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Experts and businessmen in Berlin sent the warning shot to the economic powerhouse even though its economy grew by 2.2 per cent last year - the highest since 2011.

The impressive growth has triggered a rising demand for skilled workers and Germany’s biggest industry supplies including plastics, timber, food, chemicals and building materials - which are hard to find.

German businessman Ralf Schlesselmann, who runs a wooden-pallet making business, said the country’s boom will not last forever.

He warned the current situation reminds him of 2008, saying “and we all know what happened next” as he referred to the financial crisis.