Over 300 people attended the Isle of Wight Council’s Careers, Jobs & Apprenticeship event last month at 1Leisure Medina, organised by the Isle of Wight Council’s Island Futures team.
A total of 37 exhibitors were present, showcasing opportunities available both on and off the Island. Among these were the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, Carisbrooke Shipping, South Western Railway and Biscoes Solicitors.
There were also workshops for people to attend, focusing on:
- Applications, CVs and Interview techniques
- Apprenticeships
- Career change and retaining: what are your options?
Naomi Carter, Service Director for Education, Inclusion and Access, said:
“It was great to have so many people come along and interact with the various workshops and employers. We have a range of training opportunities on the Island, along with a variety of industries to have a career in on the Island.”
“We look forward to the next event and support people on the Island, with their career ambitions.”
Find out more about Island Futures here: https://www.iow.gov.uk/schools-and-education/island-futures/
Great to see, but when the Labour budget kicks in on
April fools day, sadly more Job losses will be on the
cards.
I cannot see things improving until the next general
election, by then so much damage would have been
done.
What is your arbitrary guess of the budget impact then? Or how about a figure on the increase of NI contributions? If you were an employer, how could you offset the rises and retain a viable business model? Do you not think that maybe SOME businesses are affected more by macro economics than micro, or does your brain not comprehend a world higher than your navel?
The recent Labour budget was designed to
give people less income to spend.
They have not only affected pensioners,
they are affecting everyone.
The end result will be employers have to
pay much more therefore to offset the extra
costs, they will either reduce their workforce
or put prices up!
In the end no one will gain.
The Labour budget was designed to mitigate the damage done by 14 years of conservatism and the 22bn shortfall on the books when they took over the running of the services needed to maintain our existence. The employers increase in NI (because you couldn’t be bothered to look it up is from 13.8% to 15%. That’s 1.2 pence for every £1 in wages. That in itself is tax deductible cost to any business…in other words they effective reduce that 1.2 pence by 20%…or under 1 penny per pound. The total revenue raised however goes into the statutory pot labelled ‘state pension’. To NOT increase the working people’s contributions (given that the population is growing as people are living longer) would mean that pensioners now could not get an annual increase, and the people reaching retirement age in the future would face the prospect of no pension at all.
IF business are forced to close because of an extra penny in the pound of costs it suggest their business model was unviable as it hadn’t factored in rises to the forecast…shortsighted businesses don’t thrive.
You’ve got more to worry about from people like Trump adding 20-25% to imports from UK….those businesses may well fold because no-one forecasts that level of cost. One penny is absorbable.