When your business is events and it relies on people travelling from around the globe to take part then it is inevitable that the Covid-19 lockdown is going to have a disastrous impact - potentially for the rest of the year.
That is the position of Always Aim High - an endurance event specialist based in Llangefni on Anglesey that has become a market leader in their field.
While non-essential retail should reopen this month and limited tourism and hospitality hopefully launch next month there鈥檚 no prospect yet for large gatherings to start anytime soon.
Even when the guidelines change the company says the biggest challenge will be reassuring the communities where their events take place and getting the message out that Wales remains a welcoming place.
Director Tim Lloyd, who employs 10 permanent staff and uses many more during events, said: 鈥淲e have been brought to a complete standstill and we don鈥檛 know when we will be allowed to re-start. For now the focus is on survival in this challenging time but we hope once this is over we can come out stronger.
鈥淪taff have gone on furlough and like the whole tourism sector we face the prospect of three winters in a row.
鈥淭he support has been there - we have used furlough and had money from Welsh Government from the Economic Resilience Fund - without it we would be in dire straits.鈥
Looking forward, they are now awaiting guidance so that they can begin to plan how they can start to operate again. With furlough support due to be tapered down in the coming months then unless they can start to put on events they will face some difficult choices.
Tim said: 鈥淲e are just one example of the many businesses that rely on visitors, on tourism. We all need more guidance, the whole sector is in crisis.
鈥淲e are looking at different ways of working and everything has been put off until September but even then we don鈥檛 know what the situation will be. We have to make decisions, we have to try to look after staff but we would hate this to put us out of business - that is a real risk the longer this goes on.鈥
Outside the official Government guidance, two issues concern them, community reaction to large scale events and the external perception of Wales after lockdown.
He said: 鈥淭he biggest concern is local communities.
鈥淚f everyone comes to an event at a local village, what will the response be? We don鈥檛 want to cause issues locally unless the community is ready, we have to heed their wishes.
鈥淲e also need to see a change in communication from the 鈥榃ales is closed鈥 message otherwise the long term damage could be catastrophic.
鈥淲e have spent a lot of time breaking down the myth that Wales is not welcoming to people, we need to be careful we don鈥檛 go backwards on this, on the language we use in messaging.鈥
Locally he wants the message to go out about supporting local businesses where possible.
He said: 鈥淪upport local rather than buy online, there are so many brilliant business that are great value but some people are in the habit of buying online.
鈥淧lease make the effort to support local businesses.鈥
