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Work has started on investment of almost £1million in Llanelli Market and its precincts. The next phase of the work includes improvements to the fire alarm, ventilation system and mains electrics and public wifi within the market hall and Stepney and Cowell precincts. The market and precincts remain open and business continues as usual as the improvement work is done out of hours by local contractors Lloyd and Gravell. Work involving scaffolding in both market precincts is expected to take three weeks. Llanelli Market and precincts are owned and managed by Carmarthenshire County Council. Executive board member for resources, Cllr David Jenkins, said: “Shoppers can be reassured that the market is open and businesses are trading as usual during this time. “Understandably there will be some disruption to shoppers and traders, but this will be kept to a minimum as contractors undertake the work outside of opening hours.” This investment will secure the long term future for the market, w...

It's splashing news. Llanelli’s swimming pool reopens on Monday. (Sept 1st.) The Llanelli Leisure Centre facility has a new £350k roof after major damage caused in the January storms. It has been a frustrating summer for indoor swimmers with the repair work becoming protracted because a special construction environment had to be created because of the volume of asbestos that had to be safely removed from the old roof structure. County executive board member for regeneration and leisure services, Cllr Meryl Gravell, said: “This was a major scheme with 1,200sq metres of roofing to be replaced including new skylights and lighting alterations. “TAD Builders have performed a difficult task while the Leisure Centre has remained opened for all other activities. “There will not be much to see at this immensely popular facility by way of improvements but the swimming pool has a secure roof for the future and I have to thanks the members of the public for their patience while the difficul...

The South Wales Evening Post newspaper asked the award-winning Lewis Architects to give their views on the conversion and renovation of chapels and churches. To put it in context, the Post were running a special ‘planning focus’ feature on the issue. The comments were used in the following story. See link to the story on the South Wales Evening Post website - http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/FEATURE-Historic-church-buildings-changed-homes/story-20767161-detail/story.html Obviously, for editorial purposes, a few words were edited out of our submitted comments. The full Lewis Partnership statement for the newspaper is below - Philip Lewis, seated, managing director of the Lewis Partnership, and Wynford Lewis, chairman of the Lewis Partnership. Award-winning architects the Lewis Partnership know all about the challenges of converting and renovating chapels and churches. “It’s a task which requires a high degree of sensitivity and a great deal of imagination,” said Philip...