A butcher from Conwy has urged the UK Government to act "immediately" to prevent businesses like his from collapsing under the weight of rising bills. His warning comes after his factory was quoted £782,000 for a year of energy bills - up 500% from last year's figure of £129,000.
Ieuan Edwards is the founder and director of Edwards of Conwy, a butchers which has expanded to provide products to major UK supermarkets. After responding to a Tweet by Edwina Currie in which the former MP bemoaned the use of the word "catastrophe" to describe the energy crisis, Mr Edwards appeared on Good Morning Britain where he and Currie exchanged some strong words.
Mr Edwards stressed that the current situation really is a catastrophe. Speaking to WalesOnline, he said: "Thankfully, as a business, we have a full order book and a strong balance sheet.
