Economic Development News for
Havant
(April 2010)
Unemployment figures
There has been a slight drop in unemployment
locally as well as nationally.
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Unemployed Claimants and Residential Unemployment Rate:
March 2010
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| Havant |
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Ward
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Males
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Females
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Total
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Barncroft
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158
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9.0
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51
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3.0
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209
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6.0
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Battins
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177
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9.1
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61
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3.1
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238
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6.1
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Bedhampton
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108
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4.0
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46
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1.9
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154
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3.0
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Bondfields
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179
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8.5
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53
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2.7
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232
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5.7
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Cowplain
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81
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2.7
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25
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0.9
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106
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1.9
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Emsworth
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74
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3.0
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36
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1.6
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110
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2.3
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Hart Plain
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198
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6.9
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59
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2.1
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257
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4.6
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Hayling East
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112
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4.4
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35
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1.5
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147
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3.0
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Hayling West
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80
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3.5
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28
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1.4
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108
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2.5
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Purbrook
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107
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3.7
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45
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1.7
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152
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2.8
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St Faith's
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97
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3.8
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35
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1.5
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132
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2.7
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Stakes
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173
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5.4
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64
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2.1
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237
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3.8
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Warren Park
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200
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10.2
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75
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3.6
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275
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6.8
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Waterloo
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123
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4.3
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38
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1.5
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161
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3.0
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Havant*
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1,867
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5.3%
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651
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2.0%
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2,518
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3.7%
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JOBCENTRE
Top 10 types of vacancies notified to Havant
Jobcentre in April 2010
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JCP Vacancies
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Occupation
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Vacancies
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8133 : Routine inspectors and testers
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24
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9233 : Cleaners, domestics
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24
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6115 : Care assistants and home carers
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15
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9121 : Labourers in building and woodworking
trades
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11
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5113 : Gardeners and
groundsmen/groundswomen
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10
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9134 : Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers
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7
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5312 : Bricklayers, masons
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6
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9129 : Labourers in other construction
trades
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6
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9223 : Kitchen and catering assistants
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6
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5434 : Chefs, cooks
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5
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Top 10 types of work sought by
unemployed people registered at Havant Jobcentre (April 2010)
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JSA
Occupation
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Sought
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All Customers
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JSA Occupation
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7111
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Sales and retail assistants
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230
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9149
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Other goods handling and storage
occupations
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85
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4150
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General office assistants/clerks
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80
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9121
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Labourers in building and woodworking
trades
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80
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9233
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Cleaners, domestics
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70
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8212
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Van drivers
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65
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9129
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Labourers in other construction trades
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60
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8139
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Assemblers and routine operatives
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55
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6115
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Care assistants and home carers
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45
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9134
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Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers
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45
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Redundancies
Approx 480 IBM staff at North Harbour,
Portsmouth are under threat of redundancy. Many Havant
residents could be at risk.
Business News
Havant magistrates Court which had
previously been reported as closing will be reused by the Justice
Service.
Wight Salads are relocating their Head Office
from Langstone Technology Park to Chichester.
Retail
Filarinskis, the ski and sports shop who have
been located in East Street, Havant for many years are to relocate
to a former furniture and car showroom at the Broadbridge
roundabout on the A259 in Bosham, Chichester, West
Sussex. This will leave a large empty retail unit in a part of
the town which already has many empty shops.
On Saturday 17 April, a small publishing house
based in Winchester - Dragon International Independent
Arts – held a 'Meet the Authors' event in The Meridian Centre.
The venue is the currently empty shop opposite WH Smiths, the one
that the Festival used for the Conan Doyle Exhibition. This has
been arranged in conjunction with Havant Borough Council and the
Literary Festival.
Commercial Property
14 acres of employment land at the
MDA
site in
Waterlooville has been put up for sale by the developers.
Support Programmes for Businesses
Business Link
Local services are now provide by Serco (external link).
Women into Business
A free networking event is being held
at
HBC
on Wed 14
April 2010.
Chamber of Commerce
A major networking event was held by the
Chamber at Langstone Technology Park on 19 April 2010 at 1600.
Support programmes for workless
residents
Employability courses are being offered at
Leigh Pak Library and Havant Library. These free half day
courses cover areas such as: computing, using the internet,
CV
writing, job search, etc.
The course are funded by
HCC
.
Wheatsheaf Trust
The
PUSH
funded
ANP
project has finished. During the period April 2009 –March 2010 405
Havant residents accessed the service delivered by Wheatsheaf
Trust. 25 have taking up skills training to
NVQ
2/3 level, 56 have
found work, 36 have started other forms of training. This
project was a pilot for the Adult Advancement Careers Service
(AACS)
which will start to be delivered nationally by late summer
2010.
Learning and Skills
The
LSC
(Learning and Skills
Council) has now been replaced with the Skills Funding Agency and
the Young Peoples Learning Agency . Funding for 16 -19 year
olds goes back to County Councils and Unitary Authorities.
For more information:
Young People's Agency (external
link)
Skills Funding Agency
(external link)
Housing
Taylor Wimpey have sold 41 properties so far
at the
MDA
site in
Waterlooville, this is 65% of the private units on phase 1,
18 units are occupied