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Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
A Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly, Lesley Griffiths, has welcomed confirmation that discussions are to take place between the Welsh Football Association of Wales (FAW) and the Scottish Football Association (SFA) concerning a possible joint-bid to co-host the European Championships in 2016. The AM described the news as "a very positive move forward". Ms. Griffiths - who has...
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The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Wrexham’s Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths, has described news that the Welsh Assembly Government announced two rate relief measures to help small businesses, as “a much welcomed boost”. The AM was commenting after Local Government Minister, Dr Brian Gibbons announced a package of help for small businesses during the difficult current economic climate. In the announcement, Dr. [...]
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Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Wrexham's Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths, is asking small and medium sized businesses in Wrexham to take part in a survey she is conducting locally, to establish the extent of problems they are encountering with banking services during the current economic downturn. The AM will be distributing questionnaires in coming days to a sizeable number of local companies in Wrexham, to gauge...
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Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Wales and Scotland risk being unsuccessful in bidding to co-host the European Football Championships in 2016, unless a firm indication from the countries' respective football associations is made in the near future, according to a Labour Member of the Welsh Assembly. Wrexham's AM, Lesley Griffiths – who has led the political campaign in Wales for the two nations to submit a joint-bid...
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The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Wrexham’s Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths has remarked on news that further 55 jobs losses have been announced at the JCB plant in Wrexham. The losses are a result of the news that the company intends to reduce production at its UK factories for the last two months of the year, by 34 per cent. Commenting, Lesley Griffiths [...]
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The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
Wrexham’s Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths has remarked on news that further 55 jobs losses have been announced at the JCB plant in Wrexham. The losses are a result of the news that the company intends to reduce production at its UK factories for the last two months of the year, by 34 per cent. Commenting, Lesley Griffiths [...]
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Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Wrexham's Labour Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths has called for "the full-time whistle to be blown" on plans for a Team GB football side playing in the London 2012 Olympics. In the latest move to give impetus to a flagging idea for a Team GB, FIFA Chief Executive, Jerome Valcke, offered a limited assurance that participation in a one-off under-23 tournament could take place without...
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The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Wrexham’s AM, Lesley Griffiths has praised Sharp UK Manufacturing of Llay near Wrexham, for winning two awards at the 2008 ‘Wales Business & Sustainability Awards’ ceremony at the Senedd. The prestigious awards - which are managed by ARENA Network and sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government, Countryside Council for Wales and Welsh Health Estates among others [...]
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icWales (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... calls to cut the number of bids by the Welsh Assembly Government and AMs for more powers.Now Lesley Griffiths, AM for Wrexham, has called for MPs who sit on the Welsh Affairs Committee to be barred from sitting on other committees to avoid a “domino effect” from the creation of new English regional committees further affecting its work.“I am very disappointed this report does not...
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The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
Wrexham’s AM has congratulated Wrexham’s own community radio station, Calon FM, for receiving a share of a funding award from the Welsh Assembly Government. Lesley Griffiths - who had written in support of the station’s application for the money - was commenting after it was announced that Calon FM will be one of six Welsh stations [...]
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Plaid Wrecsam (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
This is a press release relating to the launch of the Genesis 2 Project in Wrecsam: On Friday 24th October the second phase of the Genesis Cymru Wales (Wrexham) project was launched by Lesley Griffiths, Assembly Member for Wrexham, with the help of children from Bellevue Playgroup in Bellevue Park and several other VIPs. The Genesis project has been in existence since 2005 and has already...
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Labour Matters (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
A Labour AM who asked a Welsh Assembly Government Minister if he knew how much Welsh local authorities held in bank reserves, has expressed her "total disbelief" on discovering the amount far exceeded half a billion pounds. Wrexham Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths was commenting after she put the question to Welsh Finance Minister, Andrew Davies during a meeting of the Assembly's Finance...
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The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Wrexham Council should conduct an urgent and comprehensive review of how it procures its goods and services, to see what more can be done to help local businesses during the current economic downturn, the town’s Assembly Member has said. Wrexham’s AM, Lesley Griffiths made her call at a time when many businesses in Wrexham and thoughout [...]
