Hgv Testing News Today

Workers to come for a short period of time. but it is a drop in the ocean, really. i know one firm out in sussex that had shortage of 167 drivers and didnt know how they would get pumpkins to supermarkets in time halloween. we heard in another report saying they needed 15,000, so it is a drop in the ocean. it may help stem the challenges we are seeing across the supply chain but it is not a long—term fix for this problem. going forward, the clear message from the government in papers this morn...

Ultimately must mean higher prices. the boss of morrisons told the bbc he thought retail competition would limit price rises, but agreed with food producers that a solution should include letting in more eu workers to plug the gaps. |we could prioritise hgv testing, j so that we get rid of the backlog and start to open up that pipeline, and we could look at a list - of people who come into the country to work, maybe add the drivers - to that list for a while and see how we get on with that, _ be...

Like this, they stand idle like this and the supply chain begins to breakdown, and what brexit did do with the sudden outflux of up to 20,000 drivers was expose that there are sectors like this, like food processing, which over the years, uk workers have been less and less keen to do, and fixing that is not going to be quick, its not going to be easy, it will take time and money and that ultimately must mean higher prices. the boss of morrisons told the bbc he thought retail competition would li...