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South Wales millionaire businessman Kevin Green is to be one of the guest speakers at a special event for budding young entrepreneurs. The Young People’s Breakfast is being held on October 2nd at The Marriott Hotel, Swansea. The breakfast will start at 7.30am at a cost of £6 per person. One of the speakers will be Fraser O’Brian, the 17-year-old Porsche racing driver who also has sent up a business networking website called Driving Wales Forward. Kevin Green, a Dynamo role model for young entrepreneurs, will be talking about about setting up your business and what the workplace looks for in new employees. The event will be hosted by Fred Cooper from Swansea University. It is being organised by Helen Bowden, Station Director 
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There was a big surprise for bosses from the Jenkins Bakery when they attended the annual Culture and Lifestyle awards organised by The Wave and Swansea Sound radio stations at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea. The Llanelli-based bakery received one of the most prestigious awards of the evening – the Lifetime Achievement Award. It was a fitting honour as the bakery is currently celebrating its 90th anniversary. “It came as something of a shock to receive the award,” said Commercial Director and Company Secretary David Jenkins. “We had no idea beforehand as we didn’t know that we were in the running for anything. “It was a great honour to receive the award and very appropriate in this, our 90th year. It was also nice to hear how the public had backed us to receive the award. “As a bakery, our HQ is in Llanelli, but we have shops throughout the area covered by the radio stations. It is nice to learn that we are appreciated and that our achievements over 90 years can be recognise...