Coleg Cambria students in safe hands on visit to leading business
STUDENTS were in safe hands on a visit to the headquarters of a leading business. BTEC Enterprise and Entrepreneurship learners from Coleg Cambria’s Yale site in Wrexham spent a day at Aico in Oswestry. Aico is the European market leader in home life safety, including alarms, sensors and leading Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider,…
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Pure Perfection celebrates third major award ahead of cancer fundraising ball
THREE is the magic number for one of the country’s most illustrious skin clinics. Pure Perfection, based in Rossett near Chester and Wrexham, has won its third major award of the year. Led by esteemed director Sara Cheeney, the business picked up the title for Provider of the Year – Wales at the Cutera Awards, hosted by…
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First students lay foundations on inaugural suite of construction programmes
STUDENTS are laying the foundations for a future in construction on a groundbreaking new suite of apprenticeship programmes. The first cohort of learners have taken their places on Wales’s first fully funded Construction Degree Apprenticeships. The students will spend two years at Coleg Cambria’s Bersham Road site in Wrexham before completing a final two years…
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Booming haulage business on the road to net zero following huge investment
A BOOMING haulage business is on the road to net zero. Farrall’s Group – which employs more than 110 workers at its sites in Deeside, Ashton Hayes, Sandycroft, Telford and Newport – successfully lowered its carbon footprint with support from the Carbon Reduction Feasibility Fund. The Fund is delivered by Antur Cymru Enterprise with the backing…
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Chef student ready to turn up the heat at international cooking competition
A COLEG CAMBRIA learner is ready to turn up the heat in one of the world’s most prestigious cooking contests. Sion Hughes will compete in the Senior Chef category at the Global Chefs Challenge in Singapore later this month. Sion, from Wrexham, is currently studying for a Work-based Level 3 Professional Cookery qualification with the…
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Thousands to descend on luxury lodge retreat for fireworks spectacular and winter event series
THOUSANDS of visitors will descend on a luxury lodge retreat which plans to end the year on a high with a series of epic events. Darwin Escapes’ Kilnwick Percy Resort and Golf Club in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, has a raft of activities and attractions for all the family to enjoy in the months ahead, including…
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Welsh awarding body expands portfolio into England and overseas with new finance qualifications
Expansion of a suite of new finance qualifications announced from a prominent awarding body A leading Welsh Awarding Body, Agored Cymru has expanded its growing portfolio of vocational programmes with the addition of eight accounting and financial skills courses from the London Institute of Banking and Finance (LIBF), following its decision to withdraw from the…
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Antur Cymru support and £3m landmark boosting trade and economy in West Wales
A RAFT of innovative business support is boosting trade and the economy in West Wales. And nowhere more than Cardigan, where access to guidance and funding via Antur Cymru Enterprise has provided start-ups and entrepreneurs with a platform to grow in past months. The South Ceredigion Local Business Support project, delivered by Ceredigion County Council…
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Rhug Estate to hold six-day Halloween celebration with 3,000 pumpkins ready for picking
RHUG ESTATE has a frightening feast of activities and attractions in store this Halloween. The sprawling 12,500-acre organic farm estate, near Corwen in North Wales, has up to 3,000 pumpkins ready for picking. And following the success of last year’s spooky celebrations, the Estate will hold a six-day programme of events, beginning on Saturday October 26….
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Late inventor’s ground-breaking green technology a watershed in carbon capture
INNOVATIVE technology being developed in North Wales could be the ‘missing link’ that facilitates cost-effective carbon capture on a global scale. With the support of Bangor University, Robert Lim Inventions Ltd is preparing to unveil its patented enclosed engine system while raising necessary funding to take the concept to commercialisation. Led by director James Sheridan,…
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