Sport and fitness will play an active role in cutting the levels of unemployment in Burton. Particular focus will be on the young jobless, for whom the recession has had a disastrous effect.
South Derbyshire District Council has received an application for permission for a second toilet at the Milend Caravan Site, in Derby Road, Hilton. The request was granted to install another toilet despite the belief it could lead to more caravans.
Eight hundred potential new jobs have been created at a Solihull manufacturing plant. The extra positions will support company growth at Jaguar Land Rover as the car giant plans to introduce new vehicle models in 2013, the firm announced.
One of the results of a government inquiry into unusually high death rates at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation has been calls for better training for staff.
Rail unions handed Christmas protest cards to commuters outside train stations last week. The demonstration was partly against planned cuts to services and staff. It comes just after the Association of Train Operating Companies announced new inflation-busting fare rises for 2013.
A union says lower comparative pay levels are the reasons behind delays caused by London Midland’s continued driver shortages. Aslef claims other train operators in the West Midlands pay more.
The bakery in Garretts Green, Birmingham, is to close with the loss of more than 500 jobs. David Seeckts, head of manufacturing for Hovis in the Midlands, said the reason was the firm had lost a significant contract.
