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North-east jobless numbers soar

By Keith Findlay
Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops UK has seen pre-tax losses rise.
Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops UK has seen pre-tax losses rise.

The number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance (JA) in Aberdeenshire has ballooned by more than half (nearly 57%) in the past year, new figures show.

And in Aberdeen, at the heart of the severe downturn affecting the North Sea oil and gas industry, the number has swelled by just over 24%.

The startling new evidence of the impact of the oil price slump on local jobs came in “experimental” statistics issued alongside the latest official unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

For full story visit our sister site, Energy Voice.

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