Students' postmark enterprise

Students' postmark enterprise

The business uses the post mark of the town

A group of enterprising students are using the postmark of their town to set up a thriving worldwide greetings card business.

Sixth form pupils living in the rural village of Bethlehem in Carmarthenshire are using the internet to offer a range of cards featuring the unique postmark of the town.

The teenagers, who go to Ysgol Tre-Gib school, four miles away in Llandeilo, have set up the business as part of their studies.

The full range of cards are offered on their website and they boast that they can send to all countries across the globe.

Harry Strange, one of the pupils involved in the project, acts as the webmaster for the site.

"I think the potential is huge really," he said.

Harry Strange is the webmaster of the site

"It is almost unlimited in the amount of languages and the amount of currencies you can use on it.

"The potential is absolutely massive," he added.

The students are being led in the project by their business studies teacher Tim Williams.

Mr Williams believes that allowing the students to learn practically is the best form of education.

"Teaching business - it's all well and good to give them a text book to read from but if you can reinforce the theory with a real business, it certainly enhances the appreciation and understanding of how business really works," he said.

This is not the first time that the postmark of the small village has been exploited.

Every year, hundreds of people from around the world have flocked to the village to get special franks on their Christmas post.