‌Brace's director Jonathan Brace has assured staff their jobs are safe. ‌Brace's confirmed plans to shut its manufacturing plant on the Pen-y-Fan Industrial Estate in Blackwood and axe jobs last October. But now the hoped for Pen-y-Fan sale has fallen through, the company confirmed. Article continues belowThe Brace family has been baking in the Welsh valleys since 1902 after George Brace started his own bakery in the mining village of Pontllanfraith. The business, which now supplies bread, Welsh cakes, rolls and other artisanal products to major supermarkets, is still run by the Brace family.

Source: Daily Mirror March 13, 2026 01:53 UTC