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 | | B6 Following the closure of Shirebrook Colliery in May 1993, unemployment peaked in the Shirebrook area in February 1994, with one ward (Shirebrook South) experiencing a claimant rate of 25.5% for all unemployed, and 33% amongst males - rates which were more than twice the national average. |
 | | B8 Shirebrook town centre suffered a dramatic decline in trade following redundancies from the colliery and the rise in unemployment in 1993 and 1994, no doubt exacerbated by the loss of population described above. |
 | | B11 The Shirebrook Colliery site is the only potential employment site of any size in the town, and the future employment prospects of Shirebrook rest almost completely on the success of this initiative which is forecast to accommodate over 2000 jobs. |
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