JWD Removals: Declining EU immigration hits UK logistics sector

According to the FTA’s Logistics Skills Report 2019, sponsored by Manpower, declining EU net migration has contributed to a 43% rise in job vacancies in the transport and storage industry over the past 24 months. Sally Gilson, Head of Skills Campaigns at FTA, comments: “The logistics sector is facing serious challenges in the recruitment and retention of labour: 59,000 HGV drivers alone are urgently needed to keep just to keep operations afloat. Businesses within the logistics sector are reliant on access to EU workers to help fill job vacancies; these workers currently constitute 13% of the entire logistics workforce.

This echos the agenda item David Dobbs, head of JWD Removals, tabled during his recent meeting with the local independent Eastbourne MP, Stephen Lloyd during a recent meeting at the new JWD Haulage Hub on Maple Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex. As yet the UK Government does not appear to have an effective answer to this issue.

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