[nomadking]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Other industries besides fishing, agriculture and broadcasting are starting to face Brexit reality.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57555608


https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/g...up-21-05-2021/

He said before the pandemic, just three out of his 30-strong workforce were British. His restaurant currently has 12 staff.


He said some workers who were furloughed during lockdown had moved back to their home nations and decided not to come back to the UK.


"Anecdotally, I have a lot of pals saying they are opening up restaurants and they are expecting their 18 employees to come back and only 12 turn up," The Pied à Terre founder said.


"They don't say anything because they don't want to lose their furlough, so they don't mention anything until the last minute."


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According to UK Hospitality, 1.3m foreign workers left the UK during the pandemic.


Kate Nicholls, chief executive of UK Hospitality, said labour shortages appeared to be a "perennial problem" which had been "aggravated further by many foreign workers not returning to the UK, either because of travel restrictions or their ability to resume work in the UK".

COVID played a very large part.