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A shop owner has a special discount offer on for her own Caernarfon convenience store.

Kathryn Hitchen invested £120,000 to set up her shop K.A.T.H Stores Lifestyle Express two years ago.

But illness has stopped her being able to work the hours needed to make the venture a success.

Now she is offering the business with all the fixtures and fittings for FREE to any budding shopkeepers.

She says the equipment is worth up to £100,000 and all the new owners would need to pay would be the £6,500 annual lease.

Kathryn, 67, said: “I was left some money two years ago when my father passed away and invested it into setting up my own shop, which is something I had always wanted to do.

“It went well at first and I won an award here but in recent months I have been ill with pancreatitis and the stress of working long hours is just making it worse. If I hired a full time manager it would not be worth running the place so I decided it is time to sell up.

“I had originally wanted money for the shop but now I’ve decided to just give it away.

“They would get all the fixtures and fittings and the good reputation I had built up at the store. All they would need to is take on the lease, which has eight years to run.

“This is a great opportunity for someone, a young couple or a family that can put in the hours between them, a Welsh speaker would be ideal for this area.

“I had great customers and a good reputation locally, someone could make a real go of it here.

“It works out for me because if no one wants it I’m liable for that lease and may have to sell my house.”

Anyone interested can call Kathryn on 07375 042085.