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This page was last updated at 17:00 on 7th January 2009.

The number of people out of work in the UK in the three months leading up to October jumped to 1.86 million - the highest level since 1997.

Figures released on December 17th by the Office of National Statistics revealed that the unemployment rate rose to 6%, up from 5.8% in the previous quarter.

People claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in November rose by 75,700 to 1.07 million - the largest rise since March 1991.

How is North Yorkshire's job market affected? According to these latest figures there are almost a thousand more people on the dole in North Yorkshire and York.

Each week this page will be updated with job losses announced by the county's businesses, which we are aware of.

If you have information about a company which has shed jobs in North Yorkshire that we have not featured, you can use the form at the bottom of the page to tell us about it.

January 2009

7 January - Marks and Spencer announces plans to close it's "Simply Food" store in Ripon as part of a decision to cut 1200 jobs nationwide. The store on the Arcade opened in 2003 and employs 25 people.

7 January - The clothing company Viyella announces that it has been put into administration. The company has a store in Harrogate and concessions in York and Northallerton.

December 2008

17 December - National Express, which runs the East Coast mainline services through North Yorkshire, has announced plans to cut up to 750 jobs in the next year. The company says its review of staffing will concentrate on support services and administration.

17 December - Scottish and Newcastle, which owns John Smiths Brewery, have announced that 20 jobs will go from the Tadcaster site as part of a review of the company's bottling capacity.

12 December - Plans to build England's biggest wood pelleting mill near Selby are announced. The plan could create a large number of jobs in the area and development is due to begin in 2009.

12 December - Spanish banking group, Santander, announces plans to cut 1900 jobs in its three British businesses - Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley, all of whom have branches across North Yorkshire.

11 December - Up to 200 jobs across North Yorkshire could be under threat if the 9 remaining branches of Woolworths in the county do close.

4 December - Four hundred jobs could go as part of a programme of office closures by HM Customs and Revenue. Nine offices in Yorkshire and Humber are to be closed. Including offices in Ripon, Scarborough and York.

2 December - J A Magson Ltd based at Clifton Moor in York announce the loss of 160 jobs, as the 79-year-old company goes in to administration.

November 2008

13 November - UPM Raflatac in Scarborough announce that 75 jobs are under threat at the factory, which makes adhesive labels.

19 November - Wards of Sherburn, near Scarborough, announce that more than 40 jobs are under threat due to the downturn. The company, part of the Kingspan Group, is now in talks with trade unions.

October 2008

6 October - Focus DIY cut 750 jobs nationally, losses expected in Harrogate and Selby.

10 October - 86 jobs at Roseby's Selby distribution centre.

10 October - 5 jobs lost at Roseby's store in York.

13 October -  Norwich Union in York announces 200 job cuts.

24 October - Norwich Union in York announce between 20 and 25 jobs will be lost, mostly affecting customer service support staff.

24 October - Roseby's announce the closure of the store in Selby with a loss of 4 jobs and the Harrogate store, with a loss of 7 jobs. 

September 2008

15 September - 86 jobs at risk at Rigid Paper in Selby, a decision has yet to be made

16 September - 100 jobs at Dunlop Latex Foam in Harrogate, 55 further jobs will go when the company ceases trading.

August 2008

8 August - Polestar Greves printworks in Scarborough loses 190 jobs.

6 August - Norwich Union in York announces 500 jobs will go.

Earlier in 2008

6 March - 50 jobs lost at the York Remploy factory.

30 April - Polestar Greves printworks in Scarborough loses 190 jobs.

In spite of the banking crisis, new jobs have been created in North Yorkshire since August. These include the announcement of 100 new jobs at Nestle in York and 17 new jobs at a recently approved Lidl supermarket in Thirsk.

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