News

Pembroke Dock: Shoe retailer to close following appointment of administrators

Published

9 years ago

April 4, 2017

Tom Sinclair

Closing down: The Pembroke Dock store (pic. Mike Hillen)

HIGH STREET shoe retailer Brantano has collapsed into administration placing almost 1,100 jobs at risk.

The firm is currently seeking for a buyer for many of its stores including Pembroke Dock.

This means the chain is selling nearly all of its stock at its stores at discounts ranging from 10% to 30% – including Clarks shoes for children.

A visit to the company’s website confirms that it has now stopped trading.

A notice on the homepage reads: “Anthony Steven Barrell and Michael John Andrew Jervis of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP were appointed as Joint Administrators of Brantano Retail Limited on 22 March 2017 to manage its affairs, business and property as its agents and without personal liability. Anthony Steven Barrell and, Michael John Andrew Jervis are licensed in the United Kingdom to act as insolvency practitioners by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.”

Brantano, along with Jones Bootmaker, was bought by retail investment firm Alteri Investors in October from Dutch-based Macintosh Retail Group.

Jones is not affected by the administration

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

Published

13 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A HAKIN motorist has been banned from driving for three years after being caught behind the wheel with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system.

Mark Briskham, 53, of Waterloo Square, Wellington Road, Hakin, was stopped by police on January 5 as he drove a Ford Kuga along Steynton Road, near Milford Haven.

Blood tests carried out at the police station showed he had 800mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 64mcg of cocaine in his system. The legal limit is 10mcg.

Briskham pleaded guilty to two drug-driving charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for three years, taking into account a previous drug-drive conviction from 2020.

He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.cr

Crime

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

Published

13 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A PEMBROKESHIRE man has been remanded in custody following an alleged May Day assault against a woman in Begelly.

Tomas Baker, 34, of Ty Dee, New Road, Begelly, is accused of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, at an undisclosed location in Begelly on May 1.

Baker appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week by video link from Swansea Prison.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 22.

Crime

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

Published

13 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Tom Sinclair

A WATERSTON man has appeared before magistrates charged with 13 sexual offences against children, including three allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13.

Chaisee Price, 25, of Biggins Hill, Waterston, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

He faces three charges of raping a girl under 13, eight charges of sexually assaulting girls aged between five and eight, and two charges of intentionally inciting girls under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2014 and 2019.

Price denied all charges.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on July 10.

Price was released on conditional bail.

The conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 6:00pm and 6:00am, no contact with the prosecution witness, no unsupervised contact with children under 18, and a requirement to surrender his passport to police.