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WORK AND PENSIONS SECRETARY’S VISIT TO STROUD

It was fantastic to have the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, The Rt Hon Mel Stride MP, join me in Stroud to meet with the team at the Jobcentre as well as several local businesses. Whilst it is great that jobseeker numbers are down in the town since last year there are some issues that st

MINISTERIAL VISIT TO DURSLEY 

It was a pleasure to have John Glen MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, join me for a walkabout in Dursley and to meet with local businesspeople.  In speaking to local businesses, we discussed views on business rates, issues with imports and exports and how we can all work together to invigor

VISIT TO BORGWARNER

I was chuffed to have Minister Norman come to Stonehouse to visit the brilliant BorgWarner team who deliver innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for the vehicle market. We had a brilliant tour of the Stonehouse site followed by a discussion on the role that hydrogen twill play in the futur

AMBITIONS SERIES 📽️

As part of my recently launched Ambitions series, I have been interviewing local people to showcase all the weird, wonderful and more traditional career opportunities that can be found across Stroud, the Valleys and Vale. It was a pleasure to speak with James Horwood of Kitchen Garden Foods. James

AMBITIONS SERIES 📺

I believe young people should know about as many jobs as possible before they choose educational course and careers.  Many parents have also told me they find it a shame that there is limited work experience and few part time Saturday jobs available.

ADEY INNOVATION

Great to visit ADEY Innovation which is a brilliant business working to create water treatment solutions to protect heating systems from inefficiency and breakdowns. The team at ADEY highlighted that dirty boiler systems increase energy bills by up to 7% through inefficiencies and also often lead t