Cwmdu Shop and Post Office
In May 2000 the tenants of the Cwmdu Inn, the fifth in five years, gave in their notice to the landlords, the National Trust. It is recognized that the business as a whole - cottages, shop, inn and restaurant - is barely viable, though the cottages and the restaurant have more earning potential than the shop and inn. With this in mind, Cymdeithas Cwmdu has formed a partnership with the National Trust to run each segment of the business separately.
National Trust Enterprises has taken over the running of the cottages as this is the field where they have most experience and marketing skill. An amount of the profits from these lets will be fed back into Cymdeithas Cwmdu to subsidize the other businesses, in particular the shop which, with the post office, is an essential facility for the community. Since September 2000, the shop has been run by the village and gradually the range of stock has increased so that it is now possible to buy the makings of a week's meals, including fruit , vegetables, bread and milk.