to the complications. many workers who left because of brexit or covid did not return. the impact was felt across industries. with a shortage of lorry drivers, abattoir butchers, fruit pickers a nd restau ra nt staff. in hospitality and retail, the hgv driver shortage caused particular problems for suppliers, especially for items shipped in from overseas. it led to empty shelves and apologies to customers. a shortage of drivers means that you might find your bins are collected a bit less frequently than they were in the past, and it's part of a wider problem across the industry of a shortage of drivers, whether that's for bins or restaurants and supermarkets. it's the perfect storm we've been talking about, so less testing through the pandemic,