Olympics helps push British unemployment to 9 month low
Britain’s unemployment rate fell to a nine-month low in the quarter through May as the London Olympics helped to create jobs.
Britain’s unemployment rate fell to a nine-month low in the quarter through May as the London Olympics helped to create jobs, underlining the resilience of the labour market in the face of a recession at home and Europe’s worsening debt crisis.
Unemployment based on International Labour Organization methods fell to 8.1 per cent from 8.2 per cent in the period through April, the Office for National Statistics said today in London....
Subscribe from just €1 for the first month!
Exclusive offers:
All Digital Access + eReader
Trial
€1
Unlimited Access for 1 Month
*New subscribers only
Annual
€200
€149 For the 1st Year
Unlimited Access for 1 Year
Quarterly
€55
€42
90 Day Pass
2 Yearly
€315
€248
Unlimited Access for 2 Years
Team Pass
Get a Business Account for you and your team
Related Stories
The year in review
The best writing and and the biggest stories of 2019 from the Business Post
Newsround: What Thursday’s papers say
Denis O’Brien is back in court, residents continue to fight the Council on halting site and a row surfaces in government over rent control proposals
More cycle routes, expansion of Luas to Bray and new bus network proposed
Greater Dublin Area draft Transport Strategy published
