STAFF have been assured that a multi-million-pound food company has no plans to leave Tywyn - and in fact extra jobs are set to be created.

Brighter Foods, a company based in Tywyn which specialises in snack bars, has entered into a partnership with Real Good Food in a deal worth around £9m.

The deal, which sees Real Good Food acquire 84 per cent of Brighter Foods, will mean extra jobs for the area and further investment in the local community, the company says.

The town was shaken in 2013 when Halo Foods left the area, with the loss of 100 jobs, but bosses of the company set up in its wake have been quick to dismiss any ideas of them relocating.

Brighter Foods was founded by Robin Williams (pictured) in 2014 and two years after its launch was voted Start-Up of the Year at the inaugural Welsh Start-Up Awards.

It started with fewer than 30 people and now employs 170, with that number set to increase.

Mr Williams was keen to assure people that there were no plans to relocate the business following their agreement with Real Good Food, a culinary company which is involved in several markets including cake decoration and ‘premium’ bakery. “Brighter was born in Tywyn and is embedded in Tywyn and this is where the heart of the business will be,” said Mr Williams, who will stay on as CEO.

“At Brighter we were already looking at land options near to the current factory for a new facility.”

Read the full story in today’s Meirionnydd edition of the Cambrian News