Vikki Howells MS has been elected as the Chairperson of the Cross Party Group on Small Shops, re-established for the sixth term of the Senedd.
The core purpose of the group is to raise awareness in the Welsh Parliament about policy issues concerning the small shopkeepers who trade across communities in Wales.
The group has previously hosted the Supporting Entrepreneurship Inquiry and held several set piece meetings with Ministers in attendance on a range of issues affecting convenience stores including: business rates, retail crime and planning reforms.