A decade or so ago, in Harare’s Central Business District (CBD), a major retail outlet closing shop, would be replaced by an equally if not bigger and better outlet. Likewise, if ever there was a time when a large corporate would vacate its office premises, it would be replaced by an equally bigger corporate. But…
that community feels that the government is behind them and can help them get out of this recession. thank you very much indeed. how people are reacting to what we have heard from the chancellor? we can now head to gloucester market. people in the heart of gloucester city centre have been talking to us all day about the difficult choices they have been making at home or in they have been making at home or in the workplace. this is eastgate market, it has been around for 60 years and we have been getting reaction from business owners, public sector workers and from shoppers about today s autumn statement and we can speak to some of them. you gaffney manager of a social enterprise company, helping vulnerable and disadvantaged people. what do you make what you have heard today question mark it is good to see that there is a rise in disability payments. that cost is
help them get out of this recession. thank you very much indeed. how people are reacting to what we have heard from the chancellor? we can now head to gloucester market. people in the heart of gloucester city centre have been talking to us all day about the difficult choices they have been making at home or in they have been making at home or in the workplace. this is eastgate market, it has been around for 60 years and we have been getting reaction from business owners, public sector workers and from shoppers about today s autumn statement and we can speak to some of them. you gaffney manager of a social enterprise company, helping vulnerable and disadvantaged people. what do you make what you have heard today question mark it is good to see that there is a rise in disability payments. that cost is
workforce for the three months to september. unemployment now stands at around 3.6%, that s up from 3.5 in august. although this does remain at a near 50 year low. regular pay is increasing too, by around 5.7% in the year to september. but when adjusted for rising prices, wages fell by 2.7%. let s get more on this now with our employment correspondent, zoe conway, who s at eastgate indoor market in gloucesterfor us. hello, we are at the eastgate market as part of the bbc“s cost of living tackling it together coverage. 0ne tackling it together coverage. one of the really significant bits of data that has come out today is how many people are considering to be economically inactive, people either not in work, not looking for work or might perhaps be an education.