Unemployment figures: “the one in five”

job_centre_plus2Some commentators are finding comfort in the fact that the latest unemployment figures did not break through the 2.5 million barrier. Others that the levelling out of the number of those seeking work hints at recovery in the economy.  Lord Mandelson managed to find cheer in the fact that unemployment among the young had not yet reached a million. It was only 943,000.

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Barbara Gunnell | Tuesday, 17th November, 2009 at 11:27 am | Blog | No comment


Empty Shops: space for growth?

 

3168105151_05887b0e61Empty shop space: space for creative economic growth?

 

It was encouraging to see the government last week address the issue of empty shop space.  Across Britain great swathes of valuable high street acreage currently lie fallow as more and more shops, large and small alike, close their doors for the final time. How is this space to be used constructively? (more…)

Peter Barrett | Thursday, 23rd April, 2009 at 10:09 pm | Blog | No comment


Budget: NDotM Press Release

PrintBudget 2009: New Deal of the Mind Press Release

The 2009 Budget Is Nothing Short of A New Deal of the Mind

New Deal of the Mind welcomes the measures laid out by the Chancellor in today’s Budget to help boost innovation and tackle unemployment. Since its inception earlier this year, the New Deal of the Mind coalition (NDotM) has argued that we must act now or risk losing a generation of young people to the recession. (more…)

Peter Barrett | Thursday, 23rd April, 2009 at 1:46 am | Blog | No comment


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