Tag: labour shortages

"It is clear the immigration system is not meeting Scottish businesses’ and the wider Scottish economy’s needs," finance secretary Kate Forbes has said.

Tory ministers insist Brits have had it as bad as the rest of the world. Brits' confessions tell a different story.

The environment secretary said different shift patterns could make up for an exodus of migrant workers.

Farming's Brexit-induced labour crisis has been worsened by cheap EU pork flooding the market.

“Ultimately, now I think we have just run out of time. That’s despite warnings being sounded since the summer of the scale of the potential labour shortage we might face," a food industry representative has said.

Tony Danker called for a "temporary and managed" system to urgently bring in foreign labour for a number of sectors.