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CAT, which was founded in 1973 near Machynlleth, has not revealed how many of its 90 full-time staff would be losing their jobs. In 2010, its employees voted to take a four-month pay cut of nearly 10% to safeguard the company’s future…

A previously unpublished analysis undertaken by Westminster’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Defra, has been made available following a request under the Freedom of Information Act by The Guardian newspaper.

A 63-year-old farmer was left feeling like a sack of spuds as she tried to get to hospital after breaking her leg. Faced with a seven-hour wait for an ambulance, Janet Gladwin’s only option was to travel to Withybush Hospital in a friend’s car.

The Welsh government said the people of Wales should receive proper value for “this vital resource”. On Monday the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) revealed that much of southern and eastern England was officially in a state …

Ms Griffith said this would force people to cut back on basic items of food and drink. She said: “[These] cuts have barely come into effect yet; £17m of the total cut of £794m is due to be saved this tax year, meaning merely 2% of the total has been …

A small farmers’ co-operative which already produces a high-quality rapeseed oil for the Welsh market is now branching out into Cheshire and Cumbria. Blodyn Aur – Golden Flower in English – is the brand name of the golden liquid that its makers claim …

GIVEN the importance of common land to Welsh farming – it covers more than 10 per cent of the land mass – some tough talking is a certainty at this year’s Welsh Commons Forum (WCF) annual conference. The Welsh Government’s Deputy Agriculture Minister, …

The report from the assembly’s cross-party enterprise and business committee wants co-ordination of policy, planning as well as financial considerations to promote town centres. The Welsh government’s independent panel on business rates should consider …

Antoinette Sandbach, shadow rural affairs minister for Wales, now wants assurances from the Welsh Government that it is fully prepared for the virus. “I am urging ministers to ensure that Wales, alongside the rest of the UK, has contingency plans,” …

Mr Hughes said the four were normally rivals but had worked successfully together to provide the beer tent at the annual Conwy Feast food festival. While the Great Orme and Conwy breweries are within a couple of miles of the pub, another brewery …