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Back-to-work perks: Firms offer cash and free meals to lure staff to office
PwC is offering each of its 22,000 UK workers an extra £1,000 to come into the office this month.
Full list of companies facing post-Brexit supply chain issues
In 2019 prominent Leave advocate Nigel Farage described warnings of supply chain issues as "utter tosh". Was it Project Fear, or Project Fact?
Brexit-caused food shortages noticed by 56 per cent of Britons, poll reveals
“Over 52 per cent. Is that the beginning of a national awakening?”
WATCH: Flashback to Nigel Farage dismissing Brexit food shortages as ‘utter tosh’
In a video from 2019, Farage says passionately that the food shortages threat is "Project Fear" and "should be utterly, completely, totally, disregarded.”
Major oil firm slammed after sending ‘thoughts and prayers’ to hurricane victims
One writer said on Twitter that the company “robbed humanity of a generation’s worth of time to reverse climate change”.
Food price rises ‘imminent’ because of Brexit shortages, industry warns
One industry representative said there are 500,000 vacancies across the supply chain, which means Brits should expect food prices to increase.
Raspberry farm – who couldn’t find local workers – stripped bare after free fruit offer
They had considered hiring European workers at the beginning of the pandemic last year but decided to try and hire locals instead.
Sausage maker to start employing prison inmates to overcome post-Brexit labour shortage
He also called for the fast-tracking of Afghan refugees being processed to fill the void of workers.
Watch: ‘Jeff B running a tight ship’ as Amazon makes deliveries during ‘tornado’
“Whatever the order is, it could have waited.”