The number of people out of work in the Isle of Man has risen over the last month.

Twelve more people were jobless in the official February figures than in the January ones.

But there are 201 fewer people out of work compared with a year earlier.

The numbers were released by the government today.

A total of 373 people are on the unemployment register, representing 0.9% of the potentially economically-active workforce.

But, using the International Labour Organisation method of estimating unemployment fitures, 818 people are out of work, equating to 1.9%.

The most recently reported rate in the UK was 4.4%. Germany’s is 3.6, Greece’s 20.9%,

There were 807 vacancies reported to the island’s job centre during February. At the end of the month, 640 remained.

There were 113 unfilled posts in health services and 34 in e-gaming at the end of the month.