ALP allies with British Growers Association to strengthen labour supply
2 October 2013
A new strategic alliance between the Association of Labour Providers (ALP) and the British Growers Association (BGA) will strengthen arrangements for labour supply to the UK horticulture sector.
Wed, 2 Oct 2013A new strategic alliance between the Association of Labour Providers (ALP) and the British Growers Association (BGA) will strengthen arrangements for labour supply to the UK horticulture sector.
The ALP says the agreement will improve communication, collaboration and joint representation between the two organisations to highlight the economic importance of labour provision in the sector, as well as promoting horticulture as a place to work and best practice for labour supply and management within it.
Discussions between the two organisations have been ongoing for some time, and BGA chief executive officer James Hallett says the government’s recent and “disappointing” decision not to replace the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) at the end of this year gave added impetus to the move.
Hallett adds that the BGA will also be “working closely” alongside “other key industry stakeholders to press the government for alternative solutions”.
ALP director David Camp says: “It is essential that every horticultural business which relies upon seasonal workers plans now to secure their labour supply in 2014 and beyond. This will require early planning and may involve new ways of thinking and alternative models of supply.”
The ALP says the agreement will improve communication, collaboration and joint representation between the two organisations to highlight the economic importance of labour provision in the sector, as well as promoting horticulture as a place to work and best practice for labour supply and management within it.
Discussions between the two organisations have been ongoing for some time, and BGA chief executive officer James Hallett says the government’s recent and “disappointing” decision not to replace the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) at the end of this year gave added impetus to the move.
Hallett adds that the BGA will also be “working closely” alongside “other key industry stakeholders to press the government for alternative solutions”.
ALP director David Camp says: “It is essential that every horticultural business which relies upon seasonal workers plans now to secure their labour supply in 2014 and beyond. This will require early planning and may involve new ways of thinking and alternative models of supply.”
