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A london council is training people to become lorry drivers to tackle the uk—wide shortage of hgv drivers. the road haulage association estimates there is a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers in the uk. the scheme run by waltham forest council will support 20 trainee drivers. learning lots of different new skills. first and foremost, safety, how the vehicle works, and then obviously, the skill set of driving a vehicle. doing something new, especially at my age, has been fantastic....

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And young dads. but it. definitely young mums can do it, and young dads-— and young dads. but the new ob hasnt and young dads. but the new ob hasnt been fl and young dads. but the new ob hasnt been straightforward. i and young dads. but the newjob i hasnt been straightforward. yasmin hasnt been straightforward. yasmin has a 20 month year old daughter and she emits her is this option would have been staying at home. instead she chose to work, but it means for now she cannot drive long distance...

Once you are qualified, you want to finish it off and get out there. yasmin is one of 35 trainee drivers taken on by bartrums to ease the driver shortage. the company believe things are starting to get better. certainly what we are seeing is some green shoots in the industry. i feel the corner has been turned. nationally and also as a business. bartrums, we are investing in staff, putting people through their class two, class one licenses. that is hugely beneficial and it is paying now. and it i...

Yasmin was a showjumper and used to drive the horses around in a truck, which meant she already had some experience. she decided she needed a new challenge during lockdown. i was one of those young mums sitting at home, hadnt even considered it as a job role at all and all of a sudden here i am and i really enjoy it. yeah, definitely young mums can do it, and young dads. but the newjob hasnt been straightforward. yasmin has a 20—month—old daughter and she admits her easiest option would have...