Some 18 Rhayader businesses have signed up to a grant scheme to enhance their shops

And another 11 traders are considering whether they wish to take part.

All of the businesses have now been asked to provide quotations for the proposed work they would want to be done and to send it in to Rhayader Town Council by December 14.

Businesses in the town were invited to a public meeting recently to gauge interest in the scheme.

The scheme, if it goes ahead, would give local businesses the chance to apply for a grant of upto £20,000 to refurbish and enhance their shops.

The work could include repairing, repainting or replacing doors and windows, painting or re-coating facades, repairs to brickwork, masonry or timber, repair or replacement of awnings or shutters and repairs or replacement of

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