Go Banana’s owner Hayley said she isn’t even convinced the Welsh Parliament is a positive thing for Wales.
“It’s another tier of politics that takes a lot of money and what do they get done? Who knows,” she said.
“I don’t know whether [devolution] was a good thing, but we’ve got to live with it, haven’t we.”
The rising cost of living doesn’t necessarily mean everyone is tightening their purse strings, however.
Michael Newth, who has run his business KMP Jewellers for 50 years, said one change in his customers’ spending habits was the increase in people buying gold as an investment.
“Where I used to sell lots and lots of the smaller items, I sell a lot less now. But when I do sell things they’re of a greater value,” he said.
He added that “you’ve only got to look at how many new cars are on the road to see that people will still buy expensive items”.
