A SIXTH former who was brought up on a smallholding near Tregaron has won a top award.

Huw Richards-Price, who studies at Llandovery College, has won the Aspiring Entrepreneur Award at the University of South Wales’ Making Business Happen Awards held at their Newport City Campus.

Huw was presented with a cheque for £3,000 to be shared with Llandovery College and he will also receive legal, financial and business mentoring and support from the University of South Wales Business School.

Now in its second year, the NatWest-sponsored competition saw a very high calibre of entrants from across the country.

Open to school and college students, individuals or groups of up to five people had to come up with a business idea, or solution to a problem in their own community or the wider marketplace.

At the two-day event, Huw delivered his business plan and presentation to six prominent business leaders and in front of an audience of around 50 people. His winning project, The Local Food Initiative aims to reconnect communities with local, sustainable food.

Huw said: “Promoting the benefits of local food and helping build links between growers and their communities will assist the local economy, as money will stay in the area. It will also benefit the environment, since sustainable growing methods and being local will mean there will be minimal impact."

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