Chipps Chippendale

Over 90 separate Welsh cycling organisations have today co-signed a letter to Welsh Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies MS, concerning the NRW Proposal for Organisational Change and its impact on communities across Wales. (Irranca-Davies is Welsh Government’s Minister responsible for Natural Resources Wales).

According to several reports we have seen, it’s looking very likely that in the short term, several trail centres, including Coed y Brenin and Nant yr Arian will be forced to close, pending talks between NRW (Natural Resource Wales) and trade unions. Robin Grant from UK MTB Trail Alliance has summarised things for us, so it’s over to him: NRW announced Wednesday they were planning a cost-cutting re-structure, involving laying off staff.

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