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Almost two years ago the community of Pontypridd suffered its biggest blow with record breaking floods devastating many homes in the area and forcing tens of businesses to close in town centre due to the severe damage caused. Just as the town was beginning to recover and after a long period where the business community came together to help each other and bring the town back to life, the nation was put into lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The pandemic had an immediate impact on the town with well-known brands such as Carphone Warehouse and River Island closing as these companies were forced to make changes up and down Wales and in the United Kingdom. This in addition to all the vacant properties still recovering from the February floods, the future for businesses in Pontypridd looked bleak. However, with the town seemingly on its knees, an exciting group of new and existing entrepreneurs and businesses grabbed the opportunity to build and continue their ideas in Pontypridd and build on what was already such a strong business community.
As a business led organisation, we at Your Pontypridd Business Improvement District have been at the heart of the business community throughout the highs and lows of the past two years. With support from the Welsh Government’s Transforming Towns fund we are developing a video series with two local businesses Artifact Multimedia and Plaingraffic, to document the transformation of the town in the past twelve to eighteen months and to dive into all the buzz and excitement around major regeneration projects coming to Pontypridd in the near future.
Our first film (above) sees us speaking to many of the new independent businesses who have moved into the town centre, the exciting Gatto Lounge, a new restaurant at the recently opened Llys Cadwyn development, and we speak to those businesses who have survived and thrived following the devastating floods.
If you would like to know any more about the Project or have any questions about Your Pontypriddd BID please contact us at info@yourpontypridd.co.uk
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