Scots job loss rate fastest in western Europe

18 February 2010

SCOTLAND is shedding jobs at the fastest rate in western Europe, as the full effects of the recession hit home on businesses.

An extra 10,000 people joined the dole queue in the last quarter of 2009, the biggest increase in the UK, where overall unemployment actually fell. It means unemployment in Scotland has risen from about 140,000 to over 206,000 in the space of just a year.

Source – The Scotsman

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