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THE RECESSION HAS COST 706,300 MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THE UK WITH AN AVERAGE 3,398 JOBS LOST PER WEEK
Staffordshire with loss of 21,100 manufacturing jobs during the recession and stalled recovery tops the UK league for manufacturing job losses
In the UK as a whole the recession has cost 706,300 manufacturing jobs. That is an average of 3,398 jobs lost per week. In 2006/7 there were 3,546,100 employed in manufacturing industry in the UK. The latest figure shows employment of 2,839,800 in 2010/11. This fall is on top of the 1.25m fall between 1994/5 and 2006/7. The number of workers employed in manufacturing in Staffordshire has fallen by 21,100 from 74,200 employed in 2006/7 to 53,100 employed in 2010/11. This puts Staffordshire top of the UK league for the area with the highest number of manufacturing job losses during the recession and the stalled recovery. Next in the league for the fall in the number of manufacturing workers are: Worcestershire, 20,100; Kent, 19,800; Hampshire, 18, 600; Cheshire East, 17,700; Leeds, 16,100; Warwickshire, 16,100; Northamptonshire, 16,100; Birmingham, 15,900; and Hertfordshire 12,900. Set out in the table below are the details for the top 20 areas in the UK for the fall in manufacturing employment. Set out in a PDF below is the change in the numbers employed in manufacturing in 204 areas in the UK in the year to July 2006 to June 2007 compared with the year to July 2010 to June 2011. In the West Midlands region the number of manufacturing workers has fallen by 119,000 from 426,000 workers employed in manufacturing in July 2006 to June 2007 to 307,000 in July 2010 to June 2011. This is the largest fall for any region in the UK. In the same period the fall was South East, 100,800; North West, 97,000; London, 73,200; Yorkshire and The Humber, 57,000; East Midlands, 55,600; East, 47,400; Scotland, 46,500; Wales, 40,300, North east , 38,500; South West, 24,600; Northern Ireland , 6,200. See Notes 2 to editors for the full details for all twelve regions. All these figures come from a new GMB study of official data released by the ONS. See note 1 below for sources. Set out as a PDF at the foot of this release on the GMB website http://www.gmb.org.uk/ is the data for 204 areas in Great Britain. Also on the GMB website as PDFs at the foot of this release are 11 regional press released on this subject. |
