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Multi-millionaire wealth-coach Kevin Green is counting riches of a different kind today (Weds, October 5). He’s coping with a ‘gold rush’ of dating opportunities after his appearance on the Channel 5 show How The Other Half Lives. The show explores the lifestyles of the super rich. And the conversation between Kevin and hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford quickly turned to his ‘eligible bachelor’ status. “Things have gone totally bonkers this morning,” Green said from his family home in Burry Port, West Wales. “The email has exploded and my social media feeds on Twitter and Facebook are in overdrive with direct messages. “By 8am this morning, I’d received more than 150 offers of dates. “I don’t know when I’m going to get time to read them all as they are still coming in. “I’ve only had time to skim read a few – some are quirky, some are written in language that you know belongs to a gold-digger, some appear genuine.” Kevin’s single status was highlighted on the show after...

Welsh multi-millionaire, social entrepreneur and wealth-coach, Kevin Green inspired an audience of farming and landowning entrepreneurs at the CLA Cymru pavilion at the Royal Welsh Show tonight. “How’s it done? – Is the question I get asked all the time,” Kevin told his audience. “I’m never going to say it’s easy, but I’ve got some insights into how dynamic people can get the best out of themselves and their business partners - and get the best from their precious resources. “Farmers and landowners are already like the invaluable ‘multi-tool’ on the work-bench. “Multi-skilled, they are committed, determined and self-motivated. They are self-sufficient, but often draw upon a highly supportive network who are not just supporters but are believers in their work. “As a group they are doggedly determined – their blood is in the land and the land is in their blood.” Kevin Green has been a successful dairy-farmer and is now a highly successful businessman, juggling one of the UK’s bigges...

Press release from Country Landowners Association, CLA Cymru: Kevin Green is a self-made multi-millionaire and social entrepreneur and an acknowledged expert in how to set up a profitable business. He is one of the UK’s largest residential property landlords and a multi-business owner. Kevin featured on Channel 4′s Secret Millionaire, was homeless in 1988.  The questions he gets asked most in life are: “How can I get rich?” and “How can I make money?”. CLA Cymru are delighted that Kevin will be speaking at our Monday night reception at the Royal Welsh Show. The event is open to all show goers to attend Before making his fortune in business, he was a successful dairy farmer. In 1999, he won a Nuffield Scholarship in agriculture and studied the attitudes and personalities of high achievers. He also interviewed the likes of Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson. During the study he learned the simple principles for success and determined the common elements that contributed...

HRH The Princess Royal was presented with a cheque for £50,000 for Carers Trust at a private dinner hosted by South Wales millionaire businessman Kevin Green. The money raised will help the charity, for which The Princess Royal is president, to support unpaid carers across the UK. Gail Scott-Spicer, CEO of Carers Trust, said: “We had a great evening talking about carers, the support they need and how the money raised will support many unpaid carers who are caring tirelessly around the clock. “Carers Trust would like to say a huge thank you to Her Royal Highness, Kevin Green and everyone involved, for their kind generosity.” Mr Green, 52, hosted the VIP dinner at a private suite in Claridge’s Hotel, London. He said: “I love networking and helping others. “The opportunity of combining both interests by organising a private dinner to raise funds for the Carers Trust, such a deserving charity, had massive personal appeal. “The support of Carers Trust President, HRH The Princess Royal g...

For a man who’s been “too busy” to spend time promoting his new book, Kevin Green can still afford to smile this week. In the space of five days, more than 1000 copies of The Rich Rules have been sold – and the book has just gone ‘live’ on Amazon. The book was launched at Wrexham’s new Carnival of Books festival – but Green has found it difficult finding the time to promote a book which majors on ‘steps to wealth and happiness’. “Just after launching the book, I was heading for the airport to board a flight to South Africa for a speaking engagement in Johannesburg,” said 51-year-old Green. “It seems to be the way of things nowadays as I am lucky to be in demand as a business and motivation public speaker at major events worldwide. “I had to fit in the book launch just after returning from a trip to New Zealand, so the last few weeks have been a whirlwind and getting time to promote the new book has been a struggle. “It’s been a bonkers couple of weeks with all the travelling and I...

Social entrepreneur and multi-millionaire Kevin Green has plenty of reason for celebrating this week. He’s spent his 51st birthday in Tobago and he also been able to celebrate a breakthrough moment as an in-demand international motivational and business speaker. “This summer and autumn has seen me break through onto the world circuit of speakers,” Green said before taking the stage at Wales’ biggest business exhibition in Cardiff. “I’ve done public speaking on an international level on plenty of occasions, but the last couple of weeks have seen the whole thing take off to a new level.” Green completed a whirlwind tour of Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia before taking a short holiday break in the West Indies and then returning to home territory for the Introbiz Business Exhibition at the Cardiff City House of Sport. “I’ve been clocking up the air miles,” Green laughed. “But it’s been a wonderful experience and the chance to talk to so many people on my tour of the Far E...

Multi-millionaire and social entrepreneur Kevin Green took time out from his busy schedule to give a special talk to the children of Swiss Valley Primary School in Llanelli. Mr Green delighted the children by turning up for the talk in his Aston Martin car. He gave the children a 20-minute talk on how he's managed to turn his life around from being homeless in 1988 to running a property portfolio which makes him the UK's biggest private sector landlord. Mr Green stressed the importance of hard work in striving to achieve your dreams. He also gave the children some handy business tips. "There's a budding entrepreneur in everyone," Green said. "The children of Swiss Valley School have been working hard on a gardening project in the school and are now working on selling their produce and their seeds. "It's great to see first hand such enthusiasm and it's also great to see teachers like Neil Lane working so hard to develop children's ...

A total of 36 of Wales’s most impressive property schemes battled it out at The Swalec Stadium in Cardiff for top honours at the RICS Wales Awards 2014, with the restored Llanelly House, Llanelli, crowned ‘Project of the Year.’ The prestigious annual contest celebrates inspirational initiatives in the land, property and construction sectors. The event was hosted by Kevin Green, South Wales entrepreneur and millionaire who proved a huge hit with the audience of over 180 property professionals. The winners of the six individual categories are: Building Conservation: Llanelly House, Llanelli  Community Benefit: Penarth Pier, Penarth  Design Through Innovation: The Crescent, Cardiff  Regeneration: Harbourside, Port Talbot  Residential Property: The Crescent, Cardiff  Tourism & Leisure: Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli  The title of Project of the Year is presented to the scheme felt by the judges to represent the most outstanding example of the regio...

The UK's largest private sector housing landlord, Kevin Green, has warned against a Labour Party proposal to cap rent increases. "Meddling with the free market always leads to fallout in some shape or form," the 50-year-old social entrepreneur said. "I know some people will say, 'Yes, he is bound to argue against rentals caps as he is a landlord.' But it is not all about self-interest. It is about common-sense. "I've built up years of experience in the marketplace in private sector housing - so I know what works and what doesn't work. "Believe you me, this Labour Party idea won't work. "It is a policy that the Labour Party thinks will score them brownie points with the general public. "But I simply don't agree with capping the rent market. "Whenever a free market supply and demand is meddled with, there is always fallout, which will inevitably cost the Government more money. "It makes no commercia...

Social entrepreneur and multi-millionaire Kevin Green doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty with some manual labour when it comes to making money. But he’s also been learning how to keep his hands clean – by taking time out from his busy schedule to study for a food hygiene certificate. The 50-year-old property landlord and multi-business owner has been swotting up on food hygiene for a new venture which is very much a family affair. Son Carwyn, already a budding entrepreneur at just 18, has a couple of new business ventures, including one as an ice-cream salesman. Carwyn has applied for all the licences to take his mobile ice-cream stall on the road when the weather gets warmer this spring. A food hygiene certificate was one of the ‘must-haves’ on Carwyn’s list – and dad Kevin agreed to go along for the ride when he attended a Level 2 food safety and handling certificate course at Cardiff-based health and safety provider Ajuda. Kevin explained: “I actually helped open the new Ajud...

Social entrepreneur and millionaire Kevin Green has given his reaction to Chancellor George Osborne's Budget -  I am very glad and that I invested my monthly pension contribution into a house rather than a pension. I am not paying intermediaries massive fees - and cutting out the middle-man means that my family are much more financially secure. The other question I would ask regarding the pension changes is: why would you pull money out of a pension and then get slapped with income tax? I also wonder why people bother locking money up in ISAs, when they may be better off shopping around for a high interest account which can achieve the same thing, if not better. I sometimes wonder with ‘vehicles’ such as the ISA, who really benefits? The customer or the introducer? I think I know the answer to that one! There’s a good plus point in the Budget with the Home Equity scheme being extended. It shows evidence that the Government wants to kick-start the economy. The extension of t...

Social entrepreneur Kevin Green will be speaking to business leaders in London this evening on 'Encouraging Entrepreneurship in Wales'. Mr Green will be speaking at the Welsh Government's London HQ in Victoria Street at an event hosted by the Prince's Trust. Mr Green said: "As a member of the Entrepreneurship Panel for Wales, I am delighted to be given the honour of addressing a select audience of London-based business leaders. "I care passionately about Wales and encouraging entrepreneurship in Wales, so the topic of the talk is right up my street!" Other speakers at tonight's event include Edwina Hart, the Welsh Government Minister for Economy, Science and Transport; Lesley Kirkpatrick, Director, Prince’s Trust Cymru, young ambassadors from Prince’s Trust Cymru and Cilla Davies, Chair, Prince’s Trust Cymru. Mr Green will highlight the strong private sector engagement with Welsh Government in Wales through his role with the Entrepreneurship Panel...

Some smashing pictures here from a photocall organised by Gower College Swansea. The photos feature social entrepreneur Kevin Green and Sue Poole, director of the Entrepreneurship Academy Wales. You can read more about the story behind the photocall - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/academy-director-helping-to-shape.html Hats off to the photographer -

Burry Port-based social entrepreneur Kevin Green had a wonderful weekend on the Big Ideas Wales Bootcamp at Bluestone resort in Pembrokeshire. He said: "It was a 'full on' weekend helping inspire the next generation of Welsh entrepreneurs. Here is a Welsh Government press release which gives you an idea of what it was all about . . . " Big Ideas inspire Wales's next top young entrepreneurs An intense weekend of inspiration, ideas and business planning has kicked off the Welsh Government's Big Ideas Wales Challenge, with 45 young people, drawn from all four corners of Wales, given the chance to become Wales's next top entrepreneurs. Hand picked from a series of auditions throughout Wales, the young people aged between 16 and 24 years of age got together for the first time last weekend in a bootcamp at Bluestone National Park Resort in Pembrokeshire to thrash out their big business ideas with entrepreneurs and business experts. "The bootcamp...

Press release from Gower College Swansea: A new national panel, charged with advising the Welsh Government on the entrepreneurship agenda in Wales, will include Gower College Swansea’s Sue Poole, academy director of the Entrepreneurship Academy Wales and its ambassador, Kevin Green. Both Sue, who is the enterprise education manager at Gower College Swansea, and Kevin, a local entrepreneur and property developer, who appeared on Channel 4’s ‘The Secret Millionaire’, will play a valuable role on the panel, offering strategic guidance to the Welsh Government in its aim to promote a ‘can do’ attitude towards entrepreneurship throughout society – ensuring that it is a key focus for individuals from a young age. Speaking of her new appointment on the panel, Sue said: “I’m extremely honoured to have been given this opportunity to work closely with such well-respected professionals. I have known all of the other panel members personally for some time, each of whom offers their own uni...

Some of Wales’ most successful entrepreneurs have been appointed to the Entrepreneurship Panel for Wales. They include James Taylor of SuperStars, Hayley Parsons founder and CEO of GoCompare, academics Professor Paul Hannon and Sue Poole and self-made multi-millionaire Kevin Green. The new Panel has been set up to provide the Welsh Government with strategic guidance and expertise on the development and delivery of the entrepreneurship agenda in Wales. Economy Minister Edwina Hart (pictured above) who set up the Panel said:” I am delighted that so many talented individuals have agreed to serve on the Panel. Between them they have an extensive range of entrepreneurial experiences and their expertise and knowledge will be invaluable in providing advice on shaping strategy and policy making.  “We want to instil a culture of entrepreneurship in Wales and create a ‘can do’ attitude throughout society for the ultimate benefit of the economy. Wales has a strong track record of e...

Secret Millionaire Kevin Green turned into the secret chauffeur to help make a wedding day dream come true. Mr Green, 50, donned a chauffeur’s hat and turned up in his cherished Aston Martin to help do the honours for Swansea couple Kevin and Wanda Harding. “As requests for help go, it was pretty unusual,” admitted Mr Green. “By all accounts, Wanda had been on the motorway when I overtook in my Aston Martin, which has a cherished number plate YE54 KEV (Yes for Kev). “There were only a few days to go before the wedding, but she thought it would be a wonderful surprise to ‘borrow’ the car to drive her new husband Kevin to church. “She tracked me down through a mutual friend and she was persuasive enough to convince me to hire myself out as chauffeur for the day. “The couple agreed to hold a special collection at the church for the Make A Wish Foundations, knowing that it is the main charity I support. I am an Ambassador for Make A Wish and was only too pleased to help out.” ...

Members of social entrepreneur Kevin Green's 'Team Green' have had their 'works' Christmas Party. We enjoyed a splendid meal at La Brasserie restaurant in Wind Street, Swansea, followed by a little clubbing and dancing. Here are some photos from the night -

Multi-millionaire businessman Kevin Green today joined the growing clamour for action against banks who put the squeeze on small businesses. “I am appalled and disgusted by the actions of RBS,” said Green, who runs a massive private property portfolio and other enterprises in a number of business sectors. “Conversations with other businesses throughout Wales suggest that RBS isn’t the only culprit here. “But they are, of course, the ones currently in the spotlight and receiving all the media attention. “The treatment of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) by RBS is nothing short of scandalous. “Stories of the bank exploiting the small print in loan deals abound today. For example, one business I know missed a loan repayment one month and quickly found themselves heading down the road of default. “The pressure put on customers by RBS is neither fair nor morally acceptable. The old joke about banks pulling away the umbrella the minute it starts to rain appears to be very true in to...

Deadline approaching fact on Big Ideas Wales Challenge launched to identify and support Wales’ young entrepreneurs of the future . . . One of the largest campaigns undertaken to identify and develop Wales’ young entrepreneurs of the future has been launched by the Welsh Government, backed by “Secret Millionaire”, Kevin Green and SuperStars entrepreneur, James Taylor. Hundreds of young people throughout Wales are being invited to apply for 50 places on the Big Ideas Wales Challenge, launched by Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology, Ken Skates AM. The Challenge will scour Wales, interviewing hundreds of young people aged between 16 and 24 years of age, seeking their “big ideas” and helping to develop and cultivate 50 of these into commercial opportunities. Entrepreneur James Taylor will act as an ambassador for the Challenge. He began his business, Superstars, with a bursary under the Welsh Government Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy (YES) in 2005 and has grown the business that ...