Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’

Mixed response to UK employment statistics

The latest employment figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has drawn a mixed response as records show unemployment has fallen, but so has employment.

Global unemployment up to 8.8%

Global unemployment was 8.8% in October, according to the OECD, up by 0.1% compared to September 2009 and up by 2.3% compared to October 2008.

UK unemployment growth slows down

The UK unemployment rate appears to be slowing down, despite the number of unemployed people rising again in the three months to September 2009.

Male unemployment nears record high

One in ten men will be unemployed by 2010, figures from the CIPD reveal, including one in five 18-24 year old males and one in five black men.

UK unemployment growth slows

According to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), unemployment in the UK rose by 88,000 to 2.47 million in the three months to August.

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