Carmarthen’s top entrepreneurs inspire local business growth

Three top local business owners shared their roadmaps to success with a packed audience at Carmarthen’s Yr Egin building today.

The ‘Inspired by Entrepreneurs’ workshop featured Deri Reed, renowned local chef and owner of The Warren restaurant, Gruffydd Rees, owner of Mel Gwenyn Gruffydd Honey and Daniel Patterson founder of Highly Ltd.

It was clear throughout the presentations that while the business types differed greatly the consistent message was one of inspiration and support. All three entrepreneurs were able to provide practical advice and real life examples to guide the audience to realise their own business ambitions.

Gruffydd Rees explained how he was able to turn his family hobby into a successful Carmarthenshire honey business with over 70 hives across the country. Deri Reed described how he used a Crowdfunding campaign to raise £20,000 towards starting his restaurant, The Warren. Daniel Patterson, an entrepreneur at heart, shared his understanding of what can lead to success and take your brand to new heights.

Local chef and business owner Deri Reed, The Warren said “It’s been a pleasure to take part in the hubs workshop and share my real life experiences with individuals who are ready to take the plunge. It’s valuable for our community to be aware of the free services, advice and guidance the enterprise hub has to offers new start ups and businesses owners.”

“We are delighted to kick start a series of workshops to help individuals get their business idea off the ground. The weekly workshops are free and provide practical advice for those with a business idea or have already made a start.” Said Hub Manager, Angharad Harding

“Our first workshop featured local entrepreneurs, Deri, Gruff and Daniel who shared their business start-up journeys with aspiring business owners. The hub has a series of workshops coming up with various entrepreneurs, offering individuals the opportunity to ask questions and understand what it’s like to be self-employed.”

The Inspired by Entrepreneurs workshop series is facilitated by Focus Carmarthen Enterprise Hub and is designed to support entrepreneurs to share their ideas, journey and experiences as business owners with the aim of inspiring others to launch their own business projects.

A full programme of free business events and 1-2-1 support is on offer at the Focus Carmarthen Enterprise Hub based at the Canolfan S4CYr Egin building, Carmarthen. The Hub programme aims to create a community of entreprenurs to attract and support new business start-ups and businesses in growth period by offering guidance on everything from creating a business model, help with writing business plans, applying for funding, finance, marketing, selling, finding property.

The Focus Carmarthen Enterprise Hub is a 3 year Programme part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government

Pictured are our inspirational entrepreneurs Deri Redd, Gruffydd Rees and Daniel Patterson with Enterprise Hub team members Angharad Harding and Gwenllian Thomas