Britain

UK's Co-op Profit Tanks 84% On Supply Chain Snags, Inflationary Costs

Britain's Co-operative Group reported a sharp drop in its interim profit as it continued to face supply chain snags, and higher wage and energy costs,...

First Year Of Northern Ireland Protocol Required One Million Customs Declarations

Over 10,000 firms completed one million customs declarations to move goods from Britain into Northern Ireland in 2021, the first year of operation of post-...

UK Shop Price Inflation Jumps To 5.1% In July: BRC

Shops and supermarkets in Britain increased prices by 5.1% in the 12 months to August, the largest rise in records dating back to 2005, reflecting a jump i...

Britain's Tesco Rapped By Watchdog Over Plant-Based Products Ads

Britain's advertising regulator has banned six adverts for Tesco's plant-based products, saying the supermarket group's claims regarding their positive ben...

UK Consumers Suffer Biggest Confidence Drop Since Start Of Pandemic – GfK

British consumer confidence suffered its biggest month-on-month drop in February since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, as people worried about fast-...

Britain Sees 'Green Shoots' Of Recovery From Trucker Crisis

Britain still has an acute shortage of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers but the rate at which people are leaving the sector is at least slowing, an indust...

French Minister Sees 10 December Deadline On Fishing Licence Talks

French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune said on Monday that he was eyeing a 10 December deadline to resolve the spat on fishing licences with Brita...

Butcher Shortage In Britain Could Lead To Mass Culling Of Pigs

Britain's farming industry has warned that hundreds of thousands of pigs may have to be culled within weeks unless the government issues visas to allow mor...