- July 15, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
The Delta variant of coronavirus is wreaking havoc on industry, with more than 700 workers at the UK’s largest car factory self-isolating and business groups warning that some companies are missing 20 per cent of their staff.
Labour shortages have hit factories, shops and warehouses, with workers “pinged” by the NHS Covid app and told to self-isolate for 10 days if they have come into contact with an infected person.
Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, which represents UK manufacturers, said the “need to isolate, even without symptoms, is now a serious issue and impacting on production”.
Several shifts at Nissan’s plant in Sunderland, the largest in the UK, have been cancelled in recent weeks, with the carmaker forced to send entire teams home, costing the factory hundreds of cars in lost work.
Nissan said production in “certain areas” of its plant had been adjusted “as we manage a number of staff being…
