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Responding to Andy Street’s statement about youth unemployment made earlier this week, Beverley Nielsen, Lib Dem Mayoral Candidate for the West Midlands, said:

“Eradicating youth unemployment will be on everyone’s to-do list."

Responding to the publication of ‘Jobs, Welfare and Austerity: How the destruction of industrial Britain casts a shadow over present day public finances by Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill (Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University), Simon Topman, CEO of ACME Whistles, Birmingham, said:

“This report describes how UK manufacturing employment has fallen from 8.9 million to just 2.9 million over the last fifty years and the consequent destruction of the economic base of many communities.

Responding to the announcement by the Labour West Midlands Mayoral candidate that the M6 Toll should be free for all to use, Paul Cadman, one of Manufacturing Magazine's Top 100 most inspiring and influential individuals in Manufacturing; finalist in EY's Entrepreneur of the Year, 2016; West Midlands Business Masters Manufacturer of the Year, 2016; and Acquisition International's Most Innovative UK Leader for 2016 said “This was something the Black Country Chamber of Commerce were pushing for as far back as 2014.

Following the government’s announcement giving Heathrow R3 the go ahead, Sir Howard Davies, Chair of the Airports Commission, noted in the Telegraph, 23rd October, that Birmingham could be a better decision for a second round of airport expansion expected in the coming years, ahead of both Gatwick and Stansted – a significant statement for the region.

Founded in 1926, Pashley Cycles is Britain’s longest established cycle manufacturer, designing and hand-producing bespoke, traditional bicycles and tricycles.

Regarding today’s decision favouring R3 Heathrow, Beverley Nielsen, Lib Dem Mayoral Candidate for the West Midlands, said:

“How history repeats itself whenever there is a major infrastructure decision to be made. The Tories continue to talk the talk about rebalancing the economy whilst focussing spend on their own SE homelands.