1/1 HOUSE sales across North Wales have risen by 50 per cent on last year since the first pandemic lockdown ended in July, according to one of the region’s leading law firms. Swayne Johnson, which has offices across North Wales and into Cheshire, has seen a dramatic increase in their property work as house hunters have looked to cash in on lower taxes on home sales. Michael Tree, director and head of conveyancing at the firm which has a base in Tattenhall, near Chester, said that sales had plummeted in the first lockdown only to come roaring back in the second half of the year.
Holiday homes in Snowdonia should have planning permission to stop area becoming social wasteland
National park bosses have backed a motion for the Welsh Government to intervene over skyrocketing property prices
13:09, 19 DEC 2020
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Gwynedd and Snowdonia National Park boundary sign. (Image: North Wales Daily Post)
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A FORMER professional footballer from Melksham has raised a massive £14,700 for the Ben Saunders Foundation to support children and young adults with cancer across the UK. Matthew Bound, 48, who now lives near Swansea, completed a marathon challenge called thebeastforben, which required him to run the same amount of miles each day as the day of the month. In all, he completed a total of 465 miles running around the roads and lanes near his home on the Gower peninsula in Glamorganshire. He finished thebeastforben with help from British Lions rugby players Ryan Jones and Shane Williams and to date has raised£14,700 for the Ben Saunders Foundation.
A FORMER professional footballer from Melksham has raised a massive £14,700 for the Ben Saunders Foundation to support children and young adults with cancer across the UK. Matthew Bound, 48, who now lives near Swansea, completed a marathon challenge called thebeastforben, which required him to run the same amount of miles each day as the day of the month. In all, he completed a total of 465 miles running around the roads and lanes near his home on the Gower peninsula in Glamorganshire. He finished thebeastforben with help from British Lions rugby players Ryan Jones and Shane Williams and to date has raised£14,700 for the Ben Saunders Foundation.
Principality to appoint first female chair in its history
Sally Jones-Evans is to be appointed the new chair of Principality Building Society s Board in April 2021, subject to regulatory approval. This follows an external search led by the Board s Senior Independent Director, Derek Howell.
Cardiff-born Sally will become the first female chair in the Society s 160-year history and will succeed Laurie Adams who is retiring from the Board next April as part of succession planning. She has been a member of the Society s Board since 2015, including her role as the Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Sally is a former Lloyds Banking group executive and currently sits on the boards of Hafren Dyfrydwy Ltd (a subsidiary of Severn Trent Plc), Saga Services Ltd, the insurance broking arm of Saga Group Plc and Delio Wealth Ltd, a Welsh fast growing fintech company. She also serves as a Trustee of Tearfund, the humanitarian and overseas development charity.