Furnace Action Committee on standby with £10K ‘fighting fund’ for Stradey Park Hotel
Last year, protesters set up a makeshift tented camp outside Stradey Park Hotel to demonstrate against the decision by the owners of Stradey Park Hotel, Carmarthenshire County Council and the Home Office to house asylum seekers in the hotel. Locals…
Stradey Park Hotel back in business
Why should you support a local hotel? Llanelli is a relatively small town in the grand scale of towns across the UK. It has seen its fair share of success and disasters. It has had to adapt to the changing…
Stradey Park Hotel to re-open next week
The Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli that was subject to a controversial repurposing as a refuge for asylum seekers is re-opening as a Hotel next week. Robert Lloyd, who organised and chaired the first public meeting to discuss the controversial…
Llanelli journalist sets record straight on Stradey Park Hotel funds
A well-respected journalist from Llanelli claims he has been targeted by far right factions over his role as a spokesman for the Furnace Action Committee. Members of The Voice of Wales have alleged that Robert Lloyd, the former editor of…
Attempts being made by Carmarthenshire Council to claw back £230K spent on Stradey Park Hotel plan
THE leader of Carmarthenshire Council is trying to claw back nearly £230,000 of costs which he said the authority incurred as a result of a Home Office plan to house asylum seekers at a hotel in Llanelli. Councillor Darren Price…
Speculation continues over future of Stradey Park Hotel
THE team behind the Furnace Action Committee is continuing to keep investors in the Stradey Park Hotel in the loop while speculation continues over the venue’s future. It is now more than three weeks since the Home Office announced the…
Campaigners cautiously welcome news of prohibition order on Llanelli Hotel
THE announcement that fire inspectors have branded the Stradey Park Hotel as unsafe for anyone to stay there has been given a cautious welcome by campaigners bidding to stop the site being used to house asylum seekers. Members of the…
Masked criminals attack office of Llanelli MS
LEE Waters MS for Llanelli has taken to social media to condemn what he alleges are the actions of people involved in the protest at the Stradey Park Hotel. The Llanelli MS said: “As well as setting fire to the…
Owners accused of ‘land grabbing’ at Stradey Park Hotel
Tensions have risen at Llanelli’s Stradey Park Hotel, with protestors and objectors claiming the hotel owners are pouring fuel on the fire. Members of the Furnace Action Committee, the group of volunteers set up to oppose the plan to house…
Hotel owners enrage protesters by filling skips with four star furniture
THE people of Llanelli continue to be treated with utter contempt by the owners of the Stradey Park Hotel. That’s the view of the Furnace Action Committee, the group of volunteers set up to oppose the plan to house asylum…