Minister listens to Local business Leaders
Today we had out 10th MOBA Morley & Outwood Business Association Meeting. Representatives of local businesses, small and large, met with senior Business Minister Matthew Hancock MP of breakfast to discuss a wide range of economic issues. The meeting, hosted by document management specialists Arena Group at their office in Robin Hood, was organised by Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Andrea Jenkyns and MOBA- Morley and Outwood Business Association.Mr Hancock, who is Minister of State at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, and the Minister of State for Energy, first addressed the meeting, talking of how well Yorkshire’s economy is doing. He then took questions from attendees on topics ranging from support for small business to local government procurement. Businesses that attended include; Associated Waste Management, Spawforths, Natwest, Emphasis Creative Agency and the CBI-Confederation of British Industry.
Matthew Hancock said “I came here today to listen to local businesses, and find out what more we can do in government to help them start up and grow. It is great to see how well things are going locally. Unemployment is down by half and last year more jobs were created in Yorkshire than in the whole of France. This is down to the hard work of businesses like the ones I met today. There is more to do and we need advocates like the fantastic Andrea Jenkyns in Parliament as a strong local voice for Morley and Outwood."
Andrea Jenkyns said “We need to create a lasting
legacy of employment of growth in our area, and that can’t happen without backing local employers. Growing firms like Arena Group, who take on new employees and apprentices are the force behind Britain’s economic recovery.”