Do our local newspapers care about jobs?

A personal messsage from Nick

Let me say at the outset that I think our local newspapers do care about jobs in Enfield. Indeed, the Enfield Independent is running a story next week about the Enfield Jobs Fair which will be vital for publicising the event to residents. So why, you might ask, have I written such a provocative question for the headline?

In Enfield we're fortunate to have such well respected and successful newspapers as the Enfield Advertiser and Enfield Independent. The papers can print whatever they like, and however much I might like them to print more stories about me as the MP or what's going on in politics, at the end of the day they have to fill their pages with what they know their readers want to read.

It's my view that people in Enfield would be interested to read about the Enfield Jobs Fair. I'm organising an event which will be opened by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, where over 40 local companies and training providers are showcasing hundreds of genuine job vacancies. Big names such as BT, Tesco, Virgin Media, Sainsbury's, Barclays and Greggs will be there, as will local big-hitters Winchmore Brickwork, Johnson Matthey and Barclay Bros. And yet so far, in the last four editions of each newspaper, news of the Enfield Jobs Fair has only appeared in one paper. Once. On page 19.

So I need your help to make the case that the Enfield Jobs Fair is news worth printing.

By clicking to read the online stories they've posted HERE and ALSO HERE, it will drive the event up their website's "Most Read" chart. We need lots of publicity for this event where genuine job vacancies - hundreds of them - are on offer.

At the moment we're not in the Top 5 of the Advertiser's Most Read, and at number 4 for the Independent. Let's climb the chart! Feel free to leave a comment on the websites, too.

Many thanks indeed for your help,

Best wishes,

Nick

Nick de Bois MP

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