'Bright Lights' Still Masking Problems for English Riviera

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There is a cruel irony at work in Torbay. Last month it lost out on the Assisted Area Scheme (AAS), which helps provide funding to create jobs, including in the manufacturing sector. The main reason it lost out? Because it did not have enough people already employed in manufacturing.

Four years after Canadian electronics giant Nortel left the area, the effects of the loss of its 5,000-plus jobs is still being felt, and is a large factor in Torbay's present problems.

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'Bright Lights' Still Masking Problems for English Riviera

It means that beneath the facade of Britain's second-most popular seaside tourist resort, all is not well on the English Riviera.

For all of the attractiveness of its name, Torbay is suffering tough times. Full employment statistics for the area around Torquay make for some grim reading.

The unemployment figures for Torbay are the worst in the South West.

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2.6 per cent of its population...

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