Rural areas hit hard as job losses soar

UNEMPLOYMENT has almost doubled over the past 10 months in some of Scotland's rural areas as they struggle to cope with the recession, new research has revealed.

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The percentage increase in unemployment in areas such as Perthshire, East Lothian and the Borders has far outstripped that experienced in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. A study conducted by David Bell, Professor of Economics at Stirling University, has provided the first break down of jobless statistics by local authorities since the start of the downturn...more