An Aberystwyth company is in the running to be named one of the best rural businesses in the UK after being shortlisted for a regional Rural Business Award.

Gwe Cambrian Web has been shortlisted in the Best Rural Digital, Communication or Media Business category at the 2019/20 Rural Business Awards, held in partnership with Amazon.

They will battle it out against fellow rural businesses, entrepreneurs and enterprises from across the region for a place at the national final.

Gwe Cambrian Web is a website development and digital marketing agency.

Founded in 2013, Gwe Cambrian Web have a wide range of clients from small businesses to universities across Wales.

Their main focus is to help get Welsh online, by offering bilingual website design services at no extra cost to customers. The Welsh language is a major focus for them and they’re keen to promote the use of Welsh in business in as many ways as possible.

The Rural Business Awards 2019/20 will mark the awards’ fifth year of celebrating the success of businesses across the UK’s rural economy. The awards are organised by rural business for rural business with the aim of celebrating the achievements of rural businesses and developing a strong network for rural business owners.

Speaking after being shortlisted for an award, Kerry Ferguson from Gwe Cambrian Web said: “It is an honour to be shortlisted in these national awards, we’re proud to be able to offer a bilingual website design and digital marketing service here in rural mid Wales.

“It’s great to see such a wide range of businesses shortlisted from Wales and Northern Ireland.”

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