Supply Chain Crisis

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On Wednesday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak laid out sweeping plans for the next three financial years in his Autumn Budget speech in parliament.

Thousands of companies across the UK are reeling, both directly and indirectly, from the HGV driver shortage which, according to a survey by the Road Haulage Association (RHA), exceeds 100,000 drivers.

In the latest reversal of post-Brexit immigration policy, the UK government is to offer 800 temporary visas to foreign butchers in a bid to counter a spiralling crisis on pig farms.

In recent weeks, the UK has been plunged into a supply chain crisis, with extensive queues outside petrol forecourts, energy suppliers going bust, and major retailers’ stock levels at their lowest since 1983.