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Compared to other sectors. and that has really driven almost a crisis now as far as lorry driver availability is concerned. the effects of the shortage of lorry drivers have been growing ever more visible, but recruiters fear that shortages of labour — skilled and unskilled — are now widespread across the economy. if companies can't hire enough staff to get all their work done, it is likely to slow down the economic recovery. over the summer, there were more than 20,000 job vacancies advertised in transport and storage. in hotels and restaurants there were nearly 60,000 advertised, and ove...

Hit a new record of 1,034,000. it has been a real challenge with covid and tiers in lockdowns to make sure that we can see our customers face—to—face, to make them understand about the sectors that are available for them. there are vacancies out there and it's about helping people understand where they can transition, they can use the lifetime skills guarantee we have got, in fact we have seen 80,000 people going into apprenticeships, and we are working directly on the haulage challenge. while the number of employees is back up to pre—pandemic levels, about 1.5 million remain on furlough...

Difficult recruiting the skilled staff he needs. i think we have faced a perfect storm of several different factors. brexit, ageing driver profile in the uk, lack of new entrants, and up until quite recently, relatively poor pay compared to other sectors. and that has really driven almost a crisis now as far as lorry driver availability is concerned. the effects of the shortage of lorry drivers have been growing ever more visible, but recruiters fear that shortages of labour — skilled and unskilled — are now widespread across the economy. if companies can't hire enough staff to get all the...