One in 10 residents have lost their jobs

One in 10 people in the UAE say they have lost their jobs in the past six months, according to a poll conducted for The National.

Almost half say their companies have trimmed their workforce and a quarter say colleagues have been asked to take unpaid leave.

In the second in a series of surveys by YouGov, the international research organisation, 821 people were asked about the impact of the recession on their lives.