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Tanker drivers to come and work here immediately. haulage firms will find potential recruits and apply to the government for licences. up to 4,700 lorry drivers specialising in food delivery will start to arrive from the end of this month. this temporary visa scheme has been extended until the end of february. and 5,500 poultry workers will be granted the right to work here, too — until the end of the year. ministers hope these measures, along with efforts to recruit more british staff, will a...

We have tried to do everything in terms of increasing wages and things like that but lots of people, there are lots ofjob vacancies out there at the moment. it is really hard to recruit. particularly, what we need a skilled butcher is to do this and this isnt something we can just pull people off the street to do. the government recently created temporary visas for poultry workers to dictum —— to minimise disruption in the run—up to christmas. the national pig association wants a similar s...

It leads to overcrowding if mature pigs cant be taken away it leads to overcrowding on farms which could cause serious animal welfare and hygiene issues. once pigs get too big retailers dont want to buy them. a friend of the farmer who was forced to slaughter his pigs on his farm said he had been destroyed by it. according to the british meat processors association before brexit and the pandemic around 80% of the staff in two of the uks biggest meat processing centres were from eastern europe. t...

People off the street to do. the government recently created temporary visas for lorry drivers and poultry workers to try to limit disruption in the run—up to christmas. the national pig association wants a similar scheme for its industry. the government said it was working closely with the sector to explore options. claire marshall, bbc news. 16 minutes to six these are the headlines. following the milder of sarah everard police gives new guidance of plainclothes officers of what people can d...

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The first limited supply issues were down to a lack of tanker drivers, thats highlighted a wider lorry driver shortage — a long—standing problem thats got worse. the government has today announced new measures aimed at tackling that, including 5,000 visas lasting only until christmas eve. we would have liked to have seen it four months, but, you know, we will take what we can, but its not enough, and its too little too late, basically. other sectors too have struggled to fill their work forc...

Bell. staying on the subject because business leaders in industry bodies have been reacting to the news the government is to offer temporary visas lasting until christmas eve to 5000 foreign hgv drivers and 5500 poultry workers in a bid to limit disruption in the build up to christmas. other measures include sending nearly1 million letters to drivers who hold an hdv licence to encourage them back into the industry —— hgv. this follows calls from the food and drug industry for emergency measu...

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