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Comment: retirement rates will sharpen skills shortages


23/04/2025 in Opinion
RAIL Editor Dickon Ross

You just can’t get the staff, can you?

The rail industry, like many other sectors of the economy, is facing a looming skills shortage and related recruitment challenges.




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