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Staff and supply shortages putting a brake on Britain's economic bounce-back

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Post by Ben Reilly Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:43 pm

Staff and supply shortages have taken their toll on the UK's economic recovery this month, according to a closely watched survey.

The IHS Markit/CIPS Composite Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for August hit a six-month low of 55.3, falling from 59.2 in July.

Any reading above 50 indicates growth, but the bounce-back from the pandemic is losing momentum, said researchers.

CIPS group director Duncan Brock said the figures were "a stark warning".

He said the "abnormally large slowdown in overall activity" suggested that the accelerated levels of growth seen earlier in the summer were "not sustainable".

"The worst shortages of staff and materials on record are mostly to blame," he added.

"Despite Covid-19 containment measures easing to the lowest since the pandemic began, rising virus case numbers are deterring many forms of spending, notably by consumers, and have hit growth via worsening staff and supply shortages," said IHS Markit economist Chris Williamson.

"Supplier delays have risen to a degree exceeded only once before - in the initial months of the pandemic - and the number of companies reporting that output had fallen due to staff or materials shortages has risen far above anything ever seen previously in more than 20 years of survey history."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58304084

A double-whammy, I suspect -- Covid and Brexit.
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Post by eddie Mon Aug 23, 2021 9:49 pm

It’s just a passing hiccup. It will sort itself out.

I did hear that bottled water and other bottled drinks are becoming a shortage.
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Post by Syl Tue Aug 24, 2021 12:09 am

I agree, Covid and Brexit combined have made this a double whammy.

Many EU workers went home, the lockdowns  have had a big effect on the workforce, the pinging advising isolating is still affecting thousands every week.

Catering and transport are especially hit...lack of transport, including a real shortage of HGV drivers, mean there will be shortages with deliveries, it could have a knock on effect on almost everything we buy.

I agree with Eddie though, it will sort itself out....eventually.
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