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Clients Contractors Support & Advice About Meet the Team Contact Home Support & Advice A spotlight on the current UK driving industry A spotlight on the current UK driving industry With whispers of another potential lockdown coming to the UK, the economy is well and truly in the midst of a slow and expensive recovery. After tackling 18 months of restrictions to normal life already, we have slowly but surely seen businesses and supply chains make important, flexible, and effective changes to get back up and running and ensure resilience in the case of another similar lockdown scenario. Just as we begin to establish our new ways of working in a post-pandemic Britain, in a twisted fate, we have found ourselves in another economic disaster where the long-term shortfall in HGV drivers has plummeted deeper than ever before; leaving our supermarkets, shops and petrol stations empty. Recent findings by the RHA indicate a massive shortfall of almost 100,000 drivers and with the festive season just around the corner, critical supply chains are failing. Brexit, IR35 and COVID-19 have all paid a key part in the depreciation of HGV drivers in the UK, but how does the government plan to take action when it comes to re-establishing our driving workforce? Firstly, we look at the fundamental causes of this rapid decline. Sign up to our newsletter Want the latest and greatest from the Bar2 blog sent straight to your inbox? Be the first to receive our business updates and offers with the Bar2 newsletter. First name * Last name * Email * Please tick to confirm you'd like to receive our newsletter content* Remember Me Sign me up About What we do Meet the team Invest in our people Clients Compliance Contractor engagement IR35 support service Outsourced payroll Contractors Employed Self-Employed Limited Company Tax Services IR35 support Useful Links Request a callback Submit expenses Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Terms and Conditions Designed & Developed by Spindogs Let's chat! We're Online