A young lorry driver who is CEO of his own logistics business has warned that the Government’s housebuilding target will not be reached unless they improve infrastructure to entice younger HGV drivers to the industry.
Jayson Churn, 23, who lives in Southend, Essex, pursued an apprenticeship with a truck manufacturing company after leaving school with no qualifications. He is now CEO of his own transport logistics company with a turnover of £400,000 a year.
He says he loves the HGV life and grew up going to lorry shows and dreaming of being on the road, but that many young people are deterred by the negatives such as the unsociable hours and the dangers on the roads.
The Government set out an ambitious target of building 1.5 million new homes – many of which will be in new towns – over the next Parliament in its 2024 manifesto.
But a report seen by The i Paper will warn the housebuilding target will not be met as the logistics industry faces “significant structural challenges” due to a lack of young HGV drivers entering the industry.
In keeping with the report’s warning, Mr Churn says that unless the Government drastically improves infrastructure to tackle the looming lorry driver shortage, its plans to drive economic growth and solve the housing crisis will not come to fruition.
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