Retail warehouses across the UK have been forced to drive up wages by a whopping 30 per cent as they scramble to attract staff.
The ongoing worker shortage in the UK is hammering supply chains, threatening to cause major disruption in the run up to the busy festive shopping period.
According to the UK Warehousing Association’s chief executive Clare Bottle, the UK is facing a deficit of tens of thousands of entry level workers, forcing warehouse manager to bump up pay by between 20 and 30 per cent in increasingly desperate efforts to attract staff.