Driver Shortage

The UK is currently suffering from an estimated deficit of about 65,000 HGV drivers but what is behind the shortage and what can be done to increase the numbers entering the industry? Problems associated with the pandemic and the UK’s…

The Logistics Skills Report published by the FTA in October found the shortage of HGV drivers in the UK had climbed to 59,000 and that 64% of transport and storage businesses now face severe skills shortages. But with the situation…

By Steven Cairns, Managing Director of MV Commercial The UK’s driver shortage is a major challenge for operators, with fewer people choosing a career behind the wheel. Currently Britain needs a further 45,000 truck drivers and that means, for truck…

Pall-Ex has launched a new recruitment website exclusively for drivers in an attempt to help tackle HGV driver shortages across its network. The move comes as members of the palletised distribution network experience difficulty in filling vacancies for class one…

A driver shortage is the biggest challenge facing the transport industry in 2018, according to a UK customer survey by Paragon Software Systems. The annual survey revealed that almost half of respondents (46 percent) state that the lack of drivers…