More than 160 residents in the Trinant area have backed a campaign to save a 102-year-old church from closure.Crumlin councillor Keith Lloyd and fellow ward councillor Vera Jenkins collected the petition, signed…
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Brace’s Bakery celebrates one year at Rogerstone
Crumlin firm Brace’s Bakery has marked its first year of production at its plant in Rogerstone, Newport.Brace’s, Wales’ largest independent bakery, took over from Warburtons at the Rogerstone site in December 2010,…
Workers strike at Crumlin’s Pot Noodle factory
Workers at the Pot Noodle factory in Crumlin have gone on strike over a pension dispute with employers Unilever.Members of the Unite union are taking part in the industrial action on Thursday…
Islwyn MP praises Brace’s Bakery
Islwyn’s Labour MP Chris Evans has praised Crumlin-based firm Braces Bakery as an example of a local business success story.The family-owned business recently won a Made in Wales Food and Drink award…
Islwyn MP pays tribute to Crumlin charity
Islwyn MP Chris Evans has paid tribute to the work of local charity Crafts for Everyone as he visited their pottery workshop to present them with a donation. The Crumlin-based charity which…
Quad bikes ‘destroying’ ancient woodland at Crumlin
Ancient woodland at Crumlin is under threat from quad bikers, according to local councillors.Plaid Cymru’s Vera Jenkins and Keith Lloyd have appealed to riders of off-road and quad bikes not to use…
Workers to strike at Crumlin’s Pot Noodle factory
Workers at the Pot Noodle factory in Crumlin are set to go on strike next week over a pension dispute with employers Unilever.The company wants to end its final salary scheme. Unite,…
Brace’s Bakery sends Christmas Welsh cakes out to troops
Staff at Crumlin-based Brace’s Bakery have been busy making and packing Welsh cakes to send as a Christmas treat to Welsh troops in Afghanistan.Captain N Hinton thought that his regiment, The Queens…
Crumlin social enterprise urges other small businesses to try free IT support scheme
A social enterprise which supports people with severe learning disabilities is urging budding local entrepreneurs to take advantage of a new scheme which helps small businesses with IT.Crafts for Everyone, which offers…
Two anglers arrested for fishing on River Sirhowy without a licence
Environment Agency Wales officers have caught two men on suspicion of fishing out of season and without a licence on the River Sirhowy.The men, a 19 –year-old from Pontllanfraith and a 33-year-old…