The last decade has seen some remarkable success stories across North Wales.
These new businesses have brought jobs and investment and helped the region to prosper as the 海角视频 emerged from the credit crunch and subsequent recession.
Here are six high flying businesses that incredibly did not exist back in 2010 but now employ more than 1,000 workers between them.
Zip World
It is incredible to think Zip World only launched its first attraction in 2013 with the fastest zip line in the world at Penrhyn Quarry in Bethesda.
Since then its progress has been as rapid as its zip lines and it now employs more than 400 workers across three sites in North Wales. They have helped to regenerate the quarry towns of Blaenau Ffestiniog and Bethesda.
There is no sign that the company is slowing down with founder Sean Taylor leading the way as it plans expansion in South Wales and recently unveiled a new proposed zip wire for the centre of Liverpool.
The company continues to push the boundaries and has been at the heart of turning North Wales into the European Capital of Adventure.
Dylan’s
Restaurant chain Dylan’s is now a name known across North Wales - which shows how far it has come in just eight years.
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David Evans, who had a background in creating clothing brands, and Robin Hodgson, who brought the culinary experience, opened their first site on the waterfront in Menai Bridge in 2012.
Combining an incredible location on the Menai Strait with great cooking it proved an instant hit, with even the restaurant’s bosses surprised at the level of demand.
It was inevitable that more sites would follow and in the spring of 2015 Dylan’s
It proved another success and the company was named one of the fastest growing firms in Wales.
The pair went on to open a third restaurant on the seafront in Llandudno and a production - with Dylan’s now employing around 200 workers.
They are not standing still with plans for two more restaurants in future years.
Net World Sports
We are pushing the decade boundary a little with this one as Net World Sports actually became a limited company in 2009 - bur it’s growth over the 2010s has been remarkable.
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It was started by Alex Lovén from his family’s home in Shropshire and made the move to Wrexham in 2014 - helping the company surge in size. They now employ over 100 workers.
The firm exports its sports equipment across the globe and has no plans to rest on its laurels.
Planning permission has been secured for a major expansion on Wrexham Industrial Estate backed by a £1.6m loan from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
With a young and dynamic team in pace the future look bright for this brand.
Adventure Parc Snowdonia
At the start of the decade Dolgarrog was home to a large empty brownfield site that had been abandoned after Dolgarrog Aluminium Ltd closed in 2007 after 100 years of aluminium production at the site.
It saw 170 workers lose their jobs and was a major blow to the village and the entire Conwy Valley.
Back then if you had suggested the same piece of land would become a mecca for surfers from across the 海角视频 and the world your sanity may have been questioned.
It was snapped up by Martin Ainscough, who was buying up land for development, after his family sold Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd in 2007 for over £250m.
They were looking at partnering with a leisure operator but it was through Martin’s son Andy Ainscough that the surf lagoon idea developed - with Andy a keen surfer.
Working alongside Spanish family firm Wavegarden they created the world’s first commercial inland surfing lagoon with the belief that if they built it, people would come.
The site opened in 2015 and endured a difficult first year due to technical issues but they never wavered in their belief in the site and the following year attracted 150,000 visitors.
They have invested further with the £4m Adrenaline Indoors opening this summer. This is part of an overall £16m investment at the site with a Hilton Garden Inn hotel due to open in summer 2020.
This will bring job numbers at the business to similar levels to when the aluminium site was operating - a remarkable turnaround for the Conwy Valley site now branded Adventure Parc Snowdonia.
Brenig Construction
From a standing start in 2012, Brenig, in Mochdre, now employs 70 people directly and is turning over £11 million a year, with £21 million of work already secured in future contracts.
In 2016 at the Fast Growth 50 awards, they were named as the fastest growing construction company in Wales and the fastest growing North Wales firm in any sector thanks to a remarkable 770.2 per cent growth over a two-year period.
It is run by Mark Parry and Howard Vaughan, both 38, who became lifelong friends after bonding over computer games at their local youth club in Glan Conwy in 1987.
Brighter Foods
Brighter Foods was created back in 2014 after nutrition bar firm Halo Foods relocated from Tywyn a year earlier with more than 100 workers losing their jobs.
It was started by former Halo Foods worker Robin Williams and was an immediate success, expanding rapidly.
In 2018 the snack bar company purchased the former Halo site with plans for the workforce to reach 200 staff.