29-09-2021, 09:19
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Re: Panic at the Pumps
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If you picture the average British lorry driver, chances are it's a white, middle-aged man. The UK haulage industry is dominated by them and over the next 10 years as many as 80,000 could retire.
It will leave a large hole to plug, at a time when haulage firms are having trouble recruiting. As many as 24,000 each year will be needed, says Skills for Logistics (SfL) - the body overseeing lorry driver training in the UK.
It could affect us all. The doomsday scenario of empty supermarket shelves is dismissed, but if firms have to ramp up pay to recruit drivers, that cost could trickle down to the consumer.
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Guess the year. Clue: before Brexit.
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