futures ahead of them. Jack Morgan, 20, and 23 year-old James Griffiths started their FE journey with Coleg Cambria Yale in Wrexham on the UK Government’s Kickstart programme. After exploring different subjects, they found…
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Telemat IT’s digital boost for communities in mid and South Wales
ANTUR CYMRU ENTERPRISE is supporting rural communities by enhancing digital communication and connectivity across mid and south Wales post-pandemic. Telemat IT Support, based at the organisation’s Antur Teifi Business Park in Newcastle Emlyn, has won contracts to install IoT (Internet of Things) and LoRaWAN technology in a bid to support local authority aspirations for a…
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Drug driving and criminal cases surge at Edward Hughes Solicitors
A LAW firm experienced a surge in the number of drug driving and criminal cases during the pandemic. David Jones, senior partner at Edward Hughes Solicitors, admitted he and criminal law colleagues at the Colwyn Bay and Rhyl-based practice have never seen anything like it in their combined 60 years’ working in the legal sector….
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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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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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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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