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All systems go to create 100 new jobs at pioneering dementia care centre

Pendine Parks Mario Kreft at Bryn Seiont site in Caernarfon .

A care organisation has started recruiting staff for a new centre of excellence for dementia care in Gwynedd. Pendine Park is creating 100 jobs at the £7 million complex at the site of the former Bryn Seiont community hospital on the outskirts of Caernarfon. Construction work is on track and Canolfan Gofal Bryn Seiont (Bryn [..]

Thursday January 22nd, 2015

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Jamie Oliver gives thumbs up to school chutney on sale at Bodnant

Ysgol San Sior pupils Bodnant Welsh Food, with chutney they have made. Teacher Ian Keith Jones, with, from left, Ieuan Lancaster, 10, Georgia Hagin, 11 and Neil Pathig, 11/

Culinary superstar Jamie Oliver has praised chutney created by youngsters at their school, which is being sold at a Welsh centre of excellence. Pupils at Ysgol San Sior in Llandudno turned windfall apples from the school orchard into the no-cook chutney and sent a jar to the cooking wizard to try. He tweeted that it [..]

Wednesday January 21st, 2015

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Award for housing scheme breathing new life into Snowdonia village

CARTREFI CONWY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CONWY COUNTY COUNCIL. Award for Maes y Waen in Penmachno Pictured with the award is  Cllr Phil Edwards and  Andrew Bowden Chief Executive at Cartrefi  Conwy with (left/right) Brian Roberts, Cartrefi Conwy Board member, Prys Jones RL Davies QS, Delyth Davies R L Davies, Buddug Williams, Rural Housing Conwy and David Lowe Conwy Council

An eco-friendly housing development that’s helping to breathe new life into a former slate quarrying village in Snowdonia has won a major national award. The £730,000 Maes y Waen scheme in Penmachno in Conwy was named as the Development of the Year at the Welsh Housing Awards. The prize was awarded jointly to housing association [..]

Wednesday January 21st, 2015

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Clutch of green awards for Welsh firm

Gareth Jones of Carbon Zero in St Asaph with his new car, an all electric Nissan Leaf.

A renewable energy expert who was among the winners at the Daily Post Business Awards is also celebrating a hat-trick of other major accolades. Gareth Jones, Managing Director of Carbon Zero Renewables, in St Asaph, believes their emphasis on quality and customer service has been a key factor in their success which has seen turnover [..]

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Tuesday January 20th, 2015

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