Tag: unemployment

Scottish entrepreneurs thrive with £3m support from Start Up Loans programme

Business

Isla Storie - November 8, 2024

OVER 320 entrepreneurs in Scotland have launched new small business ventures thanks to the British Business Bank’s Start Up Loans programme. The initiative, aimed...

Concerns over possible mass unemployment for over 50s

Business

Maja Grantham - June 18, 2021

Those aged over 65 are 40% more likely to have been furloughed last April than those over 40. Now there are widespread concerns that as...

More than 160 job applications in one day for café advertising “higher wages than sitting on your a**** at home”

Business

Iona Young - May 6, 2021

MORE than 160 job seekers have applied to work at a cafe advertising “higher wages than sitting on your a*** at home.” Paul Stenson, owner...

Unemployed figures drop, says FSB

Business

Deadline News Journalist - July 17, 2015

THE number of Scots unemployed fell by 15,000 to 152,000 in the period March to May 2015 according to new figures released today. Colin Borland, the...

Lowest youth unemployment level in seven years

Jobs

Peter Laing - May 14, 2015

FIGURES published today show that 2,622,000 people were in work over the period from January to March 2015, an increase of 42,000 compared to...

Unemployment down and growth figures up for Scottish economy

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - October 15, 2014

Newly published figures have shown a record fall in unemployment in Scotland and strong growth in the Scottish economy. Labour market statistics published today show...

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