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2017 (17)The ONS last week published statistics which showed the employment rate is at its joint record high of 74.6%, with 31.84 million people now in work. Locally in Tamworth, those claiming the crucial out of work benefit has reduced by 78% since 2010. This reflects the national picture which has led to...
Christopher yesterday welcomed figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that show the number of people in work in the West Midlands has risen by 184,000 since 2010. The figures also showed more locally that the number of people claiming the key out of work benefits in Tamworth h...
Member of Parliament for Tamworth, Christopher Pincher, has welcomed the latest fall in Tamworth's unemployment figures. Tamworth according to the most recent figures is now in the lowest 4% of unemployment areas across the country. The news that there are just 363 unemployed claimants in the cons...
Local MP Christopher Pincher has welcomed the fall in the number of unemployed older people in Tamworth. Since the General Election in 2010, the number of people over the age of 50 claiming the main unemployment benefit in Tamworth is down a massive 80.7%. Many businesses benefit from hiring worke...
Member of Parliament for Tamworth, Christopher Pincher, this week welcomed the announcement of 1300 more jobs at Solihull's Jaguar Land Rover Plant as "a vote of confidence in the Midlands". The car maker has just announced that its first sports utility vehicle (SUV) will be built in Britain. Call...
Member of Parliament for Tamworth, Christopher Pincher, has welcomed the latest fall in Tamworth's unemployment figures. There are 672 fewer people claiming Job Seekers Allowance than this time last year and a 42 fewer than in September. There are now just 473 people in Tamworth without work &ndas...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, is holding his 3rd Annual Tamworth Jobs Fair which takes place on Saturday 13th September at South Staffordshire College campus in Croft Street between 10am and 1pm. The Jobs Fair is Sponsored by HSBC Tamworth. Confirmed attendees includ...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth and surrounding villages, spoke up for the importance of work during an Opposition Day debate in the House of Commons on the performance of the Department for Work & Pensions. He said the debate reflected "the state of mind" of the Labour P...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth and surrounding villages, encourages local business to apply for 'Round 6' of the Regional Growth Fund which opens this week for bids for a share of more than £200million available to businesses to help them grow and create jobs. Commenti...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth and surrounding villages, welcomed the news of 450 new apprentice placements in Tamworth, up from 390 in the previous year. Commenting Mr Pincher said: "We know that University is not for everyone and pupils leaving school should have real cho...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, welcomed figures released this week which show unemployment in Tamworth continues to fall below last month's record low. Figures published last week by the ONS show that the number of unemployed claimants in Tamworth constituency in May 2014 w...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament Tamworth and surrounding villages, has given a big welcome to the news that the West Midlands continues to be the top region for overseas growth. Latest figures released from Her Majesties Revenue and Customs (HMRC) show that West Midlands exports are up to...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth and surrounding villages, welcomed the Queen's Speech in the recent debate on Jobs describing the speech as "good news for my town, and this Queen's Speech is good news for Tamworth" as taxes look to continue to reduce. Speaking in the Queens S...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, welcomed figures released this week which show unemployment in Tamworth has fallen once again to a new decade low level. Figures published by the ONS show that the number of unemployed claimants in Tamworth constituency in April 2014 was 851. ...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth and surrounding villages, welcomed the announcement of a new Automotive and Engineering Hub (AEH) at Torc Vocational Centre. The AEH is part of a £2million funding boost from the County Council and the City Deal to meet the demands of the...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, welcomed figures released this week which shows, for the first time since the recession, wages are rising faster than inflation. Figures published by the ONS show that the average wage in Britain increased by 1.7% up from 1.4% in January. At ...
Tamworth's Member of Parliament, Christopher Pincher, welcomes the government's announcement to award the £1bn Crossrail contract to Bombardier, the Derby based manufacturing company. Mr Pincher commented: "This is great news for British manufacturing and continues the upward trend we are se...
Tamworth's Member of Parliament, Christopher Pincher, is backing the 'Let's Talk Jobs' initiative run by Staffordshire County Council. The programme, aimed at 14-24 year olds, brings together a range of organisations that can help to make a difference to people wanting to improve their skills and j...
Tamworth's Member of Parliament, Christopher Pincher, last week asked the Prime Minister if he would visit the many companies in Tamworth who are recruiting, creating jobs for the people of Tamworth and if he would encourage other companies in the local area to do the same. Mr Pincher took the oppo...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, welcomed figures released this week which show unemployment in Tamworth has fallen once again and continues to fall this year. Figures published by the ONS show that the number of unemployed claimants in Tamworth constituency in October 2013 w...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, praised the work of Tamworth Borough Council in supporting local businesses in the town centre by offering free market stalls for traders and free car parking for customers during business questions in the House of Commons this week. In the Ho...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, welcomed figures released this week which show unemployment in Tamworth has fallen once again and is now at its lowest level since before the recession. Figures published by the ONS show that the number of unemployed claimants in Tamworth cons...
Last weekend Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, welcomed over 150 job seekers to his jobs fair, in partnership with Tamworth College and the Tamworth Herald. The Jobs fair gave an opportunity for local job seekers to meet and talk with companies seeking to take on new recruits....
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, has welcomed the excellent news that three further national companies - Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), National Express and John Lewis - will be attending Tamworth’s second Jobs Fair where they hope to find enthusiastic new employees and ap...
Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Tamworth, this week is calling on local job seekers to visit his Jobs Fair which takes place on Saturday 12th October at South Staffordshire College campus in Croft Street. The Fair will run between 10am and 2pm and will host a variety of local and nati...
Last year in conjunction with the South Stafford College, the Tamworth Herald and Drayton Manor Park Christopher Pincher MP organised a successful Tamworth Jobs Fair at College campus in Croft Street. The event helped put hundreds of job seekers directly in touch with local employers and resulted in...
Solihull based car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has announced 1700 new jobs as part of their £1.5bn expansion plan. This latest round of job creation brings the total number of new jobs to 11,000 in the past three years. Before the last general election there was a real threat that JLR migh...
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that unemployment in Tamworth has fallen once again under this Government. The number of unemployed claimants in Tamworth constituency in June 2013 was 373 lower than in June 2012 and 105 lower than in May 2013. This represents a 21.4 per ...
New traineeships to give our young people the skills they need to compete in the job race Christopher Pincher, MP for Tamworth, has welcomed new plans to set up a Traineeship Programme for young people. The new programme, announced by Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock MP, will provide young people ...
Cameron Calls In Help For Drive Assist David Cameron has intervened personally to ensure redundant employees from the collapsed car hire giant, Drive Assist, get the help they need to get back into work. Following his meeting with Tamworth's MP, Christopher Pincher, just before Christmas, the Prim...
Christopher Pincher MP: Government is helping disabled people into work The Government has recently announced more support for small businesses and disabled entrepreneurs to pay for specialised equipment and to cover the other costs facing disabled people in work. Businesses with more than 49 empl...
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