The Waterside Hotel looks a heavenly spot for a stay, overlooking the river Avon in a quiet part of Worcestershire. But tourists are out of luck: the entire hotel has been bought by Kanes Foods, a packing firm, to lodge some of its 600-strong foreign workforce. Other employers have resorted to less salubrious solutions. The fields around Evesham, an ancient market town with blessedly lush soil, are dotted with caravans and Portakabins, housing workers who pick and pack everything from asparagus to peas and cabbages.
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