All Labour crisis articles – Page 17
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the meat sector attract and train more British workers?
Boris Johnson is doubling down on his stance industry should stop ‘relying on cheap foreign labour’. So how can the sectors move forward?
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NewsDriver crisis: supermarkets urged to collaborate this Christmas to protect supply
The UK’s ongoing driver shortage has created stiff competition among supermarkets for limited haulage availability
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership to open LGV driver academy to tackle labour shortage
Training places will initially be available for current JLP employees, but new spaces will open in January 2022
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Comment & OpinionWhitehall can no longer be counted on: the food industry must deal with crises alone
Most of the food industry can only really look back on the past two years of government talks and see it as ineffective lobbying
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NewsPig cull underway as PM dismisses concerns of pork sector
About 600 pigs have been culled so far, said the National Pig Association on Wednesday, with many more to follow
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NewsRetailer stockpiling drives surge in demand for warehouse space
Warehouse space take-up in the first three quarters of 2021 hit 46.9 million sq ft, 27% up on the same period in 2020, according to property consultancy Knight Frank
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Comment & OpinionBoris Johnson is alienating industry with casual disregard – next he’ll be alienating voters
The pig sector has reacted with fury over the PM’s dismissal of the growing backlog of pigs on farms caused by the labour crisis
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PodcastStocking Up For Christmas: The Convenience Mix Podcast
The festive season is almost upon us but with supply challenges, are retailers facing another tough Christmas?
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NewsJJ Foodservice gives London HGV drivers a 14% pay rise
The increase from £35k per annum represents a rise of 14.3%.
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NewsBooker HGV drivers call off strike after offer of new pay deal
Strike at Booker’s Thamesmead site had been planned for today
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NewsAldi hiring 1,500 temporary store staff in ‘biggest ever’ festive recruitment push
The 1,500 is on top of the 2,000 permanent jobs Aldi aims to fill by the end of the year in stores, distribution centres and logistics, including lorry drivers
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NewsFood shortages cost big four supermarkets £2bn in lost sales
The cost is expected to increase further in the run up to Christmas
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NewsBritish pork sector needs supermarket support to clear pig backlog says NPA
Supermarkets are decreasing British pork facings while the industry is in crisis
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NewsTransport minister’s ‘call to arms’ drops on to doormats of a million HGV licensees
Letter is part of government’s plan to address 100,000 shortfall in the number of HGV drivers in the UK
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Comment & OpinionWhy the haulage industry has been ‘set up to fail’ in driver shortage
Boris Johnson’s three-month visa scheme has been dubbed “disingenuous” by an industry scrambling to find willing and able drivers across the channel
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NewsGist launches in-house HGV training and testing centre to tackle driver shortage
Gist expects its new in-house training and testing programme to deliver up to 300 newly qualified HGV drivers a year
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NewsEU HGV drivers granted temporary visas unlikely to hit UK roads until mid-November
The industry is expecting to fork out up to 20% more for an EU HGV driver compared to the average UK trucker’s wage
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NewsFuel crisis: wholesalers forced to cancel deliveries as fleets brought to a standstill
Several larger wholesalers that refuel on site have seen up to a 10% jump in fuel prices since the weekend
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Comment & OpinionShortages? What shortages? Aldi CEO sets out ‘unique advantages’ on availability
Amid the chaos – now topped with consumers coming to blows on petrol station forecourts amid challenges for fuel supplies – Aldi appears to somehow be well-stocked
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NewsPoultry sector warns it may be ‘too late’ to avoid Christmas shortages, despite visa scheme
The government has announced a three-month scheme for 5,500 poultry workers to ensure processors can maintain turkey supplies