In a “normal year” around 150 pickers would harvest the daffodils, but this year they have just 30.
Government report on post-Brexit recruitment finds staff citing no health and safety equipment, racism and unsafe accommodation.
‘I’ve never known it like this’ – the UK’s struggle to get the Christmas turkey to the table
13/11/2021
Poultry farmers and meat processors have struggled to cope due to Covid- and Brexit-induced staff shortages. But help may soon be at hand.
Sunny days should see the UK’s restaurants and pubs welcoming customers, but they face a staffing nightmare.
"So Tim Martin backed Brexit and now wants the rules changing so he can get more staff, but I still can’t go and live and work visa free in the EU anymore?"
With fellow Europeans leaving the UK, and no British workers taking their place, Eleanor Popa’s job harvesting strawberries has gone from tough to tough and lonely. Will the farm survive another year?
The Association of British Travel Agents has stepped up its campaign to try to allow labour mobility. It says there is a possible solution to the problem.
‘Desperate’ farmers face mass destruction of animals, industry body warns.
The boss of JD Wetherspoon Tim Martin is calling for more EU workers to be allowed into the UK. The twist? He was a staunch Brexiteer.
A British fruit and veg farmer fears his crop will rot in the ground this year because of a shortage of pickers caused by Brexit and coronavirus.
Experts say recovery at risk amid sharp fall in EU workers and dwindling interest in UK jobs from abroad.
The British Meat Processors Association and the British Poultry Council are demanding urgent action from ministers to protect food supplies as the festive favourite is put at risk
The most obvious macro factor is Brexit. Before Britain left the EU, more than 30% of hospitality workers across the UK were European. In London, the proportion was more than half. Brexit and the pandemic have meant many of those workers have returned to their home countries.
Restaurants may be reopening in the UK but even top establishments are facing a recruitment headache in some areas, from chefs to sommeliers.
MAC has warned replacing freedom of movement with a points-based immigration system after Brexit could cut economic growth.
A recent government report warned that labour shortages "caused by Brexit and accentuated by the pandemic" were badly affecting our food and farming sector, with fruit suppliers often forced to leave produce rotting in the fields.
UK faces food shortages as up to 75% of seasonal worker roles unfilled – even Mail admits Brexit a factor
20/05/2022
Before Brexit most of Britain's seasonal crop pickers came over from eastern Europe.
As British people walk among empty supermarket shelves, they could be forgiven for being concerned about Christmas. When the government deploys the army and desperately tries to import thousands of foreign temporary workers, the promised post-Brexit “sunlit uplands” seem rather distant. The most acute shortage is that of lorry drivers.
Ministers admitted the industry's "reliance on foreign workers" hadn't been solved after Brexit.
Top Bath hotel shuts Michelin star restaurant for extra day a week due to staff shortages caused by Brexit
17/06/2021
'It was a difficult decision to take, we have had to cancel hundreds of bookings for every Tuesday with every one fully booked'
David Figgis told Channel 4 Dispatches he voted for something 'better for my country' but 'personally it's a disaster'. / A fruit farmer from Faversham voted for Brexit even though he says it could be catastrophic for his business because he won’t be able to recruit any workers.
New checks coming into effect from 1st October look to make food shortages worsen and increase prices.
From one end of the supply chain to the other, the UK's food producers have endured a summer of trouble.
For years, the town has welcomed thousands of European workers to fill warehouse roles - but that's now changing
Supermarkets face post-Brexit fruit and veg scarcity thanks to shortage of skilled pickers
15/05/2021
Government's failure to allow in enough EU workers and new rules limiting visas for seasonal pickers are expected to leave tonnes of crops to rot while shelves lie empty.