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Businesses can't find staff says Chief

Allan Bell MHK

More must be done to boost the Island's working population - with concerns there aren't enough people to fill vacant posts.

Around 2,500 people left the unemployment register over the last year. 
 
Certain sectors are facing particular difficulties - ICT and engineering have seen serious shortages leaving a number of organisations thinking about relocating. 
 
Chief Minister Allan Bell says it's becoming a serious issue: 
 

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