Brexit causing UK labor shortage, according to survey

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"The report demonstrates that businesses are struggling to match the right vacancies with the right candidates, with labor and skills shortages caused by a drop in the supply of EU nationals. City splittersAnother fresh survey is revealing a fall in the number of finance vacancies in the City of London. The poll, based on responses from 1,051 employers, finds U.K. employers are struggling to fill jobs in factories and hospitals as more EU nationals feel increasingly uncertain over their right to work. "Almost three-in-ten employers say that non-U.K. nationals from the European Union considered leaving their organization in the six months to December 2016," according to the survey, released Monday. The most recently available official government statistical data has also suggested a slowing up in the number of EU arrivals.