absolutely it was interesting from richard walker from absolutely it was interesting from richard walkerfrom this into our own hands. we're going to hire a load of extra workers on temporary contract so we've got backup. you said that option doesn't exist for small or medium—size businesses. the telegraph has the story that companies must apply for the king exemptions. it's clearly the point that a logic to that. you don't want people using it as a kind of get out ofjail free card present even people using it as a kind of get out ofjailfree card present even in circumstances where they don't really need it. the problem is presumably how does this happen, witty apply, how long does it take was that some of these decisions, they want to know now. they want to know even yesterday ideally. when the worker suddenly rings up and says i can come in. i the worker suddenly rings up and says i can come in.— says i can come in. i know. i look at this and _ says i can come in. i know. i look at this and not _ says i can come in. i know. i look at this and not as _ says i can come in. i know. i look at t

richard walker, managing director of iceland foods has called on the government to adjust the nhs covidppropriate and safe" for the "critical workers." the way we are operating as we are doing business people do everyday, looking at the information we have got to making decisions appropriately. we know our workplaces are covid safe, had been approved by public health england. we know they are critical workers as part of the supply chain. if people are obviously positive or contacted by test and trace they will have to isolate. if they are pinged, we ask them to take a pcr test. if that is positive then isolate but if it is negative we ask them to come back to work and we have a process of doing lateral flow tests daily away from the workplace and if it is negative they can proceed with their work. we are seeing this across the industries. we have had from the meat industry, from steelworkers, at covid —related absences, people infected by covid but also those pinged by the apple told to self—isolate is really having an impact. there was a shortage of hgv drivers which is impacting deliv

richard walker, managing director of iceland foods has called on the government to adjust the nhs covidt the trajectory of where things are going, we now have 1000 staff off, who have been pinged. that's double the normal rate, and it's rising at 50% week on week. so our big concern is that we've, ironically, we have kept all of our shops open throughout the pandemic, but now we have had to close one or two shops and reduce hours in others. but that could get a lot worse a lot quicker, unless the track and trace system is sorted out. we have an issue with front line retail workers because of the pinging, the pingdemic. and we also have an hgv driver issue. and those two things combined mean that, you know, we're in quite a serious situation that we need to sort out quickly. we need to be focusing on keeping the nation fed, not writing letters to relevant government department, naming individuals that we want to get on the key worker list. our business correspondent katy austin is here. what the businessmen —— what the business secretary said earlier was interesting. business secretary s

we heard from richard walker who runs iceland speaking over the last few days about needing to reduce mitigating actions including changing shifts, reducing hours, and in some cases, needing to close stores. 50. hours, and in some cases, needing to close stores-— close stores. so, can be absolutely clear, close stores. so, can be absolutely clear. helen? _ close stores. so, can be absolutely clear, helen? you _ close stores. so, can be absolutely clear, helen? you speak— close stores. so, can be absolutely clear, helen? you speak for- close stores. so, can be absolutely clear, helen? you speak for the i clear, helen? you speakfor the british retail consortium. if the government does not change the rules around when you to self—isolate, and the groups of people who are required to do that, if they don't change that between now and the middle of august when the rules change, what the stores? how do you see that going? the stores? how do you see that auoin ? ~ . the stores? how do you see that oiiin ? . ., , , ., the stores? how do you see that oiiin?~ ., , , ., , going? what i see is th

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