IN reply to Allan Davies and Brian Ashwell (Viewpoint, March 9) criticising my comments about library closures of Sundays, I would say that I do use the library for getting out books (and have read War and Peace!), but also for accessing various job sites, such as Direct Gov and the council's own. Sadly, though, Grimsby is not the best place for employment, having a jobless rate well in excess of the national average.
CHANGES to the Access to Work scheme, a disability employment programme, will give disabled people faster and simpler support into work. Access toWork provides financial help towards the extra costs faced by disabled people in employment, where this goes beyond what would be reasonable for an employer to meet.
TRACY GIBBS came to Pitman Training after she was made redundant from her job following the closure of the Boots Distribution Centre in Pentwyn, Cardiff. She successfully applied for ReAct funding, a scheme set up by the Welsh Assembly Government with support from the European Social Fund to help individuals who are newly redundant. Tracy had received guidance from Clare Hudson, a careers adviser with Careers Wales, and expressed a desire to retrain as a medical receptionist.
Height safety experts from an Eccleshall firm are travelling all over the world to provide advice on London Eye-style big wheels. Total Access, which has been providing specialist rope access services to the London Eye for the past 10 years, was called to Singapore in January after a fire at the world's biggest observational wheel, the Singapore Flyer.
ADMINISTRATORS should be legally bound to let Jobcentre Plus staff into firms where there are planned redundancies, a North-East MP said. Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson said administrators at several companies in the region would not let the centre's staff in.
THE 'femme fatale' at the centre of the Russian spy row in the U.S. worked for Barclays in this country, the bank admitted yesterday. As the British authorities checked to see if the spy ring had been active here, it emerged that Anna Chapman worked in the bank's smallbusiness division for six months. This potentially gave her access to account details of thousands of British companies.
NEW jobs in construction and manufacturing should be advertised in job centres before being published elsewhere to avoid repeats of the "British jobs for British workers" strikes, Work and Pensions Minister James Purnell said yesterday. Last month the furore over the use of Italian and Portuguese contractors at a refinery in Lincolnshire led to sympathy walk-outs at Milford Haven and Aberthaw.
AS an adviser, Michelle Walsh loves helping people to gain confidence and overcome barriers to work. Her role with KATE - the Kensington Access to Training and Employment project - involves supporting refugees, single parents, long-term unemployed and anyone else finding it difficult to apply for jobs.
Key European countries have opted to keep their doors firmly closed to workers from the newest EU member states, it was confirmed yesterday. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria are among those not applying the Union's open-border policy yet to job hunters from the poorest countries, which joined the EU two years ago. The move reflects growing concern about the economic impact on domestic workers of allowing unrestricted access across borders to relatively cheap labour from eastern and central Europe.
People will soon be able to get help with travel costs to make it easier for them to get back to work. Cash-strapped Gateshead residents who have problems returning to work because of the costs of new childcare, work clothes or travel passes are being offered help.
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