The sport and fitness industry will play a vital role in helping to reduce the level of unemployment in Scotland as a key employer of young people, according to the industry’s skills body SkillsActive.
Although the rate of unemployment is at its lowest since spring 2011, youth unemployment remains a worry with figures from the Office for National Statistics indicating that youth unemployment has risen for the first time since last summer, now at 957,000.
Some experts, including influential think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research, predict that the number of those out of work may once again surpass a million this year. The industry has stepped forward as an important and viable route to enable young people to find meaningful employment. READ MORE
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