Temporary visas for up to 800 pork butchers announced amid shortages October 14, 2021 The government has announced visas for up to 800 butchers after healthy animals were slaughtered due to staff shortages. The transport department said until December 31, butchers from abroad will be eligible to apply to work in the UK for six months. Overseas butchers were already eligible to come to the country through the Skilled [...]
Rules for overseas HGV drivers eased to relieve supply chain crisis October 14, 2021 The government has announced plans to allow transport drivers from other countries to make deliveries in the UK before returning home, easing supply chain pressure. The Transport Department will make temporary changes to rules on cabotage – the transport of goods between two places in the UK by a driver from another country – to [...]
Marshall Motor buys rival Motorline for £64.5m October 14, 2021 Marshall Motor has bought rival Motorline for £64.5m, signalling new partnerships with car brands. The automotive retail group said it had also separately acquired a related freehold property for £2.9m and has the option to acquire two additional strategic freehold properties for £24.9m. The net assets on acquisition of Motortline – which represents ten brands [...]
Government ‘considering change of heart on temporary visas for butchers’ October 14, 2021 Ministers are reportedly considering backtracking and extending temporary visas to overseas butchers, as abattoirs were forced to cull livestock after shortages. Pig farmers have been forced to kill healthy livestock because of a lack of butchers in abattoirs, seemingly forcing ministers to change their stance on intervention. The National Pig Association told The Guardian that [...]
Value of Westminster and Chelsea homes equals value of Welsh homes October 14, 2021 The value of UK property has hit £9.2tn, four times the country’s GDP. This sum – which is more than four times the value of all companies listed in the FTSE 100 – has risen £1.6tn over the past five years. More than a third of that growth has been in the past year alone, [...]
Buyers face slim pickings as market supply still limited October 14, 2021 Buyers have slim pickings when it comes to the housing market, with a continued lack of supply of homes on the market. There was a more stable trend in buyer demand in September, after a brief pull-back following the frenzy around the stamp duty holiday. Data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RCIS) showed [...]
Businesses facing all-time difficult battle to recruit staff October 14, 2021 Nine out of ten hotel and catering firms struggled to recruit in the third quarter, as hospitality bosses have called for government intervention. Pub bosses are struggling to find chefs while nightclubs have found it hard to recruit door staff. There have been calls in the hospitality sector for a Covid Recovery Visa to help [...]
Chicken boss warns shoppers face price hikes in ‘different world’ October 13, 2021 Food prices are set to rise 10 per cent thanks to uncontrollable inflation, the boss of Britain’s biggest chicken firm has warned. Ranjit Boparan, founder of 2 Sisters Food Group, told The Telegraph that consumers were facing a “great food reset,” amid supply chain disruptions. Food companies will have no choice but to pass costs [...]
Netflix signs for new production site in Enfield October 13, 2021 Netflix has agreed a lease to open a major new production site in Enfield, north London. The streaming giant has agreed to take on space from landlord Segro, which will include a “campus style occupancy” with sound stages, studios and areas for make-up and costumes. Netflix’s vice president of physical production for the UK, Anna [...]
MP Claudia Webbe found guilty of harassment October 13, 2021 Claudia Webbe, independent MP for Leicester East, has been found guilty of harassment. The MP – who was suspended by the Labour Party – was found guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court this afternoon. The court heard how Webbe threatened to send nude images of a woman to her family after becoming jealous of the friendship [...]
