Penyffordd and District (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Its official. There are a few here though. "The Wrexham list includes members from across the county, including Rhos, Llay, Ponciau, New Broughton, Ruabon, Coedpoeth, Marchwiel, Acton and Acrefair. British National Party members in Flintshire came from areas including Mostyn, Mancot, Mynydd Isa, Garden City, Flint, Holywell, Connah's Quay, Northop Hall, Bagillt, Greenfield, Northop, Pentre, Mold, Buckley,...
The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Sainsbury’s and Chester-based property developer Liberty Properties claim the public have given the thumbs up to their plans to develop a £17m business park to the south of Ruabon near Wrexham. The supermarket giant and property developer said 80% of people who took part in a recent consultation exercise had backed the plans for the project [...]
David Cornock's other blog (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
John Prescott's pride in his background appears to be a little ambivalent. “I’m constantly going back to my Welsh roots," the Prestatyn-born former deputy PM told the Western Mail in June. "I came from mining stock and had family in the Wrexham and Ruabon areas. It’s always good to return to Wales – though I wasn’t too happy about getting an egg chucked at me during the 2001 election and I clipped...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
DETAILS of a pounds 2m proposed new state-of-the-art Ruabon primary care medical centre will be unveiled at Penycae Infants school on Monday Representatives from Ruabon Medical Centre, North Wales NHS Trust, Wrexham Social Services, Clwyd Community Health Council, Oakapple Primary Care Properties, and the Local Health Board will talk about the plans and give presentations at 3.15pm and 6.30pm.
icWales (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
IT'S a town that over the years has lost many of the assets with which it was once synonymous. Wrexham Lager, Ruabon brick and the town’s historic ironworks have all gone. Is Wales’ oldest football league club now to suffer the same fate? Darren Devine reports.
icWales (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
It’s a town that over the years has lost many of the assets with which it was once synonymous. Wrexham Lager, Ruabon brick and the town’s historic ironworks have all gone. Is Wales’ oldest football league club now to suffer the same fate? Darren Devine reports
The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 13/04/2008
Used Tyre Distillation Research Ltd is a commercial plant that will be able to process two million old car tyres into oil and it is to be built in the Wrexham area under a £4m project. Up to 20 jobs will be created by the firm once it’s plant at Ruabon is fully operational and producing [...]
The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
Wrexham Council leader Aled Roberts has revealed that the new owners of the historic tile facory want to continue manufacturing. The company, now owned by Ruabon Sales Ltd, laid off more than 80 workers last month when it went into administrative receivership .
North East Wales Weblog (Free subscription) | 22/02/2008
This week's NE Wales Update - a podcast highlighting local stories on BBC Radio Wales - is now available. Among the issues, fears for the future of the Dennis Ruabon factory in Wrexham; praise for two men who tried to save a man from drowning off the Prestatyn coast; and advice on what to do with your old computer. Hear more about the poster that's attracting attention in Shotton; discuss whether...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 14/02/2008
A union is concerned over claims it is "business as usual" at the Dennis Ruabon tile factory in Wrexham.
North East Wales Weblog (Free subscription) | 30/01/2008
Tile workers were called into a crisis meeting yesterday and told that their Wrexham area factory will be closed, says tonight's Evening Leader . Dennis Ruabon Tiles, based at Hafod Tileries, Ruabon, announced that 80 jobs will be axed after a massive slump in sales. It's the fourth firm in the last week to announce cuts with the loss of 90 jobs at Keating Group, which manufactures cylinders in Mold,...
The Wrexham Business Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2007
A businessman from Wrexham was jailed last week after he admitted immigration offences. Defendant Gulab Ali, 49, of Whitebrook Close, Ruabon, pleaded guilty to three charges of facilitating a breach of immigration law by illegally providing work to three people. Mold Crown Court heard the defendant was the manager of the Khazan Indian Restaurant on the [...]
