Action needed on skills if employment decline is to be halted
The West Midlands needs to urgently address the region’s skills gap if it is to remain competitive and provide firms with the workers they will need to support growth.
The call came from business leaders responding to disappointing employment figures that shows that region now has the highest rate of unemployment in the country.
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were 155,000 people unemployed in the region at the end of November. The figure represents a 6,000 rise on the June to August quarter.
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