With the new one-size-fits-all £38,700 immigration rule about to be implemented, there’s a sense of desperation amongst the biggest UK meat companies that represent over £8bn in GDP and rely on skilled overseas staff to keep Britain supplied with meat.
And yet Government is plowing ahead with this seismic policy change without a proper understanding of the damage it will cause.
We’ve written to James Clevery to explain the issues and his response makes it clear that he simply doesn’t appreciate the scale of the problem.
So we’re now writing to Minister of State Tom Pursglove to ask for an urgent meeting with our members so they can lay out the damaging consequences of this policy including food inflation, withdrawal of investment, weakened domestic food security and lower economic growth.
We are the UKs largest trade body for the meat industry and provide expert advice on trade issues, bespoke technical advice and access to government policy makers
We are proud to count businesses of all sizes and specialties as members. They range from small, family run abattoirs serving local customers to the largest meat processing companies responsible for supplying some of our best-loved brands to shops and supermarkets.
We are further strengthened by our associate Members who work in industries that support and supply our meat processing companies.
We are the voice of the British meat industry.
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