The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

Unemployment Rising Sharply Before Furlough Scheme Ends, Showing Workers Face A Tough Autumn

[IMG][/IMG] Unemployment rose sharply even before the start of the winding down of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) from August, with young people at the centre of Britain's mounting jobs crisis, the Resolution Foundation said today (Tuesday) in response to the latest ONS data. The headline unemployment picked up in the three months to July - from 3.9 to 4.1 per cent - driven by a sharp increase in the monthly rate of 0.6 percentage points in July. [Read Full Article]