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Ocado calls on Government to add HGV drivers to skilled shortage list

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ocado has become the latest supermarket to call on the Government to add HGV drivers to the skilled shortage list to fill the vacancies hitting supply chains across the country. The online grocer’s finance chief Niall McBride was asked if he agreed with Morrison’s chief executive David Potts who called for the change, and replied: “I do, yes.” Ocado chairman and co-founder Tim Steiner added: “Making it easier is the right answer… it’s important to be able to get more people through the process. “We wouldn’t want the shortage to be addressed by putting unqualified or dangerous drivers on the road, but we do need as a country to address the shortage.” The Government previously considered adding HGV drivers to its list of skilled workers to fill the gaps, but the idea was scrapped.

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