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Local Plan 2040 Draft Plan - Strategy options and draft policies consultation

Representation ID: 5387

Received: 03/09/2021

Respondent: Mrs Gwendalyn Selo Skingley

Representation Summary:

See previous comments - poor choice of work, focussing only on warehousing / logistics creating brain drain.
Need to entice STEM based occupations and sites or others
We don't wantthe traffic associated with logistics and not everyone can manage heavy warehouse work.
As a highly educated individual, I find myself working for companies outside Bedford as there is nothing here to use my skills.
Job types are poor, insecure and with little prospects for people to better themselves

Full text:

See previous comments - poor choice of work, focussing only on warehousing / logistics creating brain drain.
Need to entice STEM based occupations and sites or others
We don't wantthe traffic associated with logistics and not everyone can manage heavy warehouse work.
As a highly educated individual, I find myself working for companies outside Bedford as there is nothing here to use my skills.
Job types are poor, insecure and with little prospects for people to better themselves