Expansion Plans for Pembrokeshire Welsh Cakes Producer Following Micro Loan

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Development Bank of Wales , 30th May 2023

MamGu Welshcakes has impressed diners with its range of traditional and modern Welsh cakes since starting out at markets and food fairs in 2016.

Since then, the company has grown to a popular coffee shop in the Pembrokeshire harbour village of Solva, along with a bakery in Croesgoch – as well as selling direct to customers via their website.

Now, thanks to a £40,000 micro loan from the Development Bank of Wales, the business has opened a new café at the Marine Centre of Excellence in Saundersfoot harbour, where it can bring its range of Welsh cakes and traditional afternoon teas to even more customers.

As well as helping the company to take on the additional site, the loan will also help towards fitting it with furniture and refitting counter space.

Emily Wood and owner of Mamgu Welshcakes, Becky Swift

The loan has also supported the company in setting up a new bakery in the Cathedral City of St David’s, allowing it increase production of its popular line of Welsh cakes.

Becky Swift, owner of MamGu Welshcakes, said:

“Our new café at Saundersfoot is still well within reach of our current premises in Solva, but it will help us get to new customers further afield.

“Some people might say expanding to a new site is a gamble, but for us, it’s a natural step to what we want to do next – and people always want cake!”

“I’d recommend the Development Bank of Wales to any business considering expansion or further opportunities – it’s a great example of a Welsh organisation doing its best to help Welsh businesses.”

Emily Wood, Investment Executive at the Development Bank of Wales, said:

“It was a pleasure to support Mamgu Welshcakes as they look at expanding to new premises.

“Small businesses like Mamgu Welshcakes contribute so much to the life and atmosphere of towns and villages throughout Wales, particularly in rural and coastal areas where they can be real drivers of tourism and local life.”

The Development Bank of Wales offers micro loans from £1,000 to up to £50,000 to help small and micro businesses in a range of areas, from start-up capital to growth finance.

For more information, visit www.developmentbank.wales

Mae MamGu Welshcakes wedi creu argraff ar giniawyr gyda’i amrywiaeth o gacennau cri traddodiadol a modern ers dechrau mewn marchnadoedd a ffeiriau bwyd yn 2016.

Ers hynny, mae’r cwmni wedi tyfu i fod yn siop goffi boblogaidd ym mhentref Harbwr Solfach yn Sir Benfro, ynghyd â becws yng Nghroesgoch – yn ogystal â gwerthu’n uniongyrchol i gwsmeriaid drwy eu gwefan.

Nawr, diolch i micro fenthyciad o £40,000 gan Fanc Datblygu Cymru, mae’r busnes wedi agor caffi newydd yn y Ganolfan Ragoriaeth Forol yn harbwr Saundersfoot, lle gall gynnig ei ddewis o gacennau cri a the prynhawn traddodiadol i fwy fyth o gwsmeriaid.

Yn ogystal â helpu'r cwmni i gymryd awenau’r safle ychwanegol, bydd y benthyciad hefyd yn helpu i osod dodrefn ac ailosod gofod cownter yno.

Mae'r benthyciad hefyd wedi cefnogi'r cwmni i sefydlu becws newydd yn Ninas Gadeiriol Tyddewi, gan ganiatáu iddo gynyddu cynhyrchiant ei ddewis poblogaidd o gacennau cri.

Meddai Becky Swift, perchennog MamGu Welshcakes:

“Mae ein caffi newydd yn Saundersfoot yn dal ymhell o fewn cyrraedd i’n safle presennol yn Solfach, ond bydd yn ein helpu i gyrraedd cwsmeriaid newydd ymhellach i ffwrdd.

“Efallai y bydd rhai pobl yn dweud bod ehangu i safle newydd yn gambl, ond i ni, mae’n gam naturiol i’r hyn rydyn ni eisiau ei wneud nesaf – ac mae pobl bob amser eisiau cacen!”

“Byddwn yn argymell Banc Datblygu Cymru i unrhyw fusnes sy’n ystyried ehangu neu symud cyfleoedd yn eu blaen – mae nhw’n enghraifft wych o sefydliad Cymreig yn gwneud ei orau i helpu busnesau Cymreig.”

Dywedodd Emily Wood, Swyddog Buddsoddi gyda Banc Datblygu Cymru:

“Roedd yn bleser cefnogi Mamgu Welshcakes wrth iddynt edrych ar ehangu i adeiladau newydd.

“Mae Busnesau bach fel Mamgu Welshcakes yn cyfrannu cymaint at fywyd ac awyrgylch trefi a phentrefi ledled Cymru, yn enwedig mewn ardaloedd gwledig ac arfordirol lle gallant fod yn wir yrwyr twristiaeth a bywyd lleol.”

Mae Banc Datblygu Cymru yn cynnig micro fenthyciadau o £1,000 i hyd at £50,000 i helpu busnesau bach a micro mewn amrywiaeth o feysydd, o gyfalaf ar gyfer dechrau busnes o’r newydd i gyllid i ariannu twf.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth, ewch i weld www.bancdatblygu.cymru