Forging Ahead in North Wales

By Property Consultant CHARLES LAWSON

Forge Property Consultants has announced a further expansion of its business with the news that the company is opening a new office in Wrexham, North Wales, taking its network of regional offices up to four.

Forge Property was founded by Managing Director Charles Lawson in 2010. Starting with one office at West Felton, near Oswestry, the company has grown year on year, with its second and third offices established in Staffordshire and South Wales. Charles has subsequently been joined by two more directors, Tom Mason, who heads up the Eccleshall office in Staffordshire and Ed Merriman, who leads the South Wales operation, based in Pembrokeshire.

Charles Lawson, Managing Director of Forge Property Consultants said:

“We are really excited to move into our new office. Located at 41 King Street, in the heart of Wrexham’s vibrant and inclusive business community, we are looking forward to getting to know our neighbours, particularly those operating in the professional services sector.

“Demand for our services, both residential and commercial, is up across North Wales, and Wrexham, now Wales’ seventh city, is undergoing a real transformation, so it was an obvious choice of location for our fourth office.”

Forge Property Consultants Ltd is a firm of Chartered Surveyors and Valuers, providing advice to clients on a wide range of property and land matters from its offices in Shropshire, Staffordshire and South Wales. The new Wrexham office of the firm will now aim to serve clients based across North Wales as well.

Experienced in dealing with all types of property, the company works across agricultural, residential, and commercial property sectors. Clients include private individuals, corporate entities, and statutory undertakers.

For more information on Forge Property Consultants, and to see if they can help you with a property matter, please visit their website at www.forgeproperty.co.uk

The new office is located at:

41 King Street

Wrexham

LL11 1HR

WILLIAM M. CHADWICK

By JOE BICKERTON, Tourism Manager, Wrexham County Borough Council

It continues to be an exciting time for tourism, here in Wrexham. We were all thrilled to see Wrexham AFC achieve promotion, and last month there was a brilliant atmosphere throughout the City Centre during the parade of both the men’s and women’s teams, when 1000s of people lined the streets to cheer them on. It was a sight to behold!

To build on the international spotlight shining brightly on Wrexham at the moment, we continue to work with the local hospitality trade via the This is Wrexham Tourism Partnership who’ve just been awarded a £64,000 grant from Cadwyn Clwyd to support their members with new marketing materials this summer.

With so many new visitors coming to the area already, and more expected over the coming months, it’s important that we all act as ambassadors and show how proud we are of this area.

To support businesses with this, we are also gearing up for the launch of our new Wrexham Tourism Ambassador Programme – an online modular scheme designed to enable tourism staff and members of the community quickly learn more about the Wrexham area.

This compliments our new tourism brochure which we’re working closely with VOX and EssentialsMAG magazines to get ready very soon! If you are a tourism/hospitality business working in Wrexham County – please visit www.thisiswrexham.co.uk/membership for more details.

Over the coming weeks, you may also see a number of colourful bikes positioned around the County. These are being decorated by local businesses in partnership with Groundwork North Wales and ourselves to promote National Bike weeks, between 5-11 June. The bikes will stay out over the rest of the year and more will appear to welcome the Tour of Britain cycle race finish in Wrexham City Centre on Monday 4th September! Keep your eyes posted on www.thisiswrexham.co.uk for a trail map later this summer too.

We were really excited to see international tennis return to Wrexham Tennis Centre in May, as the Junior International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour served up excitement. The tournament saw some of the best young tennis stars of the future descend on the city, along with their families and coaches.

Finally, I’m really looking forward to talking at the next VOX Magazine networking event on 22nd June at the Croes Howell. details at: www.ezpublishing.co.uk/events

By Joe Bickerton, Tourism Manager at Wrexham County Borough Council T. 01978 292015 www.thisiswrexham.co.uk