Action call on ‘pub closure every 9 days’
Aquite a good experience.”
After sailing through the initial rounds and making the final 26 out of about 400 competitors, Seren will compete against her rivals between March 13 and 14 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel on Park
She said: “I went last week for runway coaching. Top models are also giving us advice on what not to do, and we get measured up for the designer clothes for the final.”
Seren, who dreams of being a professional dancer and has “loads” of auditions lined up for next year, said: “My friends were kind of shocked when I told them. They didn’t really know what I was on about.
“When they went on the Facebook page they were quite shocked at what a big event it is.”
Seren is sure to get plenty of support, as Paula has six other children and most are ordering tickets for the event.
Sisters Thalia, eight, and Larni, 13, will be cheering Seren on along with brothers Sebastian, 22, and Fabian, 14. Sebastian’s girlfriend Cara and Paula herself will make up the contingent.
For more information on Top Model, which raises money for Children with Cancer UK, visit topmodeluk. com/welcome/4585665081. PUB closes in North and Mid Wales every nine days according the latest “shocking” figures for the trade.
Statistics from The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) show how the industry continues to suffer a hangover. It found that every week in Wales there were two pub closures and communities in North and Mid Wales have seen 21 closures in the last six months of 2014.
Gwynne Thomas, from Conwy Brewery, which also runs the successful Albion pub in Conwy with three other breweries, said: “This is still a big issue and we know that a lot of pubs are struggling to make it especially in rural communities.
“More needs to be done to support pubs, there needs to be changes in VAT and alcohol duty to favour pubs ahead of supermarkets so it bcomes more affordable to go to the pub.
“Visiting the pub is still one of the top things people like to do in their leisure time but it is currently much cheaper to drink at home. Where pubs do offer more to customers like a good food offer they can do well but there are still many that are suffering. It has to be remembered that pubs employ a lot of people and in particular a lot of young people who are getting valuable experience.
“Also many of those struggling are in villages where they can be a crucial part of the community.
“While more needs to be done from Government to support pubs it is also up to communities to do the same and go to their local because once a pub closes and becomes residential it will never come back.”
Conservative AM Janet Finch Saunders, who represents Aberconwy, said: “These are shocking figures that highlight the glaring need for immediate action to support our pubs.
“We want to use our low tax agenda to help pubs and protect the role they play as economic, social and cultural hubs.
“Cutting business rates, axing red tape, and introducing the right to bid to enable people to safeguard community assets; this is what Welsh Conservatives would do and it’s about time Wesh Labour ministers in Cardiff sat up and took notice.”
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, is pressing the Government to act now to help save pubs in light of the latest CGA-CAMRA Pub Tracker, which shows that the number of net pub closures in the UK remains high at 29 per week – almost twice the number of pub closures in 2011.