Free course helps young entrepreneurs in Carmarthenshire
RDP Sir Gâr’s Mentro project held a free three-day business course for rural Carmarthenshire’s young entrepreneurs last week in Carmarthen Library. Mentro is run by Menter Bro Dinefwr and is part of the RDP Sir Gâr Rural Entrepreneurship project*, providing free business support to young people aged between 16 and 30. They offer a free advice and guidance service on starting your own business and start-up loans and financial support available. They can also help with the creation of business plans and budgets. Colin Walters from Antur Teifi delivered the course for Mentro which aimed to provide the participants with the skills to start their businesses. Mentro Officer Tomas Marks said “We wanted to equip our clients with a tool box of information that would help them in all aspects of setting up a business and make the process as easy as possible for them.” One of the attendees, Nickolas Llewellyn, is thinking of setting up his own business as a carpenter. He said: “There was lo...