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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Supertemps heightens presence at job events to support client demand
RECRUITERS have ramped up the number of job events to plug gaps in demand for workers in hard-hit industries. Bangor and Colwyn Bay-based Supertemps has organised and attended more employment exhibitions and workshops than ever before in a bid to help clients fill key roles in sectors including hospitality, IT, manufacturing, construction, social care, and…
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Pro rugby player forced to retire with life-changing injury champions ReAct+ scheme
Eli Walker was a professional rugby player for the Ospreys and Wales national side before a life-changing spinal injury forced him to retire at just 25 years of age. Like many other people who are made redundant from work, Eli had to rethink his career and build his confidence back up. He has since gone…
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New Splash Pad and Mini Golf part of £500k vision to transform Llangollen park
A £500,000 vision to transform facilities at a much-loved park has received a boost from a scheme driving post-pandemic economic recovery in Denbighshire. The Enhance Llangollen Riverside Project is one of 14 initiatives to secure funding from Community Innovation Denbighshire via the UK Community Renewal Fund, matched by Clocaenog Forest Windfarm Fund and led by…
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Llysfasi Shears makes welcome return after pandemic delays
ONE of the most anticipated events in the farming calendar makes a welcome return this weekend. Llysfasi Shears (Cneifio Llysfasi) has not been held since 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic but is back this year and bigger than ever. Competitors from across the UK will battle it out for prize money in categories including…
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Launch of React+ employment programme praised by former PM
A FORMER project manager made redundant after 10 years in the same company praised a new Welsh Government support programme after receiving funding and advice to help her into a new role. Karen Griffiths, from Bangor, contacted Working Wales, an all-age advice careers service funded by the Welsh Government and run by Careers Wales. After…
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