Although still provisional until the year ends, the figures indicate that the number of young people in an apprenticeship on the Island has gone up 100%, from 820 by the end of 2010, to 1640 jobs in 2011.
Solent LEP given a provisional £12m from the Government's Growing Places fund to revive stalled building projects, boosting economic growth and creating new jobs.
Andrew Turner, the Island's MP, was supposed to be meeting NatWest Bank senior executives today, but they cancelled citing an unavoidable, last minute meeting on the mainland.
The Department of Justice proposes that unemployed criminals who receive a community sentence will be forced to work for the good of the community for four days a week.
Andrew Turner, the Island's MP, has welcomed the news that the London Olympic Games Organising Committee (LOGOC) has backed down from their threat to sue an Island entrepreneur who is using the year '2012' in her company name.