The Latest News from Wrexham Business Professionals
High-flying travel boss will champion Wrexham
High-flying travel boss will champion Wrexham at business leaders event A HIGH-FLYING travel firm boss who has created more than 50 jobs in less than a year will tell Wrexham business leaders how his 35-store empire remains rooted in the heart of the town. Don Bircham, Managing Director of Hays Travel North West, will share the secrets of his success with members of an influential business group, Wrexham Business Professionals (WBP) on Friday September 21. The group is made up of successful businesses and highly skilled professional firms of solicitors, accountants and other business professionals working together to raise the profile of enterprise and expertise that exists in the region and beyond. The event, to be held at the Catrin Finch Centre, in Wrexham, will be entitled ‘Powering Regional Prosperity - The Direction of Travel’. The other keynote speaker will be Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport. Don started his career in the travel industry, straight out of school, almost 40 years ago when he got a job with a local travel agent at the age of 16 in his home town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. Later working for Thomas Cook, he soon climbed the career ladder and was offered a regional manager position for North Wales and Merseyside which brought him and his young family to live in Mold. His chain of 35 independent travel agencies, located throughout North Wales and the North West, now employs 200 people and has a turnover in excess of £ 75m. It is the main partner of the hugely successful Hays Travel based in Sunderland which has just announced a turnover of more than £1bn and is the UK’s largest independent travel agency. Don’s own firm is on a major expansion trajectory by itself, having opened seven new stores, including branches in Rhyl and Colwyn Bay, in the last eight months. He has also introduced a £ 1m rolling programme of refurbishments for a large...... more ›1
Recent Posts
- Company bosses urged to join the war against climate change
- Business leaders urged to be more eco-friendly
- Top entrepreneur urges bosses to provide more mental health support for staff
- £5.6bn in exports help North East Wales punch above its weight
- I’ll smash the idea of a North-South divide
- North Wales companies could go bust within three weeks of Brexit, warns First Minister
- Give more power to people of North Wales after Brexit
- City status for Wrexham
- Army of Investment Angels
- Lets work together
Tags
Archive
- May 2020 (5)
- June 2019 (1)
- May 2019 (1)
- February 2019 (2)
- November 2018 (1)
- September 2018 (1)
- July 2018 (1)
- May 2018 (1)
- April 2018 (1)
- February 2018 (1)
- November 2017 (4)
- August 2017 (5)
- May 2017 (9)
- February 2016 (1)
- January 2016 (2)
- July 2015 (4)
- February 2015 (6)
- September 2014 (1)
- June 2014 (1)