robroy:
If there is (or going to be) a shortage, a lot of it is down to the firms themselves ,in terms of their cynical treatment of their drivers.and their draconian t .s and c.s.Case in point, our lot have drawn up a new contract I’ve been told, which includes paying for damage and all the rest of the crap that people with ■■■■ poor man management skills dream up.
It reads like a list of things that would put anybody (with a brain) off from driving for them,.rather than attracting them, but true to form the said drivers without the brain are actually (and readily) signing up like good little boys rather than display some sort of resistance to it.
Paying for damage 
why the hell do they pay insurance.no one goes out to damage their vehicle ffs even the dreaded EE’s but stuff happens. Tell them what to do with their contract,I’m sure a driving god such as yourself has the contacts to do without them 