New immigration rules: Construction firms must brace themselves for a worker shortfall

By Mark Robinson2020-01-29T06:00:00

Mark Robinson, chief executive officer of Scape Group

The government is still sending out mixed messages on immigration

There is no way that construction has time to prepare for the shortfall of workers we will face if the proposals for new immigration rules come into force this year. Given the transition period only takes us up to December 2020, the construction industry will not have sufficient time to prepare for the loss of workers, nor will we have time to train British nationals in their place.

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