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Untill the conditions and pay for HGV drivers or most freight drivers improves there will be a shortage worldwide ,as now 

 With transport companies competing for business ,the most expensive as In. most Industries. Is staff ,so if as said in several quarters ,drivers need to be paid a much better wage to attract more, the costs will  be passed on too us the consumer, 

The building. Industry is in the same situation  but as one of our neighbours have said it has been cheap Eastern Europe labour that has meant he and other UK workers In that industry have not had a pay rise for years    ,it  means extra hours working that has been their pay rise and normally on basic wages even at weekends

We think costs living has gone up now it seems the future will, be even worse,

The Hospitality industry is struggling to get staff this side of it included as can be seen with shortages on sites ,with "site support" relief staff not having enough to cover sites 

Swap your orange juice for apple. Plenty going to waste in this country. Many of the items we import are not necessary, just lasynes and the power of advertising. Buy Uk and locally. Better for the economy and haulage.

Implicit within Brexit is the principle that we ‘grow our own’ and don’t rely on non UK labour. The sustainability of that policy was never properly debated. Whether it be road haulage, hospitality or healthcare, too many signed up for that without thinking it through, not least how we might achieve it. At the very least we might expect to see an education, training and development programme to underpin that process, but it’s not even slightly on the radar.

Where are the staff coming from to stop all the waste,   it is the low wages ,that seems to be stopping  some of this countries benefits claiments from taking work as their payments will be cut?

Yes to a previous post, logistics went out of fashion, it was all tactics. Now we have to get back to reality, we are short of working people in many areas no matter the pay levels.

JV, I have family in construction, they are paid well, your neighbour is telling you porkys-

What area are they in? ,headlines are headlines untill they are disected,,as most media reports

Processors have had since 2016 to mechanise most horticultural jobs .Long enough surely.

It’s the construction industry generally JV. The Govt are demanding more houses be built, the Govt lowered stamp duty, add to that rents are astronomically high-folk are moving into houses & buying them. It ain’t rocket science JV, read the news & listen to folk, not so much neighbours mind🤷🏻‍♂️

You really should not take notice of the media  the truth will out in the end