that britain is short of hgv drivers for a number of reasons. there are about 100,000 to few at the moment. it takes a considerable amount of time to train up new ones and therefore you find different industries competing that is why retailers have been struggling to keep their shelves stocked and it is also why bp has had to shut some of that service stations for short periods. esso has done the same, it says a handful of its 200 petrol stations it runs in partnership with tesco have also been affected. so how long could this go on for? because as you mentioned that lorry driver shortage has been causing problems for some time and as time goes on different areas are being brought into it in terms of shortages. it brought into it in terms of shortages- brought into it in terms of shortaaes. , , , ., brought into it in terms of shortaaes. , , ., shortages. it is very, very hard to tell. part shortages. it is very, very hard to tell- part of shortages. it is very, very hard to tell. p