A shortage in butchers, bricklayers and welders in the UK has been branded “extraordinary” by a chief government adviser. Unfilled vacancies are rising and businesses say there are shortages in trying to find appropriately skilled workers for jobs, according to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). The SOL “assesses which occupations are in shortage, i.e. When asked by reporters for his thoughts on the findings, committee chairman Professor Brian Bell said: “It does seem extraordinary, I agree. “We’re not doing it to advise the Department for Education about what sort of training programmes might be needed in the future.

Source: The Herald September 29, 2020 12:20 UTC