The Urban Dream Is Alive; THRIVE THROUGH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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There are just days to go before a handful of entrepreneurs, dubbed Urban Dreamers, discover if their future is even brighter and more secure.

Next week decisions will be taken about the first finalists in Urban Dreams, an innovative business development programme that gives people from black and different ethnic minority communities a unique opportunity to turn their business ideas into reality.

Last July, 56 would-be entrepreneurs from the African Caribbean community in Handsworth, Aston and Lozells, between the ages of 20 and 55, signed up to take part with now six given the chance to pitch their ideas to financiers and decision makers next Wednesday, January 25th.

The project's coordinators, …