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An innovative scheme to promote entrepreneurial spirit in Gwynedd’s rural communities has been launched.A Rural Development Plan for the county, called Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd, was recently launched at the annual meeting of the Gwynedd Economic Partnership (PEG).
The Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd scheme is the accumulation of two years of work by Gwynedd Economic Partnership’s Steering Group and Rural Development Sub Committee. It follows the success of the Llwyddo’n Lleol (Get On in Gwynedd) scheme.
Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd works within rural areas to:
- Promote entrepreneurship
- Give rural companies a boost in growth sectors
- Make the most of economic benefits which come to rural areas
- Promote change by innovation
Local people have already shown an interest in the scheme and some have subsequently been assisted by the Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd team.
One young entrepreneur who has already ventured into the business world in rural Gwynedd is Geraint Hughes from Pwllheli. Geraint was the guest of honour at the PEG annual meeting where he gave a presentation about the programme and what rural Gwynedd has to offer.
Geraint has already set up a number of successful businesses in Gwynedd – Calon Lan oil, Broga, Madryn Ltd and Bwtri. He draws on his experiences, as well as his agricultural background, to offer help to other businesses through Farming Connect and two of the Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd projects Enable and Gwynedd’s Offer.
The Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd project will operate in Gwynedd until February 2011, and it is hoped the work will continue under the second phase of the Rural Development Plan between 2011 and 2013.
Over the coming months Gwynedd Economic Partnership will be gathering opinions and ideas about the most suitable areas in which this second phase should operate.
For more information about the Llwyddo yng Ngwynedd project contact the Rural Development Plan Team at Gwynedd Council on 01286 679628 / 679774 or llwyddo@gwynedd.gov.uk
First step is to overhaul the planning system which is, after all is said and done, an inherited English ball and chain for rural areas in all corners of the UK. The people in charge of the interpretation of planning laws are educated, if that is the word, in the ways of the English Royal Town Planning Institute. If the planners are not enough of an obstacle to entrepeneurs we have yet another tier of politicians above them, the councillors themselves. In Gwynedd this effectively means Plaid Cymru is in charge of planning when it suits them, they look after their own. I believe all these initiatives are facing an uphill struggle against all odds unless we encourage businesses to base themselves in Gwynedd whatever language they speak and at the same time relax the planning system by telling the Welsh Assembly Government that the needs of rural areas are not being met because of their policies and planning guidance, and of course the policies, predelictions and prejudices of Plaid Cymru, obviously.
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