Wales may quickly have an eighth metropolis, if a city within the west of the nation will get its method.
A gaggle in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, is planning to bid for metropolis standing for the city which has a inhabitants of round 35,000 individuals.
If profitable, Llanelli would be part of Bangor, Cardiff, Newport, St Asaph, St Davids, Swansea and Wrexham.
David Darkin is from the Llanelli Chamber of Trade and Commerce who’re spearheading the marketing campaign.
He advised Sky News this was the “latest in a series of initiatives” to advertise the city.
“In recent years there’ve been various competitions and things to get a charter for city status, but the King has yet to put a charter out for any city statuses,” he stated.
“We were hoping that given his long-standing connection with Carmarthenshire, because he has a home here, and the value he places on the Welsh language and the time he served as the longest-serving Prince of Wales, we’re hoping that it would be a fitting tribute to his time in that role to give city status to Llanelli.”
Cllr Darkin stated metropolis standing would supply “an opportunity to put Llanelli in the spotlight”.
“It’s very easy for people to point at the negative things, you could do that about just about anywhere in the UK, but Llanelli’s got a lot going for it,” he added.
“We’ve got a global offer and a global reach and I’d like people to be able to see that and then hopefully it can attract inward investment and then employment opportunities.”
If profitable, Llanelli would observe within the footsteps of Wrexham – which solely gained metropolis standing itself in 2022.
“Our chamber secretary has had conversations with somebody from there and they’ve been very helpful in talking about the process that they went through,” Cllr Darkin added.
“So we’re aware that it’s more of a journey than anything else, and this is the start of it.”
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Dame Nia Griffith MP advised Sky News Llanelli wanted to “be ambitious”.
“I very much welcome the bid for city status for Llanelli because I really feel it’s a way that we can bring people together, we can think about how we can improve and regenerate our town,” she added.
“It can be a real motivation for us to really make something of Llanelli.”
Organisers plan to formally launch the bid on the finish of March.
Source: information.sky.com”