1,500 jobs created in Caerphilly County Borough with European money

More than 1,500 jobs have been created in Caerphilly County Borough through recent European Union funding. Recent information from the Welsh European Funding Office shows that between 2007 and 2013 the gross number of jobs created through the European Regional Development Fund stood at 1,573. --> -->

Over the same period there were also 14,674 people gaining qualifications through the European Social Fund.

Caerphilly AM Jeff Cuthbert said European money was making a difference in Caerphilly County Borough and pointed to recent rail improvements.

He said: “Last December we saw the opening of Energlyn and Churchill Park railway station. The new station was funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government.