Business leaders hail brighter outlook for jobs
Business leaders have welcomed an improvement in the West Midlands’ employment picture – even if the region still trails behind the UK average.
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show the employment rate in the West Midlands for the April to June quarter reached 72.3 – a 0.9% improvement on the January to March quarter; equivalent to 32,000 jobs.
However, this was still well below the UK average of 75.1.
Unemployment across the region was little changed for the April to June period, standing at 164,0... 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...
