World problems gave us mountains to climb; business PROFILE David Jones on how a travel firm overcame the knock- on effects of global disasters to take a top business award.(Business)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: December 17, 2003 | Copyright information

EVENTS happening elsewhere in the world have heavily influenced the business cofounded by Matt Wells and two friends in 2001, but he acknowledges there's nothing the company can do about that.

Camre Cymru Outlook Expeditions was set up as a spin-out from the University of Wales, Bangor,by three graduates to provide overseas youth expeditions.

From the outset it faced considerable challenges, starting with the decision to launch the business just a fortnight after the September 11 terrorist attacks in America.

Wells says that ``nobody wanted to know'' when the ...

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