The UK bus and coach industry has become the latest sector to be hit by labour shortages, resulting in a reduction in some scheduled services and local authorities scrambling to provide children with school transport.
Stagecoach, which operates more than a quarter of the UK’s buses, said 5 per cent of its timetabled services had been affected by the industry-wide dearth of thousands of passenger vehicle drivers.
Andy Warrender, operations manager for coaches at the Road Haulage Association (RHA), a trade association, said that some operators had begun rescinding on contracts for school services because of a lack of drivers.
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