A youngster from Laugharne was due to meet HRH The Prince of Wales yesterday (Thursday), at the launch of The Prince's Trust Cymru's Business Programme for Wales in Abertillery.
James Cole, 26, was among the first young people in Wales to be supported by The Prince's Trust Cymru's Business Programme.
The Prince's Trust Cymru's Business Programme, which was being launched by The Prince of Wales at the Llanhilleth Miners' Institute in Blaenau Gwent, aims to help more than 400 Welsh businesses set up over the next three years, potentially generating up to £4 million for the Welsh economy.
The Business Programme is especially geared towards unemployed 18-30-year-olds who are struggling to get their foot on the career ladder by providing low-interest loans, grants and mentoring. It aims to help around 150 new entrepreneurs a year.
Yesterday, The Prince of Wales was due to meet six out of 18 businesses who have just been given funding by The Prince's Trust Cymru to kick-start their companies.
James Cole has been given a grant to start a guitar-making business which will allow him to maximise his passion for music and guitars
James hand-makes electric guitars using premium components and exotic hard woods to produce better quality guitars than mass manufactured equivalents.
James said: "The guitars I make are different from those which are mass produced because of the level of attention to detail that goes into each one, and because each one is unique.
"The Prince's Trust Cymru has been fantastic and has really helped to give me the confidence I need to get my business off the ground.
"I'm now hoping that I will be able to achieve so much of what I have dreamed of, which, just a few months ago, did not seem possible."
The Prince's Trust Cymru has been able to launch the Business Programme thanks to private donations from The Prince's Trust supporters Henry and Diane Engelhardt, David and Heather Stevens and the Peter Cruddas Foundation.