Over 1,000 out of work

There are just over 1,000 people who are unemployed on the Isle of Man.

Figures released today show that 1181 people were out of work at the end of February.

That’s an unemployment rate of 2.6 per cent.

During the month 234 people signed on and 229 signed off – which is up five compared to January’s figures.

Of the total number of people out of work 849 are men and 332 are women.