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there is no supply chain chaos in EU.
you poor thing, your Brexit excuses must be taking up all your time these days
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there is no supply chain chaos in EU.
you poor thing, your Brexit excuses must be taking up all your time these days
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there is a shortage of HGV drivers.
increasing wages won’t solve that.
Wage inflation is being influenced by ending of furlough….if you go from 80% to 100% of your wages….you have a pay rise………
Increasing wages won't solve it quickly. Apparently it takes about 8-10 weeks to go from start to trucking.
Unless DVLA or some other bottleneck is stopping it, why won't we see the shortage start to ease in 3-4 months?
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Many HGV Drivers were working as self employed so they were taking home about 25k but only paying a few hundred in income taxes (wife being an employee etc). Now with IR35 employers would need to pay about 35k for the truckers to earn what they did before.
With less cabotage and drivers are returning trucks empty to avoid customs checks you have less capacity and thus higher deman for drivers who are limited to the number of hours they can work.
There is a short squeeze happening and the secondary effect will not sustain these higher wages. Highwe wages will feed through to the economy in cost push inflation and it will be interesting to see how the Government reacts.
If you look at the factors of production - Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepeneur. In the past companies found it easier to invest in labour as it was cheaper relative to capital investments - but there may be an inflection point on the not too distant horizon. This may be an Indian Summer..
With less cabotage and drivers are returning trucks empty to avoid customs checks you have less capacity and thus higher deman for drivers who are limited to the number of hours they can work.
There is a short squeeze happening and the secondary effect will not sustain these higher wages. Highwe wages will feed through to the economy in cost push inflation and it will be interesting to see how the Government reacts.
If you look at the factors of production - Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepeneur. In the past companies found it easier to invest in labour as it was cheaper relative to capital investments - but there may be an inflection point on the not too distant horizon. This may be an Indian Summer..
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Few if any drivers have been trained in the last 18 months, that in itself must have left a huge deficit of drivers.
Or a winter of discontent.
The problem is that’s only true for certain repetitive jobs that can be mechanised
many of the jobs done by migrants are stuff like fruit picking, caring for elderly, auxilliary hospital staff, chamber maids, waitresses, baristas.
the other big problem is automation is only possible for big companies, not SMEs. Automation leads to monopolies
I believe the capital vs Labour thing is not that binary.
‘Insane’ policy preventing foreign lorry drivers from easing supply crisis, says Brexit-backing Next boss
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...rexit-backing-next-boss/ar-AANWuFo?li=BBoPWjQ
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...rexit-backing-next-boss/ar-AANWuFo?li=BBoPWjQ
1st September 2021
Post-Brexit UK Food Industry Is £2bn Worse Off After "Disastrous" Fall In EU Sales
the figures "blow apart" the government's "myth" that trade disruption is a temporary issues as the UK and EU adjust to the new rules.
Meat and dairy products have been the worst hit, the FDF analysis found, due largely to stringent post-Brexit rules for British businesses selling goods of animal origin to customers in the bloc.
read all about brexit failure here:
https://www.politicshome.com/news/a...on-fall-eu-sales-food-drink-federation-report
Post-Brexit UK Food Industry Is £2bn Worse Off After "Disastrous" Fall In EU Sales
the figures "blow apart" the government's "myth" that trade disruption is a temporary issues as the UK and EU adjust to the new rules.
Meat and dairy products have been the worst hit, the FDF analysis found, due largely to stringent post-Brexit rules for British businesses selling goods of animal origin to customers in the bloc.
read all about brexit failure here:
https://www.politicshome.com/news/a...on-fall-eu-sales-food-drink-federation-report
This Brexit lark is getting really silly now.
Schools warned Brexit driver shortages threaten meal supplies
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/school-food-meals-supply-disruption-driver-shortage-brexit-covid/
Schools warned Brexit driver shortages threaten meal supplies
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/school-food-meals-supply-disruption-driver-shortage-brexit-covid/
It’s both touching and worrying at the same time that I’m on your mind at 1.05 in the morning. I fear I’m becoming a fixation for you and I’m sorry to say but I’ll have to refuse your PM for a request of a photo of me naked except for a pair of socks. Just what have you been peeping at now?
Brexit: food and drink exports to EU suffer ‘disastrous’ decline
"Food and Drink Federation producers lost £2bn in sales,"
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...ffer-disastrous-decline/ar-AAO1gC0?li=BBoPWjQ
"Food and Drink Federation producers lost £2bn in sales,"
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/oth...ffer-disastrous-decline/ar-AAO1gC0?li=BBoPWjQ
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