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["This is a busy, popular shop and
always has been,
but the costs are too much," he said.]


[A family bakery established in 1914
will shut its doors for the final time
later due to huge energy costs
and the price of ingredients.

Noakes bakery in Pontarddulais,
near Swansea, cannot continue trading
after energy bills soared to an
unsustainable level, its owner said.

Paul Noakes, 76, and his family have
run the shop for three generations.
He said even though the shop is still
very busy, it is "impossible to absorb
the increase in energy prices".
Mr Noakes said he felt now was the
time for him to retire and spend
more time with his family.
However, he said closing the
shop made him "very emotional".]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-64497692


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