By the end of September, #Manchester city centre still lagged behind other local centres🐝
It had recovered only 51% of its pre-lockdown levels of activity, which corresponds to a two-percentage point increase compared to last month 🛍️🍽️
Looking at other town centres in Greater Manchester, #Wigan ranks first, having recovered 103% of footfall, followed by #AshtonunderLyne (79%) and #Bury (79%).
These figures must be read in light of the local restrictions that were put in place in most of these areas throughout the period covered 🚫
But looking at the change in footfall over the last month shows that these restrictions have not triggered a significant drop 👣
Looking at the last week of September, after tighter measures were introduced shows a very slight drop in #Wigan, but no major change elsewhere 📉
Next month’s update will show whether new restrictions have had an impact on activity throughout October 👀
Averaged across all 63 largest city and town centres in the UK, by the end of September worker footfall was at 1⃣9⃣% of pre-lockdown levels, which only represents a 2⃣-percentage point increase compared to a month ago.
But this hides significant geographic differences across the country, with large cities like #London, #Manchester and #Birmingham once again lagging behind smaller places like #Basildon or #Mansfield.
As the #COVID19 pandemic sends shockwaves through the labour market, we're tracking the latest #unemployment claim stats across the UK's cities and largest towns.
🔎 Explore:
🔹Claimant Count latest data
🔹Compared to national average & the pre-lockdown average
🔹Youth Claimant Count latest data
🔹Pandemic percentage point change Mar-Sept 2020
🔹Percentage point change in Claimant Counts in the last month