UK fuel crisis exposes systemic recruitment flaws
08 October 2021 |
3:29 pm
As gas stations across the UK ran dry after panic-buying, many claimed it was a consequence of Brexit and the exodus of EU truck drivers. This clearly didn't help, but the UK's problem of recruiting drivers goes deeper.
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