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Britain faces two years of labour shortages, a leading business group said last night.
A 'perfect storm' from Brexit and the pandemic has left businesses battling shortages of lorry drivers, waiters, chefs and construction workers, according to the Confederation of British Industry, which represents 190,000 companies.
Director general Tony Danker warned that the 'acute' skills shortages will extend into yet more industries and may not resolve themselves until 2023.
Britain faces two years of labour shortages, a leading business group said, after a 'perfect storm' from Brexit and the pandemic has left businesses battling scarcity of lorry drivers (file image)
The Government's ambition to turn the UK into a 'more high-skilled and productive' economy is right, he said, but argued ministers should implement short-term solutions such as relaxing immigration rules to help hard-hit industries.
Hundreds of thousands of overseas workers, who left Britain during the pandemic, have stayed abroad while others left in the face of stricter immigration rules following Brexit.
Mr Danker said: 'While the CBI and other economists still predict growth returning to
