BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 13:27:00
Right now, they�*re parked up and going nowhere. not that there�*s a shortage of companies with stuff to move, or indeed, at 150 grand for a cab and a trailer, any shortage of trucks themselves. theyjust can�*t find enough drivers. one in ten of this somerset firm�*s lorries are parked up at the moment, costing thousands every day. the industry calculates britain is short of 60,000 lorry drivers. 15,000 are european drivers who left the country in the last year. through the pandemic a lot of drivers wanted to go home to be closer to their families, and they really, since the effects of...
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