Comment / Supply chain radar: driver shortage 'my arse'

About 15 years ago, your correspondent – bored with sitting at a screen in the back offices of a certain British state broadcaster, and also sick of delivering pizza in the evenings to make ends meet – decided to become an HGV driver.

At the time, tanker drivers were striking, causing nationwide fuel shortages, because they only got paid £40k a year.

Moreover, the news then was full of stories about how the haulage industry was about to grind to a halt ...