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Latest · Mon 26 Oct, 16:44 · Hospitality

The St David's Hotel on the water at Cardiff Bay. Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph (geograph.org.uk/photo/6687108) and Wikimedia Commons

Wales's tourist tax: Cardiff charges from April, while Conwy and Anglesey hold off

Earlier

The Nation · Wrexham regeneration
Ragazzi to open on Hope Street after regeneration support
Wed 21 Oct, 11:08
The Brief · Powys business
Powys selects 37 businesses for £509,000 in growth grants
Tue 20 Oct, 16:07
The Brief · Farming
FUW urges rethink of mobile mast agreements
Fri 16 Oct, 00:05
The Brief · Welsh technology
Deeside recycling tags make TIME’s 2026 inventions list
Thu 15 Oct, 19:12
The Brief · Welsh economy
Welsh orders edge into growth as firms keep cutting jobs
Wed 14 Oct, 19:10
The Brief · Money
Appliances Direct ordered to refund around £432,000
Wed 14 Oct, 12:14
The Brief · Manufacturing
Wrexham grant backs Mimica’s freshness-label production plans
Tue 13 Oct, 15:03
The Brief · Business
Recruitment support event in Llandudno to launch North Wales skills plan
Mon 12 Oct, 20:11
The Brief · Business
Atherton Bikes warns of delivery disruption after Machynlleth factory fire
Mon 12 Oct, 10:12
The Nation · Heritage
Welsh heritage supports nearly 18,000 jobs, study estimates
Mon 12 Oct, 02:07
The Nation · Business
Adam Price heads to Boston for AI and technology trade meetings
Mon 12 Oct, 02:07
The Brief · Industry
Battery trial to test faster grid connections for south Wales industry
Wed 30 Sept, 22:08
The Nation
£7m fund offers grants for home-energy manufacturing in south-west Wales
Wed 30 Sept, 11:16
The Brief · Cardiff business
Lloyds opens John Street office for more than 2,500 staff
Tue 29 Sept, 09:09
The Brief · Abergele
Five-room veterinary surgery proposed for Abergele business park
Sat 26 Sept, 20:08
The Brief · Business
£4m skills programme opens as south-east Wales investment zone moves ahead
Fri 25 Sept, 22:07
The Brief · Hospitality
Walnut Tree and Porth Tocyn among Welsh AA award winners
Fri 25 Sept, 09:07
The Nation · North Wales economy
Airbus to create 480 Broughton jobs in £150m wing investment
Mon 21 Sept, 17:04
Matchday live · Welsh economy
The 11 people shaping Wales’s new development agency
Sun 20 Sept, 21:06
Matchday live · Anglesey business
Former Llangefni chemical works set for clearance and decontamination
Sun 20 Sept, 21:06
The Nation · Investigation
Taff's Well quarry blast investigation will take many months, says HSE
Wed 16 Sept, 15:03
The Brief · Business
Wales plans 30% business rates cut for pubs, hotels and gyms
Tue 15 Sept, 13:09
The Brief · Business
Cardiff visitor levy: booking records change from 28 September
Sun 13 Sept, 13:49
The Brief · Food and drink
Swedish-style café to open in Llay on 19 September
Sat 12 Sept, 23:19
The Brief · Food and drink
Cardigan’s Black Lion reopens with refurbished bar, restaurant and rooms
Sat 12 Sept, 23:19
The Brief · Newport transport
Cabinet to consider £3.25m sale of Newport bus depot to TfW
Sat 12 Sept, 16:03
The Brief · Planning
Le Pub gets go-ahead for arts spaces and roof terrace
Fri 11 Sept, 15:15
The Brief · Energy grants
Newport energy grants offer up to £25,000
Thu 10 Sept, 08:12