A JOBCENTRE in Bordon took another step closer to becoming a reality when the Secretary of State for Employment, David Blunkett, approved the case for the Liphook JobCentre to be relocated in the town.

The Employment Services' district manager for the mid-Hampshire region, Mick Hickey, said the approval was very good news and hoped a JobCentre in the town could be up and running by late summer or the early autumn.

A full version of this story will be found in the Bordon Herald of January 19, 2001.