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Leadsom warned over no-deal Brexit impact on food and drink workforce

Trade bodies are calling for a revision down of the suggested £30,000 minimum salary threshold

Farmers of the future: are apprenticeships the solution to a labour crisis?

Britain’s farmers are concerned that Brexit could lead to a shortage of quality managers for their businesses, but could apprentices provide a long-term solution to a potential labour crisis?

Government faces backlash over ‘bamboozling’ Brexit immigration move

It has said it intends to bring an end to freedom of movement on Halloween in the event of a no-deal

Heck insists it ‘didn’t mean to cause offence’ amid Boris Johnson furore

The company was accused of resorting to a ‘cheap publicity stunt’ with the pro-Brexit MP

Food and farming bodies hit out after migration committee 'ignores' sector

A new report into ’shortage occupations’, where vacancies need to be filled by non-UK workers, had omited the sector, warned the NFU

Driver shortage leaving vacancies unfilled in logistics sector

The study found the average age of an HGV driver was 48, and 13% of drivers working in the UK were EU nationals

Can robots solve the labour shortage in UK warehousing?

There’s an evolving stream of technology ready to revolutionise warehousing – and replace humans

Businesses 'may go bust' in no-deal Brexit, says survey

Nearly 12% agreed with the statement that no-deal would be a “calamity” for their business

Even healthy businesses have been put in a Brexit planning stranglehold

We at Birds Eye are directing time and money towards Brexit planning instead of improving our business, says Wayne Hudson, managing director at Birds Eye

Growers look to northern ports to mitigate no-deal Brexit gridlock

There are fears of tailbacks at Dover, which handles 17% of imports and exports

Food and drink bosses welcome PM's u-turn on settled status charge

The government has promised anyone who had already paid the fee will be reimbursed

The UK is reliant on non-UK labour - deal or no deal

Sir, In this whole Brexit debacle, there is a ‘known known’. Deal or no deal, Scotland and the UK are getting thrown into a meltdown as far as labour is concerned. We require approximately 10,000 non-UK workers per year for the fruit, veg and horticultural sectors in Scotland alone. These ...