Inside lane of one of the UK’s busiest roads is full of frustrated motorists waiting for a turn at the pump A kilometre of one of the UK’s most congested roads was on Sunday taking on a new, unwanted role: the queue for a BP garage still managing to se…
European lorry drivers ‘will not want to come to UK’, warn haulage chiefs
Emergency visa plan will not resolve Britain’s road transport crisis, says industry as majority blame Brexit in pollThe government’s emergency programme to issue temporary visas to thousands of lorry drivers is far too little to resolve Britain’s suppl…
Grant Shapps will do ‘whatever it takes’ to fix lorry driver shortage
Issuing of short-term skilled worker visas not ruled out amid petrol supply concernsThe UK transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said he would “move heaven and earth” to solve the nationwide shortage of truck drivers that threatens fuel supplies at some p…
BP rations petrol and diesel deliveries to its service stations
Oil giant says HGV driver shortage is disrupting supplies, with about 10% of forecourts running out of some fuelsBP is rationing deliveries of petrol and diesel to its UK network of 1,200 service stations, as the oil giant became the latest firm to war…
Tesco warns of Christmas panic buying if driver shortage persists
Supermarket fears pictures of empty food shelves will get ‘10 times worse’Tesco has warned government officials that empty supermarket shelves caused by a national shortage of HGV drivers could lead to panic buying across the UK in the lead up to Chris…
Gas firms may face windfall tax as energy crisis hits households
Another 800,000 households fall victim to energy crisis as Avro Energy and Green collapseAnother 800,000 households fell victim to the energy crisis on Wednesday with the collapse of two more suppliers, as ministers admitted they were considering a win…
Bonfire Night fireworks ‘70% down’ due to Brexit and supply chain crisis
Suppliers said to be unwilling to stock up because of confusion over safety labelling and extra paperworkBrexit and the supply chain crisis are threatening to put a dampener on this year’s Bonfire Night firework displays as distributors warn that impor…
Markets rally as Evergrande fears ease; CO2 prices to rise sharply – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsLatest: Supply chain problems to hit Germany’s recoveryCO2 prices to jump, government warnsFull story: Bailout of US CO2 supplier will cost UK taxpayers ‘millions’Evergrande strikes deal over on…
The global supply chain crisis could fuel a severe dose of stagflation
Economic observers should heed the warnings now – rising prices and slowing growth are a very real threatHow will the global economy and markets evolve over the next year? There are four scenarios that could follow the “mild stagflation” of the last fe…
CO2 crisis could hit UK food stocks well before Christmas, says Iceland boss
Shortage of carbon dioxide – used in meat industry and for fizzy drinks – is result of record energy pricesUK food supplies will be under threat long before Christmas, and could start affecting stocks within days, if carbon dioxide shortages continue, …