January’s figures show seasonally adjusted unemployment continuing its fall nationally, regionally and in Birmingham. Nationally the seasonally adjusted Unemployment Benefit Count fell by 12,500 to 1,540,900, it fell by 1,500 in the West Midlands to 158,900 and by 321 to 48,213 in Birmingham. The unadjusted figures rose as they usually do in January. Birmingham’s unadjusted […]

This month has seen further encouraging employment data with continued big rises in employment levels to record levels, combined with falling unemployment. Meanwhile economic growth figures remain poor, with the economy shrinking by 0.3% in the final quarter of 2012. First the employment figures. Nationally the jobless figures fell by 37,000 between September and November […]

Unemployment fell again last month both nationally and locally. The national headlines are: * Unemployment down 82,000 from August to October – a fall from 8% to 7.8% * Employment rose by 40,000 to 29.6m (a record) in the same three months, with the number in full time employment rising 44,000 and the number in […]

Unemployment fell again in latest three months of data, released today by the Office of National Statistics. For the three months from June to August 2012, UK unemployment fell by 50,000 to 2.53 million. Meanwhile the total in employment rose by 212,000 in the same period to 29.59 million – a record figure. This record […]

UK unemployment continued its recent decline, falling by 46,000 in the three months to June 2012, while employment grew by 201,000 in the same period. Meanwhile the July seasonally adjusted claimant count figures show this section of unemployment fell by 5,900 in the UK in the month to 1.593m. In Birmingham it fell by 507 […]

The latest national unemployment figures continue to show a steady three month decline that is completely at odds with current growth figures, which indicate we are in a recession. In the last three months unemployment fell by 65,000 to 2.58m or 8.1% of the workforce. The number employed grew by 181,000, in the three months, […]

The latest 3 monthly unemployment figures came out recently. They show unemployment fell by 51,000 to 2.61m in the three months to April. Meanwhile employment rose, in the same period, by 166,000 to 29.28m. The rise in employment was driven by a rise of 205,000 in private sector jobs, which easily outweighed a 39,000 fall […]

Unemployment continues to defy the reported double dip recession, falling nationally and across Birmingham. Acocks Green is now showing a year on year fall – one of four wards in Birmingham to do so. Nationally the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 5.6% to 5.5% in April, while in Birmingham it fell from 12.6% to 12.4%. […]

The March unemployment figures brought further encouraging news for Acocks Green and Birmingham as a whole. While unemployment remains far too high, it is starting to move in the right direction. Acocks Green’s unemployment fell by 36, to make a two month fall of 69, over 5%, leaving unemployment here at 1,198. Across Birmingham as a […]

The latest unemployment figures show Birmingham outperforming the UK as the only core city to experience a decrease in unadjusted unemployment. The number of claimants decreased by 203 or 0.1% taking the total to 52,135 or 12.9% of the workforce. Acocks Green did proportionately better with a fall of 33 or 0.3% bringing the total down to 1,234 […]