Usage of welcome

[Daemon99]

1) ABC Company welcomes for corporate management programmes.
2) ABC Company welcomes you for corporate management programmes.

Can someone please tell me if welcome has been used correctly in the above two sentences? Can we use for with welcome in any situation?
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[Jamie (K)]

This is a little complicated. In North America, we would say "ABC Company welcomes you..." because we think of the company as one thing, so it is third-person singular. In the UK, I think they would be likely to say, "ABC Company welcome you..." because they think of the company as a group of people, so third person plural.

Sentence (1) is definitely wrong, because the verb "welcome" must have a direct object.

"For" is understandable in those sentences, but I would consider it a little awkward, because it can also mean "on behalf of".
"I welcome you here for my boss, who couldn't attend the meeting."
= "I welcome you here on behalf of my boss, who couldn't attend the meeting."

My preference in those sentences would be "to" plus a possessive pronoun.
"ABC Company welcomes you to its corporate management programmes."