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Principality doubles its presence in Neath
26/01/06
Principality Building Society is doubling its presence in Neath in a move to new premises at a prime high street location. The Society will occupy a corner building on Green Street with twice the frontage and additional office space on the first and second floors.
Principality’s 51st branch opens in Llanelli
22/12/05
Principality Building Society has opened its 51st branch and the first in Llanelli, at the town’s St Elli Shopping Centre. New jobs were created locally to provide a team of counter staff, a financial planning manager and a branch manager.
Greggs spreads beyond high street
07/07/05
Leading bakery retailer Greggs has expanded beyond its more familiar high street portfolio to open an outlet at a 4,500 sq ft unit on Bridgend Industrial Estate.
Welsh entrepreneur expands to Newport
30/09/04
Coffee#1 has opened a new outlet in Commercial Street, Newport, reinforcing the pledge of the chain’s owner, James Shapland, to open 20 new premises throughout South Wales and the South West within the next five years. This is the fifth in its chain so far and the first in Newport. A new shop in Abergavenny is also to be opened before Christmas.
Aroma of success at Coffee#1
17/06/04
Coffee#1 has opened a new outlet in Albany Road, Cardiff and is to open a further store later this year in Commercial Street, Newport. Acquisition of another South Wales store is said to be imminent.
Greggs savours 100th shop deal and is hungry for more
13/05/04
The South Wales division of Greggs plc took another bite of the Welsh bakery market with the opening of its 100th shop in the region on 7th May 2004.