The autumn viewing season has arrived, with the first of the Saturday night blockbusters - ITV's X Factor - hard on the heels of Channel 5's Big Brother.
Alfonso, a 46-year-old chef from Malaga, arrived in Cardiff last autumn after his online business began to lose money and offers of work in local hotels dried up.
The consortium also pointed to a spell of warm weather in the middle of the month which "dampened demand" for autumn and winter clothes which had just arrived in the shops.