Northway’s Elaine Shaw told the NI Committee there was a heavy reliance on staff from Eastern Europe and the mushroom industry was keen to see government proposals to address the issue of migrant labour.
Another company closer to Westminster is also asking questions of ministers on staff recruitment.
G’s Fresh who have invested heavily in a new mushroom growing facility near Littleport rely on Eastern European pickers to bring in the crop.
Voices expressing fears that there will be a workforce gap after Brexit, particularly in catering, construction and agriculture are growing.
With the UK Justice Secretary David Gauke saying prisoners could fill the roles that migrant workers had left behind - Stalker suspects that there needs to be a bit more thought applied to the problem.
