Supply Chain - UK

Brexit Has 'Significantly Altered' Irish-British Freight Traffic: Report

Post-Brexit trade frictions have "significantly altered" freight traffic between Ireland and Britain and sparked a steep rise in volumes to...

Newlat Food Acquires UK's Symington's Group

Italy’s Newlat Food has invested £53 million (€62.1 million) to acquire UK-based meat and snack manufacturer Symington’s Group. T...

Waitrose Parent Increases Annual Salaries For LGV Drivers To Tackle Shortage

The John Lewis Partnership, parent of supermarket group Waitrose, has announced plans to increase the annual salary of large goods vehicle (LGV) drivers by...

Paving The Way To Free Trade Between Australia And The UK

With the recent free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and Australia paving the way for increased trading between the two markets, Mark Field of Prof Gr...

EU Rejects UK Demand For New Post-Brexit Deal On Northern Ireland

Britain demanded on Wednesday that the European Union agree to rewrite a deal overseeing problematic post-Brexit trade involving Northern Ireland just a ye...

UK's EFRA Calls For 'Common Sense' On EU-Britain Seafood And Meat Trade

The British government's cross-party EFRA Committee has called for 'pragmatism' in order to ease friction in the meat and seafood trade between the Europea...

UK Exports To EU Recover From Initial Post-Brexit Slump

British goods exports to the European Union rose to their highest since October 2019 in May, official data showed, reversing a slump at the start of 2021 w...

EU, UK Expect Big Wheat Crop Amid Quality Concerns

Wheat production in the European Union and Britain is set to rebound this year as the crop area and yields recover from weather woes the previous growing s...