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The government’s Pick for Britain scheme encouraged UK workers to apply for seasonal jobs
The government has scrapped the Pick for Britain campaign aimed at recruiting UK-based workers for seasonal farm roles, the Grocer understands.
Launched last year when Covid-19 left many foreign workers unable to reach the UK in time for the beginning of the harvest season, the campaign consisted of advertising and a website hosted by AHDB which directed UK workers to roles.
While it attracted big interest – with tens of thousands of Brits applying for thousands of roles during the first national lockdown – and received major backing from Waitrose, relatively small numbers of recruits made it onto farms.
COVID challenges: getting to grips with farming accounts 19 February 2021: David Missen, a member of ICAEW’s Farming and Rural Business Community, provides insights into recent developments in the sector, including the impact of COVID-19, as well as outlining some of the fundamentals of farming accounts.
Farming has not been as negatively affected by the pandemic as some other sectors, according to David Missen, a consultant at MHA Larking Gowen who specialises in agriculture and associated private client work.
Nevertheless, some sub-sectors will have felt the impact more keenly and ways of working have had to be adapted.
The impact of COVID-19