Economics

U.K. Companies Increase Salaries and Still Can’t Find Workers

  • British Chambers survey finds labor shortages are worsening
  • Problem most acute for firms catering and hospitality sector
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Eight in 10 U.K. companies struggled to find workers last month despite many of them increasing wages, according to a survey that shows labor shortages are intensifying.