A Minffordd-based business is spreading good cheer, giving educational Christmas gifts to youngsters in Bangor.

Vital textbooks have been donated to youngsters at Bangor Chinese School by debt recovery company CCI Credit Management Ltd.

A volunteer at the school, Kun (Christine) Jiao organised for her CCI manager Patrick Harte to present the dictionaries and key-stage skills textbooks at the ceremony.

Lead teacher at BCS, Jianmin Fang, said: “These generously-donated books are vital to help our pupils aged four to 16 to learn key-stage Chinese language, culture, and history, as well as about famous overseas people and places, in this friendly environment.

“Our extensive library means they can achieve the levels needed for university. We hope the gift will strengthen links between Bangor’s learning community and CCICM.”

Receiving a framed thank you certificate in return, Patrick said: “We are delighted to support Kun, as both a volunteer and colleague, with this initiative. CCICM has a long and successful history of working with Bangor University Business School, and in China.

“For more than 15 years, we have been the trusted partner of many household-name Chinese clients, including State and State-owned entities, as well as many large commercial organisations.

“Such has been our success in collecting international export debts and mitigating Chinese clients’ trading risk across the world, we have opened a new office in Shanghai, China.

“This presence means we can regularly liaise directly with clients in-country and serve their requirements even more efficiently.”