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Supply Chain: Navigating A Perfect Storm

Lately, the industry’s reputation for adapting quickly to changes in the global economy has been sorely tested.

Origin Enterprises Records 'Strong' Start To 2022 Financial Year

Origin Enterprises plc has recorded a strong start to 2022.

M&S Raises Turnaround Hopes With Profit Beat And Upgrade

Marks & Spencer on Wednesday beat forecasts for first-half profit.

Britain's Trucker Shortage Jams Post-Pandemic Recovery

Two furloughed jumbo jet pilots and a burnt-out finance worker have been among the more unusual candidates to learn how to drive 44-tonne trucks at Laurenc...

Greggs Becomes Latest Food Business Hit By Supply Chain Crisis

Greggs Plc said on Wednesday the U.K. bakery and fast food chain has become the latest food business to be hit by supply chain interruptions that are...

WTO Hikes 2021 Trade Growth Forecast, But COVID-19 Risks Linger

The World Trade Organisation slightly raised its growth forecast for global goods trade this year, but said the outlook was clouded by risks from the roll-...

China 2020 Meat Imports Close To 10 Million Tonnes, Up 60% Year On Year

China imported 9.91 million tonnes of meat in 2020, customs data showed, as the world's biggest consumer of meat stocked up on proteins after a further plu...

Thai Rice Exports To Stay Low In 2021 On Global Shipping Container Crunch

Thailand's rice exports are headed for another gloomy year after sinking to the lowest volume in two decades in 2020, exporters said, as a global shortage...