


Learner driver Amy Chambers takes on the training programme at one of providers of the scheme, Mainstream Training in Sittingbourne Supply chains have been hit throughout the year by a drop in the number of lorry drivers - fuelled by a combination of Covid wiping out tests for those wanting to qualify in 2020, an exodus of European workers due to Brexit and what many see as the 'neglect' of the sector over recent years.

A government scheme to help boost the number of HGV drivers is up and running with the hope it will help ease the recruitment crisis.
