Employment
Overall the percentage level of firms reporting redundancies is less than compared to the same period of 1997. The greatest comparative rise was in the South West region, from 5 per cent to 11 per cent. No redundancies were reported in the Northern region, (Table 10).
Table 10
Percentage of firms reporting redundancies by region |
| |
4th Q 1997 |
4th Q 1998 |
| Northern |
9 |
0 |
| North West |
21 |
11 |
| Yorkshire & Trent |
12 |
7 |
| Midlands |
3 |
2 |
| Eastern |
0 |
5 |
| London |
10 |
3 |
| Southern |
10 |
3 |
| South West |
5 |
11 |
| South Wales |
- |
14 |
| TOTAL |
8 |
6 |
First posted: 22 January 1999. Last modified: 23 April 1999.
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