PENARTH restaurant Mint and Mustard is putting on a special offer to get people out onto the high street.
The popular Indian is open every day in February with a £10 per person daytime menu where you will be able to get six set menus with a selection of smaller servings.
Mint and Mustard has been through the ringer recently.
We met them in January 2023, when the energy price rise was initially announced and general manager Ram Sapkota told he wasn't sure the venue would survive monthly price increases on their bills of thousands of pounds.
However, Mint and Mustard didn't just survive, it thrived, introducing a hugely popular Christmas menu which we sampled during the festive period.
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'We already have problems. You can see it in high street shops closing'
Most recently, Mint and Mustard has had to deal with another blow.
In their latest funding settlement, the Welsh Government announced business rates relief will decrease in 2024 from the current 75 per cent to just 45 per cent.
It means much loved venues such as Mint and Mustard will be forking out more on their bills.
At the time of the announcement, Mr Sapkota said the government should be trying to help businesses.
“The government is supposed to help businesses sustain and retain them,” said Mr Sapkota.
“We already have problems. You can see it in high street shops closing."
However, the Welsh Government highlighted a number of measures in place to support the high street.
A spokesperson said in December: “Thanks to our generous system of full reliefs, almost half of ratepayers, including thousands of small businesses across Wales, do not pay rates at all.
“We are providing a fifth successive year of support for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses with their rates bills, at a cost of £78 million.
“This builds on the almost £1 billion of support provided in rates relief schemes to these sectors since 2020-21."
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