Call for a Llandeilo Jobs Summit
Llandeilo businessman and brewer Simon Buckley has called for an urgent Jobs Summit for the Tywi Valley town. The move follows the success of the campaign to keep Sainsbury's supermarket out of Llandeilo. Mr Buckley, chief executive of the Evan-Evans Brewery and owner of the White Horse Inn, is trying to bring Carmarthenshire Council, MPs and AMs and other interested agencies together to thrash out a way forward to bring jobs to Llandeilo. He has written to Carmarthenshire Council chief executive Mark James as follows - 'Now that sense has prevailed and Sainsbury's have decided to see sense and withdraw their planning application, it is now time to think about the alternative plans for East Carmarthenshire. 'I would like to have a meeting with you and your senior officers, our county council member and other Llandeilo employers to discuss a strategy for the development of long term jobs in the area. 'We would like to understand what commitment the council is prepar...