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wore EU states—more drivers
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European Union expansion, which was agreed at a sumtin Denmark last week, could help solve the UK driver ortage, according to industry experts.
From 1May 2004 Hungary. Poland, the Czech Republic, ovenia, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and /prus will all join the EU; their citizens will gain the right to prk and provide services in any EU state.
Ruth Potts, the Road Haulage Association's head of nployment, says: "Enlargement will enable UK compaas to employ drivers from overseas more easily. )wever, we will have to overcome KIM language and iltural difficulties and look at relocation.
"We will also need to look at medicals and competence andards in these countries."
David Kay from Wolverhampton-based KTransport )rvices, which currently employs a number of foreign ivers, agrees: We have a number of Bosnians and Poles rking for us and have found them to have a first-class titude to work and to be extremely loyal. I would cerinly recruit more drivers from abroad."