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A spokesman insisted the president was "absolutely healthy" and his work was not affected. the number ofjob vacancies in the uk hit a record high over the summer. and the office for national statistics says the number of people on company payrolls has returned to pre—pandemic levels in most parts of the country — although one and a half million people remain on furlough. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. at this lincolnshire haulier, like many companies around the country, the...

Difficult recruiting the skilled staff he needs. i think we have faced a perfect storm of several different factors. brexit, ageing driver profile in the uk, lack of new entrants, and up until quite recently, relatively poor pay compared to other sectors. and that has really driven almost a crisis now as far as lorry driver availability is concerned. the effects of the shortage of lorry drivers have been growing ever more visible, but recruiters fear that shortages of labour — skilled and unsk...

Longer a lack of work but a lack of people to do it. pay for drivers in the sector has jumped over the pandemic by 20 to 30%, according to the companys boss. even then, it has been extremely difficult recruiting the skilled staff he needs. i think we have faced a perfect storm of several different factors. brexit, ageing driver profile in the uk, lack of new entrants, and up until quite recently, relatively poor pay compared to other sectors. and that has really driven almost a crisis now as far...