South East Labour Market Update, August 2009

The August edition of SEEDA's Labour Market Update is available on the SEEDA Research & Economics web page.

The key headlines this month are:

The number of people in employment or economically active continues to fall in the South East, though not by as much as neighbouring regions in the south of England.
The rise in unemployment in the South East in the three months to June was one of the largest of any region. There are now more than a quarter of a million unemployed people in the South East.
Claimant count unemployment continues to increase at a much slower pace than in the early months of the recession, and in several areas of the region the claimant count fell between June and July.
The number of job vacancies is again lower than the same time a year ago, with the largest drop in available vacancies being in the business and financial services sectors.

Dated 19/08/2009

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