Mansfield among the best places to work

The study considered median monthly take-home salary, average monthly mortgage repayment, cost of living, unemployment levels and job growth in order to rank locations in the UK from best place to earn a living, to worst.

Mansfield ranked the third best place to make a living in the Midlands, and was only topped by Derby and Telford.

Mansfield also ranked 23rd overall when compared with other towns and cities in the whole of the UK.

Nottingham, however, ranked only 46th in the national list.

The city of Derby, took the second position in the nationwide league table — the only East Midlands town or city to feature in the top 10.

The research was carried out by TotallyMoney, a credit report provider.

Meanwhile in other news on living standards, Mansfield and Ashfield have been revealed as the only districts in the East Midlands with almost wholesale superfast broadband.

Mansfield district council had to provide at least 95 percent of premises with superfast broadband by the end of 2017- a target set out the Government, which the local authority exceeded by the end of last year.

Of the 297 councils in the UK with a plan in place, just seven have hit the target reach for broadband.

Kate Allsop, Mansfield’s Mayor said: “We are delighted that the district’s superfast broadband coverage has reached 99.64 per cent, which is of benefit to anyone who wants to do business here as well as for residents.

“Commercial broadband providers clearly see the area as somewhere that is worth investing in.”

The district has also benefited from Nottinghamshire County Council’s £30m Better Broadband project, which has particularly helped more rural areas of the district, such as Warsop.

And as part of its Local Plan, the council will also be encouraging developers of new housing estates to ensure good future broadband provision.