Number of new Welsh firms falls
stop. “The defendant did not stop but accelerated to speeds of 70-80mph. He took bends on the wrong side of the road and maintained the speed until he reached Blaenau Ffestiniog,” the barrister said. Dashcam footage from the police vehicle saw Williams loop round the Glanypwll area rejoining the A470 and driving back towards Dolwyddelan reaching speeds of 100-110mph.
Mr Rothwell said approaching Dolwyddelan a stinger device succeeded in slowing the vehicle and while driving through the village Mr Cebula, a Czech national, opened the passenger door and jumped out.
“The police vehicle managed to get alongside the Ford and bring it to a stop,” he added.
Arrested Williams was taken to a police station where tests showed a reading of 57 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is
35.
He told officers he had planned to go to Blaenau Ffestiniog to pick up some items and panicked when he saw the police vehicle signal him to stop.
Dafydd Roberts, defending, said: “He knows he has let people down and behaved reprehensibly.” THE number of start-up businesses in Wales has fallen significantly since the referendum decision to leave the EU.
A new analysis of start-up activity across the nations and regions of the UK from Creditsafe shows that over a two-year period since the referendum vote in June 2016, the number of new businesses in Wales declined by 18.56% – the biggest fall of any nation or region in the UK.
The analysis is based on the percentage change in start-ups from May 2016 to April 2017, compared with the following financial year ending April this year.
Wales recorded 22,415 start-ups between May 2016 and April 2017, but dropped to 18,255 in 2018-2019.
Scotland and the South West were the only other parts of the UK to see a decrease over the same period, at 3% and 0.59% respectively.