Norfolk Chamber welcomed the latest unemployment figures for Great Yarmouth, which highlighted that the claimant count rate for the Borough stood at 2.8% in May 2015 – its lowest ever recorded rate.
The findings were published in the latest Great Yarmouth unemployment briefing. All local authorities in Norfolk recorded falls in their claimant count rates with King’s Lynn and West Norfolk recording the largest fall of -7.3%. Great Yarmouth rate fell by 3.7% representing 62 fewer claimants than the previous month. Overall Norfolk as a county sits at 13th place out of 30 in the East and South East County ratings, with a total of 7.237 claimants.
