More than three quarters of businesses in the South West are experiencing recruitment “difficulties”, new data has suggested.
A growing number of firms in the region have said they are facing issues with finding suitable staff, with some indicating the cost of rising wages, in order to attract and retain talent, was being passed on to customers.
A total of 319 companies took part in a survey by Bristol-based chamber of commerce Business West, with more than 80 per cent saying they had struggled to fill vacancies.
