{"id":6995,"date":"2011-11-29T13:03:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T13:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=6995"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:55:39","slug":"tycoon-nurtures-business-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/tycoon-nurtures-business-talent","title":{"rendered":"Tycoon nurtures business talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"mceTemp\">\u00a0A Welsh businessman has launched a programme developing entrepreneurial talent<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_7016\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/graduation2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7016\" title=\"graduation2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/graduation2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Alacrity Foundation entrepreneurship programme is open to recent graduates.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A new entrepreneurship programme has been launched by a prominent Welsh businessman to help young people boost their business acumen.<\/p>\n<p>The Newport based Alacrity Foundation Graduate Entrepreneurship programme, founded by Sir Terry Matthews\u2019 Wesley Clover organisation, will teach engineering and business graduates how to develop products in the technology sector.<\/p>\n<p>Ten graduates will be selected each year to be mentored by industry experts, with the target of setting up a company by the end of the twelve month programme.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme, established in partnership with the Welsh Assembly and the Waterloo Foundation, has received around half of its \u00a35.6m five year budget from the Welsh government.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Gibson,\u00a0Chief Executive of Wesley Clover Corporation\u00a0said, &#8220;In Alacrity participants do not exit the programme with simply a job, they create a company in which they have ownership and executive responsibilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0A Welsh businessman has launched a programme developing entrepreneurial talent A new entrepreneurship programme has been launched by a prominent Welsh businessman to help young people boost their business acumen. 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