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Were very concerned about some developments. its not universal thing, i dont want people to get the impression that every shelf in every supermarket is bare. thats not the case. but we are certainly concerned about instances of shortages. this is notjust about the impact of the nhs covid app reflecting high levels of cases and telling workers to stay at home. those sectors most affected are those where there were already existing labour shortages. for example, drivers of lorries, where there are...

Are expected to see a list later on and employers would have to apply for specific exemptions. that number is going to be strictly limited. i’m is going to be strictly limited. im “oined is going to be strictly limited. im joined now by kate lester, founder and chief executive of diamond logistics. how are things going at your company? i logistics. how are things going at your company?— logistics. how are things going at your company? i am at home, i am self isolating, not _ your company? ...

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Administrative perspective, what kind of nightmare is language great when you have thousands and thousands of companies then applying for exclusions? i believe this exclusion has to name the driver and the person, so what does that, millions of people they are going to have to apply these exclusions too? that seems ludicrous. at the start of the pandemic we were by sector excluded from staying at home because we needed to be there in able to do so now. would you go along the same _ able to do so...

To adjust the nhs covid app or self—isolation rules urgently. if you look at the trajectory of where things are going, we now have 1000 staff off, who have been pinged. thats double the normal rate, and its rising at 50% week on week. so our big concern is that weve, ironically, we have kept all of our shops open throughout the pandemic, but now we have had to close one or two shops and reduce hours in others. but that could get a lot worse a lot quicker, unless the track and trace system is s...

Workers to stay at home. those sectors most affected are those where there were already existing labour shortages. for example, drivers of lorries, where there are tens of thousands of vacancies as a result of the combination of the impact of the covid pandemic and post—brexit employment issues. one of the biggest suppliers of meals to hospitals, schools and prisons is keeping pinged workers who test negative at work. its understandable that - employers who are under a lot of pressure to conti...

Really. but this is an issue, the issue of workers having to self—isolate either because they have been pinged or contacted by track and trace that has really spread through the economy. quite a large range of businesses affected, including those who supply food products. we including those who supply food roducts. ~ ., �* ~ ., , products. we dont know whether this uuite a products. we dont know whether this quite a short — products. we dont know whether this quite a short list _ products....

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The breeze strengthening. highest temperatures in the west. 29, maybe 30 degrees, but it turns unsettled and cooler for the weekend. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... supermarkets urge the government to make food workers exempt from self—isolation rules, as more than 600,000 are pinged in a week in england and wales. health unions say they may consider industrial action, after the governments offer of a 3% payrise for nhs staff in england and wales. we follow covid workers through a re...

Thousand drivers down. there have been delays with covid because of driver tests and driving tests, and to have this pingdemic with the nhs up on top of it, it really is causing a bit of an issue for our industry. some 600,000 people a week are currently being asked to isolate. the government says its prepared to offer exemptions for some fully vaccinated key workers. a list is expected later today, but everyone else, it insists, must stay at home. its not a universal picture. i think people can...