Out & About

Following on from Mark’s trip to the Houses of Parliament on Monday, Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling visited Kidderminster to meet with a number of Junior PACT groups from across the district. About 30 youngsters were in attendance to hear about the work Chris does and to put forward their views about a range of local issues.

Grant Shapps, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Housing was a guest of Mark Garnier to meet with Wyre Forest Community Housing. Grant was invited to come and visit to learn more about activities of the local housing company, and to be able to hear what their issues and concerns are. Importantly, grant was able to share with local housing bosses his thoughts about policy should Conservatives win the next general election and form the Government.

Mark Garnier met with local FSB Chairman Ken Wigfield to learn more about the activities of the FSB locally and to learn more about the specific problems affecting Wyre Forest. Across the country, 99.3% of businesses employ fewer than 50 people, with nearly half the population working for these small businesses. In Wyre Forest, about 85% of businesses employ fewer than 10 people.

Mark Garnier was a judge at the Young Enterprise Competition Wyre Forest final held at Kidderminster’s King Charles I school. The three finalists were King Charles, Wolverley High and Baxter College. All three put on excellent displays showing their successes at producing saleable goods and services and how they had managed to set up and run profitable businesses.