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Lord Frost’s comments will come as the UK continues to feel the effects of a fuel crisis and staffing issues linked to the departure from the EU. more

Prime minister rejects pleas for visas to stock festive shelves – insisting that the ‘government can’t step in and fix the supply chain’ more

The chancellor will lay out a package of measures designed to stem rise in unemployment as furlough endsmore

From Monday, soldiers will start helping to deliver fuel to gas stations, the British government announced late yesterday evening. This is to help end delivery problems caused by insufficient drivers.more

A squeeze on household finances will become more acute as a new, higher energy price cap takes effect.more

The fashion giant said the lorry driver crisis and warehousing staff shortages may affect its delivery service over the peak festive season.more

Last year's decline in British GDP - which was caused by the coronavirus pandemic - is no longer the deepest in 311 years, but in just 99 - the revised National Statistics Office (ONS) figures released today show.more

Soldiers will be delivering fuel in the next couple of days in a bid to ease petrol supply issues, the business secretary has said. Kwasi Kwarteng admitted the past few days - which have seen long queues outside petrol stations and some pumps running dry - had been "difficult".more

Fuel sales could be rationed and forecourt opening hours limited to try and tackle panic buying under the government's emergency plans for dealing with fuel crises.more

Online motor sales sites have tracked huge spikes in electric car interest in recent days, with panic buying of petrol potentially triggering the 'most influential switching event ever'.more

Spaceports from Cornwall to Shetland will launch rockets into orbit next year as Boris Johnson promises to create “galactic Britain”.more

Up to 150 military tanker drivers are expected to help deliver fuel to UK gas stations to alleviate the crisis resulting from supply problems and panicked purchases, the BBC said.more

Ambulance workers are among a pile of key workers who are facing problems due to the continued HGV driver shortagemore

Commuters are abandoning cars amid the petrol crisis and getting back on board trains, buses and the Tube instead. Passenger data yesterday showed a seven per cent increase in London Underground travel and a two per cent jump on bus trips in one week - both hitting a post-pandemic high. more

Chemists wait for details of measures to ensure driver shortages do not adversely affect deliveries of prescription drugsmore

US sportswear giant Nike and US retail giant Costco both say they are facing product shortages and delays due to global supply chain problems. more

In France, about 150,000 jobs are missing in the hospitality sector. workers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gastronomy graduates do not want to work in the profession, complaining about hard work. The industry's turnover dropped drastically.more

Labour says it would cap the amount of property overseas investors can purchase in new developments, in a bid to help first-time buyers.more

Aldi is set to create 2,000 new jobs next year in addition to 7,000 created in the last two years, as part of a £1.3 billion investment drive.more

Motorists across the UK faced long queues for fuel on Saturday and some filling stations were forced to close as supplies were exhausted.more

UK retailers warned the government yesterday that if it does not take action to reduce the staffing shortage of truck drivers in the next 10 days, disruptions to goods supplies in the run-up to Christmas will inevitably be imminent.more

The Dutch economy is rebounding faster than forecast. The Dutch Statistical Office (CBS) assumed that growth in the last quarter would be 3%, it turned out that the economy grew by almost 4%.more

BP is planning to ration fuel deliveries and has been forced to close some petrol stations due to a lack of HGV drivers.more

Rising wholesale gas prices have brought down two more energy suppliers in the UK market. In recent weeks, six companies have already gone bankrupt, with a total of 1.5 million customers and approx. 5 percent. market.more

The organizers of the London Fashion Week have warned clothing manufacturers that it is time to reduce the production and sale of clothing in order to care for the natural environment. "Clothing brands should cut the production and trade of new clothes by half," said Caroline Rush, chief executive officer of the British Fashion Council (BFC).more