Jun 2021. Staff Shortages due to Covid and Brexit

UK retailers are struggling to hire staff as lockdown restrictions continue to ease amidst an exodus of overseas workers because of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and recruitment firm Adecco, the reopening of retail and hospitality is driving plans to hire at the fastest rate in eight years. However, the CIPD also found that there had been a rapid decline in the numbers of EU and international workers, fuelling the risk of labour shortages. Easy solution, train up our unemployed, simple.