News and links relating to CYMAD cyf
Oh CYMAD, where did it all go wrong?
What follows is a timeline in headlines.
10th December 1999
Visitors seek sheep dog expertise
A deputation from the Pyrenees is due to arrive in north Wales to discover the craft of sheep dog training.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/557622.stm
29th April 2000
Village signs point to superhighway
A north Wales village could be the first place in the country to have its website address on road signs if the National Assembly gives the go-ahead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/730569.stm
12th November 2003
Wool laboratory to open
A laboratory testing the quality of wool from across the world is to open in Gwynedd creating 20 new jobs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3262157.stm
13th March 2004
Plan to improve common land
A plan to revitalise common land surrounding former slate quarrying communities in north Wales has been given more than £360,000 in funding.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/3506156.stm
2nd July 2004
Seafood festival is a real catch
Gwyl Bwyd Mor Lloen - the Lloen Seafood Festival - will be held in the Gwynedd village of Nefyn today and tomorrow.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/business/business-news/seafood-festival-real-catch-2925825
20th January 2005
Parents' Welsh homework helpline
A homework helpline is being set up to offer Welsh learners and their parents support outside the classroom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4189307.stm
21st January 2005
Answers to your kids' homework just a call away
Relief is on the way for English speakers struggling to help their children with Welsh homework.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/answers-your-kids-homework-just-2917904
6th January 2006
Shock suspension for finance boss
The finance boss of a North Wales enterprise agency last night told of his shock at being suspended from his job.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/shock-suspension-for-finance-boss-2899526
2nd May 2006
Assembly urged to probe Cymad
The National Assembly was last night urged to investigate enterprise agency, Cymad, amid concerns over its running.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/assembly-urged-to-probe-cymad-2893902
26th May 2006
Police inquiry on business agency
North Wales Police have confirmed a police investigation is being held into Porthmadog-based business agency Cymad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/5020986.stm
8th June 2006
No end to row over agency's suspended boss
Talks to resolve a dispute between a North Wales enterprise agency and its suspended finance boss have failed.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/no-end-row-over-agencys-2892712
15th June 2006
Business agency employee charged
An employee of north Wales-based business agency Cymad has been charged with two counts of false accounting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/5084152.stm
21st June 2006
Agency boss on accounting charges
The managing director of Gwynedd business agency Cymad has appeared in court charged with false accounting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/5102890.stm
3rd August 2006
Officer may issue counter-claim
Cymad's sacked finance manager may issue a counter-claim for unfair and/or wrongful dismissal against his former enterprise agency employers.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/officer-may-issue-counter-claim-2889841
21st September 2006
Council boss facing false accounting charges
Charges to be heard in October
https://www.accountancyage.com/2006/09/21/council-boss-facing-false-accounting-charges/
21st September 2006
Enterprise agency boss faces false accounting charges
5th October 2006
Company directors 'sacking shock'
Two directors of a Gwynedd-based company are seeking legal advice after documents were sent to Companies House sacking them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/5410128.stm
5th October 2006
Directed out
Two directors of a Porthmadog-based call centre company claim they have been wrongly removed from office.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/directed-out-2887619
14th December 2006
Agency in probe raided by officials
The offices of a troubled North Wales enterprise agency have been raided by investigators believed to be probing its financial affairs.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/agency-probe-raided-officials-2884474
11th January 2007
Cattle grids are a cause for concern
Calls have been made for the Welsh Assembly Government and enterprise agency CYMAD to resume work on the controversial and half-completed cattle grid and fencing in Fron.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/cattle-grids-cause-concern-2882318
2nd May 2007
Boss wrote 'wrong' cheque stubs
The ex-managing director of a Gwynedd business agency has told a court he wrote incorrect information on cheque stubs, but denied false accounting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6616773.stm
3rd May 2007
Cymad boss: I didn't have sex with worker
A North Wales enterprise agency boss yesterday denied having a sexual relationship with a female employee to whom he paid overtime.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cymad-boss-didnt-sex-worker-2873097
4th May 2007
Cheques case jury sent home
The jury in the trial of a North Wales enterprise agency boss accused of writing two false cheques resumes its deliberations today.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cheques-case-jury-sent-home-2873163.amp
4th May 2007
Boss fined for false accounting
The managing director of a Gwynedd business agency has been found guilty of false accounting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/6624483.stm
8th March 2008
Troubled firm’s affairs to be aired in tribunal
Whistleblower claims unfair dismissal
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/troubled-firms-affairs-aired-tribunal-2840780
18th March 2008
Finance manager unfairly sacked
A Gwynedd enterprise agency has admitted it dismissed its finance manager unfairly.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7302386.stm
18th March 2008
Former Cymad employee wins tribunal
A whistleblower sacked unfairly after spotting his boss had signed cheques fraudulently was yesterday awarded £40,000 compensation.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/former-cymad-employee-wins-tribunal-2841998
20th March 2008
Mystery surrounds Cymad director's departure
A well-known businessman resigned as a voluntary director of troubled rural development company CYMAD Cyf two months before a sacked whistleblower won his employment case this week.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/mystery-surrounds-cymad-directors-departure-2842304
17th April 2008
Bailiffs to visit Porthmadog agency to recover £40k
Bailiffs will visit a troubled North Wales enterprise agency to recover £40,000 compensation awarded to a former worker.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bailiffs-visit-porthmadog-agency-recover-2837864
14th July 2008
Agency chief quits his post
The boss of a troubled enterprise agency has quit to focus on his own food production and marketing venture.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/agency-chief-quits-his-post-2825918
20th August 2008
Cymad has still not paid damages
A troubled North Wales enterprise agency is £½m in debt, and still has not paid the £40,000 it owes to an unfairly dismissed ex-employee.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cymad-still-not-paid-damages-2818143.amp
27th August 2008
Payment for wrongly sacked worker
A long-running dispute between an enterprise agency and a former employee unfairly dismissed for revealing forgery within the firm has ended.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7584131.stm
27th August 2008
Cymad pays £40k to former employee
A troubled North Wales enterprise agency has settled its dispute with an unfairly dismissed ex-employee.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cymad-pays-40k-former-employee-2819083
28th August 2008
Unfair dismissal claim is won as Cymad pays £40k
An unfairly sacked whistleblower has finally been paid £40,000 compensation by his previous employers.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/unfair-dismissal-claim-won-cymad-2819143
13th August 2009
Cymad in liquidation
A troubled North Wales enterprise agency has gone into voluntary liquidation – owing an estimated £200,000 to the Inland Revenue.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cymad-in-liquidation-2780653
17th May 2010
Audit Wales report
The management of public funding by Cymad Cyf
https://www.audit.wales/publication/management-public-funding-cymad-cyf
17th May 2010
Auditors urge grant-making checks
Grant-making public bodies should make sure the organisations they award money to are financially robust, auditors in Wales have said
https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2010/05/auditors-urge-grant-making-checks
18th May 2010
Enterprise firm Cymad Cyf mismanaged public funds
A company set up to help rural development mismanaged and "could not account" for some of its £3.6m of public funding, an audit report says.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/8687388.stm
18th May 2010
Cymad mismanaged £3.6m of public cash says report
A North Wales enterprise agency which collapsed owing thousands of pounds, did not manage effectively the £3.6m public funding it received, a report by the Auditor General for Wales reveals.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/cymad-mismanaged-36-public-cash-2755836
18th May 2010
Private enterprise agency 'mismanaged public funds'
A collapsed private enterprise agency mismanaged £3.6 million of public funding, a report has claimed.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/private-enterprise-agency-mismanaged-public-1918642