FAREHAM’S unemployment rate is down 2% on 2015 as the labour market’s strong trend continues.
Leone Hill, account manager at JobCentre, told Tom Davies, InTouch leader in FarehamEast: “I’m pleased the figures continue the downward trend compared to this time last year. “The proportion of young people unemployed and claiming benefit continues to fall and across the south east is close to the lowest on record.”
The south east has the highest employment rate of any UK region, with over 4.5m people in work. Locally, Jobcentre Plus is working with employers across Portsmouth, Havant, Fareham and Gosport to help fill vacancies across all sectors. Statistician David Freeman said: “The labour market continued on a strong trend in 2016, with a new record employment rate.”