Summary
FOR years the Highlands faced depopulation and unemployment, but it now has new problems to tackle - because of its success rather than its failures.
William Roe, chairman of the region's enterprise agency, said a new "optimistic" strategy is needed to deal with a shortage of housing and workers.See the full content of this document
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Success Is New Challenge with Boom in Jobs for Highlands; Expanding Firms Suffer From Shortage of Workers
He said the unemployment rate in Forres is just 1.7%, compared to 17% in September 1993, in Lochaber it is around 1.5%, compared to 8.7%.
Overall, the rate for ...See the full content of this document
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