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RESILIENCE is a term well-used – perhaps overly so – in the business sector, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic; but one business that can absolutely claim to be resilient is Arnold’s Lighting and Electrical in Newport. The store – one of the oldest in the city after starting in 1808, is perhaps one of the few in Wales to have seen off disasters like pandemics and floods before. But it is the first time the premises at 13 Skinner Street has faced both at the same time. Nigel Merrett, who took over the shop when his father retired 20 years ago, says it’s been the most...

"We've had moments in the shop with a couple of inches of water, but luckily we've been here to sweep it out," he said on Thursday, standing among heaps of waterlogged boxes. "This time we wouldn't have had a chance." Next door, at the Power Up mobile phone shop, owner Javed Shafi said the flooding had "affected a lot of stock" despite the defences outside his property. Flood damage at Power Up mobile phone shop, in Skinner Street, Newport "It's really sad," he said. "We had [flooding] two or three years ago but this time it was much worse. It went over the flood barrier on the front do...