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Start-ups fill void left by Spain’s 26pc jobless rate

Over the first seven months of the year, registrations of self-employed people in Spain rose by 21,992 while they fell by 6,826 over the same period a year earlier. Thanks to necessity entrepreneurship – people who create a business to exit unemployment rather than by opportunity – the number of companies created increased by 8.2 per cent in the first half as a 26pc jobless rate spurs entrepreneurship in a country where the government still accounts for one in six jobs. ...

Spain’s jobless falls for 5th straight month in July

The number of registered jobless in Spain fell in July is said to be boosted by seasonal factors including a strong tourist season. ...

No Liberté on French Sundays despite joblessness

Even in the face of record French joblessness, most retail establishments across France are being prevented by unions and the Socialist government of President Francois Hollande from opening on Sundays, thanks to a more than 100-year-old law ...

Italy adopts crisis measures on youth jobs

A package of about US$1.95b of European and national funds is being released to finance action to get 200,000 young Italians into work amid a staggering 40pc jobless rate among the country’s youth ...

Super-sized debt crushes business dreams of US grads

Former students hobbled by a collective US$1 trillion in education loans can be hindered in expanding or forming small businesses and creating jobs for themselves and others ...

One in four German workers in low-wage sector

New labour market study shows 1 in 4 in Germany is low-wage worker while jobless figures have dropped. ...

Recruiter says new London finance jobs rose 20pc in May

The May employment monitor showing 6,426 job vacancies in one of the world’s top financial centres hints at return of confidence about the potential for business growth, says Morgan McKinley ...

Euro-area April jobless rate hits new high amid recession

ECB and government leaders under pressure to stimulate regional economy as unemployment rises to 12.2pc from 12.1pc in March ...

EU leaders see ‘catastrophe’ amid youth joblessness

French president Francois Hollande makes impassioned plea for jobless ‘post-crisis’ generation that fears it will never work ...