At the end of 2005, according to the Government "Annual Business Inquiry" published today, there were 75 thousand people employed in Slough, 57% male and 43% female. Perhaps subject to small boundary changes, the total is four thousand, 5%, down on 2000 and 2001 levels. Factory work (manufacturing industry) now has less than nine thousand jobs, only 11.5% of the total, while finance and insurance tops the list with 27%, followed by shops and catering with 24.5%.
The missing jobs have not moved into surrounding areas. Windsor & Maidenhead also has 75 thousand jobs, scarcely up on 2000 and South Bucks, with 29 thousand, is two thousand down on 2000. What's this about the booming local economy?
Posted by Richard Hall at January 17, 2007 09:57 PM