February 2006

20.2.2006 13:34
PATHWAYS” PROJECT HELPS OVER 1,000 PEOPLE BACK INTO WORK

Greenock Jobcentre Plus played host to Inverclyde MP David Cairns on Friday 17th February, when he met some of the people helped back into employment by the Pathways to Work project. In October 2003 Inverclyde became a pilot area for Pathways to Work, which provides individually tailored help and support to people so that they can escape from incapacity benefits and get back into the labour market. The Government’s latest welfare reforms build on the Pathways scheme, so Inverclyde will have led the way when it comes to implementing the new Employment and Support Allowance.
  

16.2.2006 10:52
PORT GLASGOW KIDS ARE BEING TREATED AS SECOND CLASS CITIZENS
Inverclyde Labour Party members gathering for their AGM in the Tontine Hotel on Friday 17th February will hear MP David Cairns telling them of his continuing concerns about the future of local schools. Members from all four Labour Party branches in the area will be there.  

13.2.2006 12:50
BIG DAY FOR RIVERSIDE RE-GENERATION AS NEW HOMES ARE ‘LAUNCHED’
David Cairns MP, Duncan McNeil MSP and Councillor Stephen McCabe will be ‘launching’ the latest phase of the River Clyde’s regeneration when they officially open the new housing development at the James Watt dock site in Greenock on Friday 10th February. In keeping with the old shipping traditions of the dock, the trio will launch the development by cracking open a bottle of champagne over the entrance to the building.
  

10.2.2006 12:32
RIVERSIDE REGENERATION MUST PROVIDE LOCAL JOBS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE
Greenock based company, Business Training Services is joining forces with Inverclyde MP David Cairns to demand that local people get access to jobs on Waterfront regeneration projects currently under way. The company, who offer a wide variety of training to people in the area, wrote to David after they became concerned that people they trained were missing out on employment opportunities as developers brought in workers from elsewhere.  

8.2.2006 12:42
CAIRNS WELCOMES COUNCIL’S BACKING FOR FAIRTRADE CAMPAIGN
Fairtrade campaigners in Inverclyde are celebrating after the Council agreed to back their campaign at the last meeting of Best Value and Corporate Services Committee. Councillors unanimously agreed to work towards Fairtrade status for Inverclyde and decided to support the Fairtrade Steering Group, set up by local MP David Cairns.  

7.2.2006 09:36
SERCO DENHOLM TENDER WIN IS GOOD NEWS FOR GREAT HARBOUR
Serco Denholm staff, based at the Great Harbour in Greenock, are celebrating the news that their company’s been named as preferred bidder for the Government’s Marine Services Provision contract. The UK wide tender which is worth hundreds of millions of pounds will run for 15 years. Almost 200 Serco Denholm workers are employed at the Clyde bases, of whom approximately 120 are at the Great Harbour, providing support for MOD ships by ensuring they are supplied with everything they need from tug operations to fuel and fresh food. And, thanks to the company’s success in winning the tender for a second time, their future now looks bright.