HGV shortage: EU drivers set to snub Boris Johnson’s appeal to solve UK petrol crisis with Brexit visa offer
24/09/2021
Marco Digioia, general secretary of the European Road Haulers Association, said: “I expect many drivers will not return to the UK even if the UK Government allows them to.”
HGV shortage: Foreign lorry drivers say UK ‘not such an attractive place to work’ thanks to Brexit delays
28/09/2021
‘The effect of the British Government’s offer to go and work in the UK for three months is going to be nil’
It is easier and cheaper to recruit from Australia and New Zealand, says business owner in the Alps.
Businesses in Cumbria’s hospitality sector fear a perfect storm of Brexit and coronavirus mean they face losing out on potential trade when lockdown eases.
Under the UK’s new immigration rules the elderly look set to be the biggest victims of Brexit.
Indeed - 5 Years After Brexit, job searches from EU workers are down 45% compared with 2016
17/06/2021
Five years on from the Brexit referendum, searches from EU workers are down 45% compared with 2016.
They say many European workers who could have remained in the UK are now deciding to stay in their home countries.
A Lincolnshire farming business has blamed Brexit for a lack of flower pickers.
A Lincolnshire organic farm will build accommodation for foreign labourers after Brexit made finding seasonal workforce increasingly difficult.
igration has altered the size and shape of the UK labour market in recent decades, but the move to a more restrictive regime since leaving the European Union won’t drive the ‘high wage‘ economy that the prime minister has claimed it will, according to new Resolution Foundation research published today.
A major daffodil grower in the fens say they only have a fifth of their usual number of pickers this year because of Brexit.
Mass culling of 35,000 pigs and tonnes of crops being left to rot 'caused by Brexit', committee finds
06/04/2022
A lack of food and farm workers “caused by Brexit and accentuated by the pandemic” meant at least 35,000 pigs were culled and tonnes of crops left to rot in the fields last year, a damning report has revealed.
The UK faces shortages of British-produced meat as problems with recruitment continue, the industry has warned.
A DECISION taken by Boris Johnson to relax immigration rules in the wake of the chaos caused by Brexit has been branded an “utterly humiliating” U-turn by Scotland’s First Minister.
A UK farmer said he was worried about harvesting his crops because he does not know if can get enough workers.
Figures from the jobs website Indeed expose the impact on employers as they struggle to recruit staff.
The sector relies on labour from the EU that is no longer available, producer Paul Kelly of KellyBronze said.
FARMERS in Oxfordshire have revealed they are struggling to cope with a Brexodus of migrant workers.
Pig farmers are in a “desperate” position – with culls of thousands of healthy animals and producers quitting the industry, they warned as a summit was held on the crisis.
A "potentially disastrous" backlog of thousands of pigs is building up on East Anglian farms due to labour shortages at meat processing factories, said industry leaders.
Government advisers say pandemic has highlighted vital economic contribution of migrant workers
Brexit has contributed to a shortage of flower pickers in the UK, a bulb grower has said.
Post-Brexit: Businesses hit by labour shortages call for Brexit rules to be relaxed [4 mins]
02/06/2021
As the UK economy begins the long road to recovery, many businesses are wondering: where have all the workers gone? ... From farms to factories and hospitality to haulage, many industries are warning they won’t be able to bounce back unless Brexit rules on workers are relaxed. We report from Kent.
Post-Brexit: Businesses hit by labour shortages call for Brexit rules to be relaxed [5 mins]
08/06/2021
As the UK economy begins the long road to recovery, many businesses are wondering: where have all the workers gone?