Yesterday, I took part in the latest meeting of the City Council’s Local Economy Monitoring Group, at which there was an excellent presentation by Chris Brodie of Brodie Economic Research. Chris gave an very detailed and useful resume of the effect of the economic downturn after 2008 and, in particular, how it has affected [...]
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The Principal of Dundee College opens the National Convention on Youth Employment Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending part of the National Convention on Youth Employment at Dundee College’s Gardyne Campus, along with a large gathering of national and local politicians, major employers, JobCentre Plus, the further & higher education sectors and many others. The [...]
The suggestion by Danny Alexander MP that public buildings such as libraries should be considered for use as outreach services for Jobcentre Plus appears to me to make a whole lot of sense. (See http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Library-39outreach39-proposal-for-Jobcentres.4840598.jp to read the story in today’s Scotsman). He points out that there is no reason that Jobcentre Plus services [...]
