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More colleges are launching courses in entrepreneurship but founders question their value

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内容摘要:But she says that this might be just a "temporary dip" as the longer-range forecast suggests the weather will warm up again.

But she says that this might be just a "temporary dip" as the longer-range forecast suggests the weather will warm up again.

Despite being 90 years of age, the former Royal Navy veteran says he still has a "burning fire" inside him.He believes he was "robbed" of the military pension he deserved and has been fighting to have it corrected since the 1980s.

More colleges are launching courses in entrepreneurship but founders question their value

"I'm coming up to 91 and I haven't got long to go," Mr Williams said. "I'm doing it for my wife."It wasn't until Mr Williams had a chance conversation with his brother-in-law Ronald Oswell, that he says he realised what had happened.The two men had almost identical service records and both applied for redundancy when the UK armed forces looked to reduce numbers in 1969.

More colleges are launching courses in entrepreneurship but founders question their value

But while Mr Williams, who lives in King's Stanley, Gloucestershire, was given a discharge date in 1970, his brother-in-law was allocated one in 1972."He said 'What do you think of the pension, Ernie?'," Mr Williams told BBC West Investigations.

More colleges are launching courses in entrepreneurship but founders question their value

"I said, 'Well £440 a year is not very good, is it?'

"And he said 'No it's £880 a year'."It transpired that during the intervening two years, military pension rules had changed and had Mr Williams been given the later discharge date he would have got a much better pension.

The Ministry of Defence said it cannot comment on individual cases, but during his time campaigning Mr Williams has been told that his pension reflected his "full and correct entitlement".Mr Williams enlisted in the navy aged 18 in 1952, eventually becoming a Chief Petty Officer. He served many years overseas, including on aircraft carriers in the far east.

However, as the UK armed forces looked to reduce numbers, he was offered redundancy under a navy programme known as DCI 1187/68.The navy agreed to add time to his service record so that he received a military pension in addition to the state pension.

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