Costly import red tape means UK food prices will rise, expert warns
UK food importers are clashing with the government over a threat of inflationary increases to ...
The FT has been talking to the port of Tilbury – which, far from bowing out of the limelight when London Gateway opened, is expanding. It thinks Brexit could help its cause, as well as logistics for just-in-time deliveries. Amazon’s biggest UK fulfilment centre is there, which will lead to a tripling of employment at the port – and Tilbury is eyeing 32m tonnes in throughput by 2026. We shall see…
European port congestion now at five-to-six days, and getting worse
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