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Unemployed down again
Jobs growth (national)
The number of unemployed in York has fallen to its lowest level since 2008.
The latest ONS figures show only 1.4% claiming JSA in the City in April. (1.9% Men, 1.0% Women)
The improvement reflects an upward trend in employment levels across the whole country.
The national figures show the largest quarterly rise in employment since stats were started 40 years ago.
Breakthrough in journey planning in York
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Google have added a comprehensive bus timetable to their “Google Maps” web and app sites.
The facility allows users to compare the time it would take to use different forms of transport and the length of the journey.
The site gives access to bus timetables and routes across the whole country.
The site already provides details of local cycle tracks and can provide a recommended optimum walking route as an alternative.
Its advantage over previous systems, is that it allows for integrated journey planning across the whole country.
It is also available on some mobiles.
York supports International Coaching Week
York is supporting International Coaching Week with a host of nationally acclaimed speakers and free coaching sessions, later this month (19- 25 May).
Organised by Coaching York* and supported by City of York Council, International Coaching Week (ICW) is an annual weeklong global celebration of the benefits that coaching can bring to individuals, teams, organisations and businesses.
Three women try out bike travel for three months
York Bike Belles, York’s cycling community for women, launches their “3 women 3 bikes 3 months” scheme this week to inspire more women to combine travel and exercise. Three local women who are new to cycling, have been given three bikes and asked to blog about their journey into cycling over the next three months.
The scheme, which is supported by the charity Sustrans and City of York Council’s i-Travel York initiative, launches with a new video this week.
Only 1 in 4 cyclists are women and 75% of women never cycle at all. Recent research published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, showed that the biggest threat to women’s health was physical inactivity.