BAKER DAY FOR EURO MINSTER.EUROPE Minister Caroline Flint Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961 in Twickenham, England) is a British Labour politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Don Valley in Northern England, the Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform in the Department for Work and Pensions and the has been on a whistlestop tour of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. highlighting how European funding has helped create and safeguard jobs. Her first stop was the award-winning Technium OpTIC site in St Asaph, which recently won a contract to produce super hi-tech mirrors for the European Extra Large Telescope, which will search for earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars. She then stopped at Village Bakery (Nutrition) Ltd on Wrexham Industrial Estate The Wrexham Industrial Estate is the largest industrial estate in north Wales, (2nd largest in United Kingdom. by size) situated on the eastern side of the town of Wrexham. .. The high-tech bakery specialises in making gluten-free bread . At Airbus Broughton the Minister heard how trainees are building wings for the new A380 thanks to an EU-funded apprenticeship scheme. She also visited a number of EU-funded projects which help people into work such as the Crest Cooperative near Llandudno. She said: "From getting people back to work, to funding world class facilities, I've seen many examples of ways in which Europe is giving North Wales a boost." CAPTION(S): Minister Caroline Flint discusses production with Village Bakery managing director Robin Jones |
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