Viable businesses 'consigned to dustbin' by Government inaction on seasonal workers

Ministers have been warned that their failure to introduce a seasonal workers’ scheme for next year could consign viable horticulture businesses ‘to the dustbin’.

Abi Kay
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Viable businesses 'consigned to dustbin' by Government inaction on seasonal workers

Ministers have been warned that their failure to introduce a seasonal workers' scheme for next year could consign viable horticulture businesses ‘to the dustbin'. According to Jack Ward, chief executive...

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