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haulage industry leaders in the uk say they re struggling to find enough heavy goods vehicle drivers to keep the economy moving. it estimates there s a shortfall of more than 100,000 hauliers, and it s causing acute problems in supply chains. the difficulties fueled by a combination of factors have led one english company to take desperate action. amy payne reports. trucks like these keep the country moving, but right now many are parked up and going nowhere. haulage firms, like this leicestershire logistics company, just can t find enough drivers. it s worrying. i mean, the vehicles arejust sitting there because we haven t got the drivers. and there s simply a large number of drivers that went back to europe during brexit, we ve had covid which has caused us severe problems with the lack of training that s available, and that s just a few of the things, really. well, we re seeing an impact right across the board, from manufacturing, factories, farming and of course supermarkets, w