Region’s employment picture bleak compared to national performance
Employment in the West Midlands has fallen significantly – and at odds with the national picture, according to latest figures.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show the region’s employment rate was 71.7% for the period December 2016 to February 2017, a fall of 0.7% on the September to November quarter.
This is despite the unemployment figures falling over the same period, even if only by 2,000 – barely enough to register on the ONS data.
By the end of February there were 157,000 people unemployed in the W... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
