Business Diaries

Business Wales spoke to PORT accountants who are a firm of Chartered Certified Accountants and Registered Auditors with offices in Bangor and Colwyn Bay. The original practice was formed in Bangor in the 1920’s and has evolved to now contain four partners, Robert O’Regan, Garry Tann, Jon Owens and Ceris Evans. They provide a wide range of services to assist small and medium sized businesses, which include accounts preparation, VAT, payroll, CIS and audits. What...

Business Wales spoke to Huw Jones of Shipshape Landscape in Llandudno, where he gave us an insight into his experiences of starting a business in north Wales. Huw started Shipshape Landscape over 10 years ago and he covers everything from a simple garden clearance to a total garden make over. What inspired you to start your own Landscaping company? I had been working in retail since leaving college and an opportunity arose to start my...

With the increase in popularity of craft beers across the UK, many micro-breweries have recently started up in Wales. Business Wales spoke to Dave Faragher of Wild Horse Brewing Company in Llandudno, where he gave us an insight into his experiences of starting a business in north Wales. What inspired you to start your own brewery? Emma and I lived in Canada from 2010 to 2014 and that is where our passion (or obsession!) for...

Wow I’ve had a fab response to my first diary entry, great to receive such lovely comments and support from both people we do and don’t know. The last month has again been really busy again, a couple of weeks of that with extra fun and games as Julie our Office Administrator was on holiday, I was attempting to do mine and her job - succeeded in some areas and failed in others - only...

How I got into the cleaning business Before I start telling you about what’s involved in running my by business day to day, I thought I’d give you a bit of my history. After leaving college to work in a PR & Marketing company in Leicester, I’d never have imagined that lots of years later I’d be running a business employing more than 50 people in north Wales! So first off, how did I make...

A Rhyl-based flooring company has moved to larger premises, increased its turnover and taken on 2 new members of staff, thanks to support from the Welsh Government’s business support service, Business Wales. Coatech, a family-run business which specialises in resin flooring for the commercial, industrial and domestic sectors, turned to Business Wales for advice on improving its energy efficiency. Business Wales helped Coatech to develop an environmental management system that has enabled the company to...

Phil Goodwin set up Bio-Check in June 2012, developing unique new products to help re-establish Wales and the UK as a force in the food testing marketplace. Business Wales gave Phil support with market research and a grant to upgrade manufacturing machinery, allowing him to increase Bio-Check’s capacity. Phil explained “They’ve given us a really good market research programme, which has helped make sure we get the right products into the market at the right...