Unemployment rate falls for February

Sat, 12 Mar 2016

Unemployment on the Isle of Man has fallen.

At the end of February there were 828 people out of work - the lowest figure for the month since 2009.

It means the Island's unemployment rate stands at 1.9 per cent - 568 of those out of work were men.

During the month 581 vacancies were notified to the Job Centre - 80 per cent of those were for full time positions.