English: The furlough programme was certainly a huge assistance to us. We have 45 staff and around half of those have been on furlough. Some have returned on a part-times basis, but there are concerns about what happens when the furlough programme comes to an end. Now, the Welsh Books Council is one of the only organisations running all our administration through the medium of Welsh; 100 per cent of our staff speak Welsh, and we run everything through the medium of Welsh. And in Aberystwyth we're quite a major employer, so I am concerned about the impact upon us as an institution, but also for Ceredigion too. Of course, when you lose half of your sales, then you do have to look at your staffing levels, but also at the challenges in terms of the new skills required. So, I hope we'll be able to retrain staff so that they can provide the services that are required now, but it is challenging. And also, with our distribution centre and warehouse, we do have to have those core staff; whatever your sales are, you do have to provide those services. And for us, the main priority, after keeping staff safe, was to keep the distribution centre going, because if we close, then nobody can access Welsh-language publications - that's the reality, because we keep virtually all the stock. So, at the moment, we're running two teams that never meet, just to ensure that if one part of the operation falls ill, we don't have to close everything down. So, it is challenging. We've also started speaking to staff about what they want to do - if there are people who want to retire early or to cut hours - before going through any formal processes. But we do certainly have to face up to the fact that we won't return to what we've had in the past, and this is hugely challenging, of course.
Welsh: Roedd y cynllun ffyrlo yn help mawr i ni, yn bendant. Mae 45 o staff gyda ni, a tua hanner, ers y dechrau, wedi bod ar ffyrlo. Mae rhai wedi dod yn ôl yn rhan-amser, ond mae yna bryderon am beth sy'n digwydd pan mae'r cynllun yn dod i ben. Mae'r cyngor llyfrau yn un o'r sefydliadau sy'n rhedeg ei wasanaethau a gwaith gweinyddu yn gyfan gwbl drwy'r Gymraeg; mae 100 y cant o'n staff ni yn siarad Cymraeg a dŷn ni'n rhedeg popeth drwy'r Gymraeg. Ac, wrth gwrs, yn Aberystwyth, ble'r ydyn ni, dŷn ni'n gyflogwr reit mawr hefyd, so dwi'n poeni am beth fydd yr impact arnon ni fel sefydliad, ond hefyd i Geredigion. Nawr, wrth gwrs, pan dŷch chi'n colli hanner gwerthiant, mae'n rhaid ichi edrych ar lefelau staffio, ond hefyd yr heriau sydd wedi dod gyda'r sgiliau newydd sydd eu hangen. So, dwi'n gobeithio y byddwn ni'n gallu ailhyfforddi staff i ddarparu gwasanaethau sydd eu hangen nawr yn hytrach na phethau eraill, ond mae'n heriol. Hefyd, gyda'r warws, gyda'r ganolfan ddosbarthu, mae'n rhaid ichi gael staff craidd beth bynnag yw'r gwerthiant, ac mae'n rhaid ichi ddarparu'r gwasanaethau. Ac i ni, y prif flaenoriaeth, ar ôl cadw'r staff yn ddiogel, oedd i gadw'r ganolfan ddosbarthu i fynd, achos os dŷn ni'n cau, does neb yn gallu cael gafael ar lyfrau Cymraeg - dyna yw'r gwir, achos ni sy'n cadw'r holl stoc o bron popeth. So, dŷn ni, ar hyn o bryd, er enghraifft, yn rhedeg dau dîm sydd byth yn cwrdd, jest i sicrhau os yw un rhan yn mynd yn sâl, dŷn ni ddim angen cau popeth i lawr. So, mae yn heriol. Dŷn ni hefyd wedi dechrau siarad â staff am beth maen nhw'n moyn gwneud - os oes yna bobl sy'n moyn ymddeol yn gynnar neu dorri oriau, ac yn y blaen - cyn mynd drwy'r broses ffurfiol. Ond mae bendant angen wynebu bod yna - dŷn ni ddim yn mynd nôl i beth sydd wedi bod gyda ni, ac mae hwnna yn heriol, wrth gwrs.