UNEMPLOYMENT levels in Pendle have fallen again, according to the borough’s MP Andrew Stephenson.
The unemployment figures for August 2014 were published this week by the Office for National Statistics.
The report shows that the number of unemployed claimants in Pendle in August 2014 was 1,186.
This number is 605 lower than in August 2013 and 74 lower than in July 2014.
Mr Stephenson said: “It’s great to see another monthly fall in unemployment and a record number of vacancies advertised.
“This week I have seen job adverts from Daisy in Nelson and Denwa in Barrowford, the Fence Gate Inn and Barley Mow in Pendleside and Hope Technology in Barnoldswick.
“Unemployment in Pendle is now well down on its peak back in 2009.”
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