(April 2010)
There has been a slight drop in unemployment locally as well as nationally.
Unemployed Claimants and Residential Unemployment Rate: March 2010
Ward
Males
Females
Total
Barncroft
158
9.0
51
3.0
209
6.0
Battins
177
9.1
61
3.1
238
6.1
Bedhampton
108
4.0
46
1.9
154
Bondfields
179
8.5
53
2.7
232
5.7
Cowplain
81
25
0.9
106
Emsworth
74
36
1.6
110
2.3
Hart Plain
198
6.9
59
2.1
257
4.6
Hayling East
112
4.4
35
1.5
147
Hayling West
80
3.5
28
1.4
2.5
Purbrook
107
3.7
45
1.7
152
2.8
St Faith's
97
3.8
132
Stakes
173
5.4
64
237
Warren Park
200
10.2
75
3.6
275
6.8
Waterloo
123
4.3
38
161
Havant*
1,867
5.3%
651
2.0%
2,518
3.7%
Top 10 types of vacancies notified to Havant Jobcentre in April 2010
JCP Vacancies
Occupation
Vacancies
8133 : Routine inspectors and testers
24
9233 : Cleaners, domestics
6115 : Care assistants and home carers
15
9121 : Labourers in building and woodworking trades
11
5113 : Gardeners and groundsmen/groundswomen
10
9134 : Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers
7
5312 : Bricklayers, masons
6
9129 : Labourers in other construction trades
9223 : Kitchen and catering assistants
5434 : Chefs, cooks
5
Top 10 types of work sought by unemployed people registered at Havant Jobcentre (April 2010)
JSA Occupation
Sought
All Customers
7111
Sales and retail assistants
230
9149
Other goods handling and storage occupations
85
4150
General office assistants/clerks
9121
Labourers in building and woodworking trades
9233
Cleaners, domestics
70
8212
Van drivers
65
9129
Labourers in other construction trades
60
8139
Assemblers and routine operatives
55
6115
Care assistants and home carers
9134
Packers, bottlers, canners, fillers
Approx 480 IBM staff at North Harbour, Portsmouth are under threat of redundancy. Many Havant residents could be at risk.
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.
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.
14 acres of employment land at the MDA site in Waterlooville has been put up for sale by the developers.
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