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Sunday Mail
|May 11, 2025
Warning as lack of plumbers is leading to soaring call-out costs
SCOTLAND'S plumbing profession has reached “breaking point" with seven in 10 firms struggling to recruit staff.
The shortage has also led to the cost of emergency call-outs soaring and fears of a rise in rogue traders.
The Plumbing and Heating Federation has now demanded the Scottish government intervene to address the workforce crisis.
Chief executive Fiona Hodgson said:
This story is from the May 11, 2025 edition of Sunday Mail.
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