In August 2021, Buckinghamshire businesses highlighted the following issues and trends to Buckinghamshire Business First business advisors..
- Material shortages and price rises
- Particularly within the construction and manufacturing sectors
- Supply chain delays
- Causing difficulties for local firms operating across a wide range of sectors
- Affecting firm's ability to fulfil orders and therefore impacting on profits
- Staff shortages
- Firms are still struggling to deal with shortages caused by staff having Covid or self-isolating
- Skills shortages remain a key issue within the local film and TV industry, with studio space increasing and demand for staff high
- Covid-19 travel rules
- Businesses dependent on the travel industry continue to struggle
BBF use this intelligence to inform local business support activity, and share it with central Government (BEIS) on a weekly basis to inform national strategy.
