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    DOOM: Christmas

    "HGV driver shortages could ‘cancel’ Christmas, warns Iceland boss

    Richard Walker urges UK government to relax immigration rules to ease shortfall of skilled staff

    The UK government must allow retailers to recruit HGV drivers from abroad to avoid a supply chain crisis that could ruin Christmas, a senior supermarket chain boss has warned.

    Richard Walker, Iceland’s managing director, said the UK faced a shortage of 100,000 HGV drivers that was already causing 30-40 deliveries to its stores to be cancelled daily, and would upend plans to begin building Christmas stock from next month.

    “We’ve got Christmas around the corner, and in retail we start to stock build really from September onwards, for what is a hugely important time of year,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

    “We’ve got a lot of goods to transport between now and Christmas and a strong supply chain is vital for everyone. The reason for sounding the alarm now is that we’ve already had one Christmas cancelled at the last minute, and I’d hate this one to be problematic as well.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ation-rules-uk

    If only they increased wages high enough for vetran to be interested

    #2
    Pigs in blankets and turkeys will be in short supply. Start stockpiling now.

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      #3
      Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
      Start stockpiling now.
      Well, I'm ready!

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        #4
        Originally posted by ravenshaw View Post

        Well, I'm ready!
        ready for what? develop a serious health condition by malnutrition?

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          #5
          Originally posted by GigiBronz View Post

          ready for what? develop a serious health condition by malnutrition?
          You missed the solylent green just out of shot.
          "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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            #6
            Originally posted by GigiBronz View Post

            ready for what? develop a serious health condition by malnutrition?
            They wash it down with a Berocca

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              #7
              Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

              You missed the solylent green just out of shot.
              no I think that is only the british that make a virtue from sacrificing what they eat just to show they are more dedicated to work.
              which is quite bad for your health.

              and just lighten the mood with a meme:



              thanks for the movie reference, I will have a look at it.
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                #8
                Originally posted by ravenshaw View Post

                Well, I'm ready!

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                You'll starve on that lot - There's not one Bombay Bad Boy among them!
                Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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                  #9
                  Is this due to private sector IR35 or Brexit or Covid.

                  Since shelves only started to go empty after April this year i reckon its IR35.

                  Just found:
                  https://www.contractoruk.com/news/00..._shortage.html


                  Maybe IR35 was the final straw that broke everything..
                  Last edited by Fraidycat; 25 August 2021, 16:57.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Fraidycat View Post

                    Since shelves only started to go empty after April this year i reckon its IR35.

                    Just found:
                    https://www.contractoruk.com/news/00..._shortage.html

                    Maybe IR35 was the final straw that broke everything..
                    Politicians being greedy and stupid, as usual.
                    Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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