The travel industry should collectively present a case about a skills shortage to government if they want ministers to seriously consider making it easier to recruit foreign workers.
Aviation and maritime minister, Baroness Charlotte Vere
That was the advice from government parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Transport Baroness Vere.
Addressing delegates at Abta’s annual Travel Matters conference in London she said: “I cannot tell you how many industries say ‘can we have more foreign workers?’,” she told delegates at Abta’s annual Travel Matters conference in London.
“Maybe HR departments need to work a little harder to think about how they can recruit differently."
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