Partly empty on the supermarket shelves in Great Britain because there are not enough workers to drive the transports. Now the government is appealing to the companies.
In view of an acute shortage of truck drivers in the country, the British government has called on companies to hire locals instead of relying on workers from abroad.
“We want to see that employers invest long-term in domestic workers,” said the Ministry of Economic Affairs in London on Saturday. The plan is to enable people across the country to retrain and reintegrate them into the labor market.
Business associations had previously called for the new immigration rules to be partially relaxed. However, the government refused. Instead, she called on the industry to offer more attractive working conditions and better wages. The shortage of truck drivers is noticeable, for example, in gaps on the shelves in supermarkets. The fast food chain Nando’s had to close dozens of branches because not enough chicken was available. McDonald’s ran out of milkshakes and bottled drinks.
The Road Haulage Association assumes around 100,000 missing drivers. This also has to do with the fact that many drivers from Europe left the country after Brexit. Complicated and expensive visa procedures are now necessary, which is why hardly any new ones are added. In addition, thousands of drivers retire every month and there are not enough offspring. Tens of thousands of driving tests have been canceled due to the pandemic.
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