9. 5. Plaid Cymru Debate: Small Businesses

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:21 pm on 30 November 2016.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 4:21, 30 November 2016

Thank you very much, Bethan. You mentioned Bridgend town centre and as someone who’s very familiar with Bridgend town centre, going back to the 1970s when it was a market town, one thing that the shopkeepers in Bridgend do need—and they’re not trying to recreate some era of the 1950s and 1960s—is consistency from the local authority about what plans they have for development. We’ve had pedestrianisation, now we’re reversing that. A bit of consistency would give them confidence to invest in the product that they’re offering the consumer coming into Bridgend, would it not?