Employment and Local Economy

• Employment
• Local Economy

Employment

The most common way to measure unemployment figures is to use the claimant count rates.  The Greater London Authority (GLA) publish these figures monthly at both borough and ward level.

A table showing the trend in the rate of unemployment in Bruce Grove and Haringey is attached at the bottom of the page.

Haringey

• In November 2005, 8,365 (7.9%) of Haringey residents were registered unemployed
• During the period January 2005 and November 2005 unemployment across the borough rose from 6.9% to 7.9%.

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Local Economy

The Business structure of Haringey is characterised by small and medium enterprises.  

A table showing all VAT registered businesses by employment size band is attached at the bottom of the page.

Haringey

• Haringey has a total of 5,645 VAT registered businesses
• 4,615 of these business only employ between 0 and 4 people
• Only 180 of these business employ 20 or more peope.

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