The municipality has registered a decrease of 9% in the number of unemployed in January 2017 compared to the same month last year.
Councilor for Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesús Pacheco, has indicated that "these data show that we are on the right track, but we will not stop developing policies for the benefit of employment and entrepreneurs to return to the pre-crisis figures" .
Within the 'Municipal program to boost employment as a backbone', one of the initiatives best received by entrepreneurs has been to declare the municipality of Murcia tax-free zone to open businesses, a measure of this year are benefiting some 2,000 Entrepreneurs, with a saving of 1.7 million euros.
According to the councilman, the promotion of employment is one of the main objectives of the Government Team and proof of this is that a total of 43 measures of the Government program, aimed at boosting entrepreneurship, tourism, improving public management And the enhancement of employment as the backbone ".
Pacheco recalled that "the draft budget for 2017 has included the necessary funds to strengthen the economic recovery through employment programs, aid to entrepreneurs and tourism boosting."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia