''Just when we thought the days of pandemic panic buying were over, warnings that fuel and food could run short due to supply issues, risk sparking gridlock in supermarket car parks and forecourts once again.
The HGV driver shortage is rearing its head, with reports that BP may have to restrict deliveries of petrol and diesel to its service station network in the
Worries are also mounting at agricultural firms that a severe shortage of labour will stop food getting from farms to forks. The
This all seems far from idle speculation given the grim reading in today's ONS Business insights survey which showed that the transportation and storage industry had the lowest percentage of businesses currently trading in early
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