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Senior Fed members discuss DRS with Paul Davies MS in Wales

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Senior members of the Federation of Independent Retailers, (the Fed), Vince and Fiona Malone, met with Paul Davies, newly re-elected Conservative Senedd member for Ceredigion Penfro on Friday 22 May at their shop in Tenby in the West Wales constituency. They discussed how small shops…

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