21st January 2009, 02:10 PM
Thanks to the IFA. Bleak reading but not as bad as I thought it would be with 345 jobs lost in the last quarter -8.6%. Some companies expended in the last quarter. More job losses are anticipated in the next quarter but two thirds of companies anticipate that they will maintain the same number of people.
I do reject the notion that micro-businesses less than 20 employees have sufferred less job losses because "were less likely to report staff losses, as with so few staff there were fewer jobs that could be lost in the first instance".
Peter
I do reject the notion that micro-businesses less than 20 employees have sufferred less job losses because "were less likely to report staff losses, as with so few staff there were fewer jobs that could be lost in the first instance".
Peter