MAS targets 88,000 through face-to-face 'advice'

The government and industry-funded organisation today published its business plan for 2012/13. It said it aims to reach 1.9 million throughout the year, including 90,000 through its contact call centre, and has estimated a total of 19 million people could benefit from its services. It hopes it will reach 11 million people annually from 2016 and will also look to engage and work with young people. It is part of a new offering which will see "new and rewritten" advice available from the summer and a number of new tools, including a 'baby cost calculator', it said. This will be com...