Owen Hughes

Business correspondent

Based inColwyn Bay

Topic ExpertiseNews: Business news and features from Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham / Covid and coronavirus news and updates / Welsh Government / UK Government / Federation of Small Businesses updates Finance: Martin Lewis, DWP news, Universal Credit, PIP, Pensions, DVLA, Tourism: Hotels, Wales Tourism, Booking.com, Airbnb Travel: Business news and updates from airlines, organisations and holiday providers including Airbus, Tui, Jet2, Thomas Cook, Ryanair, Virgin, British Airways, UK Foreign Office, Manchester Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Booking.com, Airbnb, hotels Shopping: News and updates from Tesco, Morrisons, Aldi, Asda, Sainsburys, Mere, Iceland, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, Waitrose

Local ExpertiseAnglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham,

Languages SpokenEnglish, Welsh

AffiliationsNUJ

Business correspondent at North Wales Live, Business Live and Daily Post. Former news reporter with the Daily Post and Holyhead and Anglesey Mail. Passionate about North Wales, rugby, Everton FC, and almost any flavour of nut. Full time cabbie to 3 daughters

Gwynedd flats development hit by collapse of building firm has now been opened

Adra has unveiled the new apartments in Pwllheli

Former politician Glenys Kinnock, from Holyhead, has died

She was described as a 'proud democratic socialist' who campaigned for justice and against poverty all her life

New weather warning issued by the Met Office for parts of North Wales

North Wales Weather

The latest weather warning will come into force from later today

Young woman dies suddenly after falling ill at dance event in Welsh city

Police in Cardiff are investigating the sudden and unexplained death of the 21-year-old woman

Where enforcement of 20mph speed limit is and isn't taking place in Wales right now

20mph speed limit

GoSafe gave North Wales Live an update on its enforcement programme

Bathing water quality revealed at 109 Welsh beaches - and two North Wales resorts need improvement

North Wales Beaches

Welsh Government has published the figures for 2023 with the overall standard very high

Reason home in North Wales' most expensive village has a 'cheap' price tag

The village on the Pen Llyn is a property hotspot - driven by demand for second homes and holiday lets

Man taken to hospital after reports of a 'stabbing' in Llandudno Junction

North Wales Police

A councillor has called for police to offer the community reassurance after the incident

Two North Wales restaurants make it on OpenTable's list of the Top 100 in the UK

The list is compiled from over 1.2 million OpenTable diner reviews

LIVE: Road closed after crash on busy A-road in North Wales

Traffic and Travel

Drivers have been urged to avoid the area

Queen of Welsh Resorts shows it's not just a 'seasonal, seaside resort'

'Right ingredients' as the town of Llandudno shows its resilience

Welsh council looks set to hike second homes tax for holiday hotspot

Cash-strapped Pembrokeshire appear set to increase the premium on second properties

Met Office issues yellow weather warning for snow and ice for parts of North Wales today

North Wales Weather

The warning covers parts of Conwy, Gwynedd, Wrexham, Flintshire and Denbighshire

The locations of mobile speed cameras in North Wales for December 2023

Where the cameras will be in Gwynedd, Conwy, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham and on Anglesey

Large swathe of Anglesey earmarked for gigantic solar scheme

Prosiect Maen Hir is a 350MW solar and energy storage scheme

What next for Pontins Prestatyn site after shock closure

The owners announced on Thursday that the site would close immediately

M&S get record breaking queue for Wrexham opening but there's one gripe about store

Marks & Spencer

There were 800 people at the launch - more than at any store opening in the company's history

Former Wrexham councillor charged with sending 'gross' child abuse messages

Ex-Plaid Cymru member Paul Williams, who is facing trial in December, has denied the allegations

WHSmith to close another store in North Wales

The company will close the shop in Caernarfon next year

'No plans' to house asylum seekers at Pontins Prestatyn after site closes suddenly

Vale of Clwyd MP James Davies has been in touch with the Minister for Immigration Robert Jenrick

Man rescued in waterfront drama at Bangor's Porth Penrhyn

The man's boat had listed on to its side in the low tide and he was rescued by coastguard and fire service teams

Boots to close stores in Colwyn Bay and Rhos-on-Sea

MP says has been told by the company that the stores will shut in March and April

Historic Gwynedd site is now setting for a battle between community and developer

A proposal for a gas fired power plant has triggered concerns in the local area

'Nail in coffin' as another bank branch to close in North Wales town

Lloyds is closing its Caernarfon branch next spring

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