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Accessing Business Finance  30th September 2014 Beacon Centre for Enterprise, Llanelli, SA14 8LQ 9.00 - 13.00 Aim To introduce entrepreneurs and business owners to the basic principles of accessing business finance and to share information on the financing options available. Objective To ensure that participants understand the central concepts, principles and practices of business finance in order to successfully approach finance organisations. Topics covered by the course include: The principles and realities of risk and reward and how it impacts all forms of business finance  The key variables which influence the decisions of business finance organisations and how to address these successfully  The main forms and sources of finance and funding options  The alternative sources of finance available  The basic processes involved in application.  Course includes: Q&A session Lunch Networking opportunities Fully Funded by Welsh Government a...

The team from Melin Consultants at The Beacon building in Dafen, Llanelli, will be cleaning cars on Friday (March 15) to raise money for Red Nose Day. The car cleaners will be on duty between 9am and 5pm at The Beacon. Tea and cakes will be on sale while you wait for your car wash. The cost is £5 per car. To book a slot, call Carol on 07929 283326. Melin director and founder Mel Best said: "We are hoping to raise loads of money for Comic Relief Red Nose Day. With all the old grit on the roads, everyone's car could do with a good clean. So we are appealing to drivers in the area to come along and help raise cash for a very worthwhile charity."

Hats off to the team at Melin Consultants in The Beacon building in Dafen, Llanelli. Is this the best 'office garden' feature you've seen? Constructed on a plinth, with loads of plants and the company name arranged in slate and pebbles, it is a work of art. Well done to Jamie Best and his team at Melin. Can anyone do better? Weblink - http://www.melinconsultants.co.uk/

Melin Consultants is looking for new blood to join its expanding technical team. Just in case you have not heard of the firm, Melin Consultants is one of the leading sustainable construction consultancies in Wales, providing technical support to architects and engineers. Melin provides SAP, SBEM, Code and BREEAM as core services, but there is a whole lot more that goes on behind the scenes from co-heating tests to low carbon feasibility studies to air leakage testing. Melin Consultants is run by Jamie (pictured above) and Mel Best. The firm has a great opportunity for a lead SAP assessor to join the team based at the new office at The Beacon building in Dafen, Llanelli. Ideally, you will already possess a current assessors license, so that you can hit the ground running. Melin is a solutions-led company, so you would be expected to work closely with clients to acheive the most effective design possible. To find out more please send a current CV to -  llanelli...

Llanelli firm Melin Consultants has embraced the Groundwork project which aims to help youngsters find work. Melin has recruited 17-year-old Callum McDonald to the team based at The Beacon in Dafen, Llanelli. “Groundwork is an innovative project and we are an innovative firm at Melin,” said Melin director Jamie Best. “Groundwork is a project working on a number of levels, helping people and organisations make changes in order to create better neighbourhoods, to build skills and job prospects, and to live and work in a greener way. “Part of the Groundwork project enables firms to recruits youngsters to give them hands-on experience in the workplace. “It’s an exciting project and one which can be very rewarding for the firms taking part. “It is particularly rewarding to see youngsters respond to the challenges of the workplace, gain experience and, hopefully, create meaningful routes into sustainable careers.” Carwyn Jones, AM, First Minister of Wales, said the Groundwork project had b...

Melin Consultants is the latest firm to move into The Beacon, the landmark hub for innovative and enterprising businesses in Llanelli. The consultants made the short hop from their previous home at Llys Aur, Dafen, this week. They now occupy a prime top floor, corner office at The Beacon. “It’s a very impressive landmark building and the ideal fit for us as a business,” said Melin director Jamie Best. “We watched the developments closely when Carmarthenshire Council took over the management of the former Technium building. “We are a go-ahead firm and this is a go-ahead building full of innovative and enterprising businesses, so we were glad to move in and join The Beacon family.” Melin Consultants is a company totally tuned in to the construction industry buzzwords of ‘environment and sustainability’. The firm is building a Wales-wide reputation as one of the industry experts on sustainable construction. The business has also recently expanded into England with the opening of a offi...