A LOCAL business owner who feared her shop would close by Christmas is taking her enterprise on a new journey next year.

Rachel Donnelly, who owns Twice New Clothes on West Blackhall Street, will be moving to a new base in Bluebell Walk in the Oak Mall, the former M&S store.

She says rising costs will force her to shut the shop she has been trading from for several years.

Instead will be offering online orders and in-person collections at the new location, which should be ready from mid to late January.