GOOD news on the work front last week with confirmation online electricity retailer Powershop is expanding in Masterton and will greatly increase staff.
The company is reportedly planning to hire a further 45 or so staff, building on its existing 76. That's a welcome boost.
On a lesser scale, but nevertheless a welcome one, McDonald's in Chapel St has hired eight staff as the result of a new fast food innovation.
To state the obvious, new jobs bring some level of prosperity to individuals, families and in the wider sense to the community at large.
They bring hope and help to unhook young men and women from debilitating dependency on welfare payments and a hand-to-mouth existence.