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The business secretary rejects calls to relax immigration rules as companies struggle to fill vacancies.

The Road Haulage Association warned in late July of a shortage of 100,000 lorry drivers in the UK, which has been hampering deliveries of food from warehouses to supermarkets.

Supermarkets have reassured customers there is no need to panic buy following pictures of half-empty shelves and reports of temporary shortages. A “perfect storm” of aggravating factors lies behind the problem. What are they and how long will the situation go on for? – The test-and-trace system, aka the ‘pingdemic’ On Thursday the British Retail Consortium (BRC) spoke on behalf of the UK’s supermarkets warning that staff shortages, caused by huge numbers of healthy workers self-isolating after being pinged by NHS Test and Trace, was “putting increasing pressure on retailers’ ...

The Read family who run Mike, Debs and Sons on the Norwich Market - Credit: Archant Norwich's independents are shaking off the supply chain crisis hitting their supermarket rivals. Traders said are able to keep the stalls and shelves full up because they can be more nimble.  Last week the Road Haulage Association wrote to government warning that a shortage of HGV drivers has meant "supermarkets are already reporting that they are not receiving their expected food stocks and, as a result, there is considerable wastage". No shortages here! Mike, Debs and Sons on the Norwich Market - Credit...

Brits warned of 'inevitable' food shortage 'crisis' in UK supermarkets. (PA) Brits are being warned of a ‘inevitable’ food shortages in UK supermarkets. A shortage of workers in harvesting, manufacturing and HGV drivers means many suppliers are struggling to stock shelves, according to industry insiders. Morrisons announced it has axed wholesale supply to independent convenience stores amid a lack of delivery drivers. Morrisons' wholesale customers received a notification that the supermarket will be closing wholesale accounts on 18 June. “Due to the national driver shortage, ...