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England is cracking down on unhealthy foods CNN 12/28/2020 by Hanna Ziady, CNN Business © Christopher Furlong/Getty Images BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 27: A reduced price deal is seen advertising chocolate confectionery in a shop on July 27, 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The British government plans to more strictly regulate how sugary and high-fat foods are sold and advertised, including a ban on "buy one get one free" promotions for unhealthy foods. (Photo by ...

Nightmare before Christmas: UK border chaos sees trucks backed up for miles, supermarkets warn of shortages 22 Dec, 2020 10:28 PM 4 minutes to read For some British truckers, retailers and traders, a feared New Years nightmare arrived early. "French borders closed," signs on roads approaching the English Channel port of Dover flashed yesterday, steering truck drivers away as traffic backed up. British supermarkets warned that supplies of fresh produce could run short within days. Stranded truck...

For UK exporters, post-Brexit border chaos arrives early by Jill Lawless, The Associated Press Posted Dec 21, 2020 9:53 am EDT Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 9:58 am EDT A police officer directs traffic at the entrance to the closed ferry terminal in Dover, England, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, after the Port of Dover was closed and access to the Eurotunnel terminal suspended following the French governments announcement. France banned all travel from the UK for 48 hours from midnight Sunday, including...

Food and drink industry representatives have urged the Government to launch an inquiry into continued Brexit-related disruption at UK ports as costs mount on manufacturers already negatively hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Trade groups including the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) have written to the chairs of the Commons Transport Select Committee and the Commons International Trade Committee. The letter highlights the significa...

Truck tailbacks stretch 20 MILES at Dover: Thousands of lorries queue for ferries as ports in UK and Calais are paralysed by shipping container crisis A container of goods from China to Felixstowe is now at $10,000 (£7,500) per load - four times the usual rate British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) say Government must act They claim containers of toys and good are stuck in log-jam with PPE in particular clogging up UK ports  Cost of a container of go...

Advertisement Thousands of giant crates full of PPE have reportedly been shifted from Felixstowe to ports in Ipswich and Tilbury after clogging up the Suffolk harbour since the summer. The huge stockpile was previously dubbed a national scandal after it was claimed the continuing logjam of safety equipment including masks, aprons and gloves was costing the Government £1million a day to store. The PPE had been sitting in thousands of containers at the Port of Felixstowe for months - with othe...

Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to investigate congestion at container ports. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) claim they face “major challenges” in building up stock for Christmas and the end of the Brexit transition period on December 31. In a joint letter to the chairs of the Commons Transport Select Committee and the Commons International Trade Committee, they wrote that some shipping costs have more than doubled compared wi...

17th December 2020 Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to investigate the current congestion at container ports which has been causing delays to Christmas orders and disruption to attempts to build up stock ahead of Brexit. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) have written to Lilian Greenwood MP, Chair of the Commons Transport Select Committee, and Angus Brendan MacNeil MP, Chair of the Commons International Trade Committee, to request an u...

Retailers call on MPs to launch inquiry into ports chaos Joe Middleton © Provided by The Independent Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to launch an inquiry into congestion at container ports. Disruption first started in October and has been blamed on a number of factors such as a rise in imports due to the Covid-19 pandemic, large stocks of PPE being brought into the country and Brexit stock-piling. If Boris Johnson is unable to secure a free trade agreement ...

Published: 1:00 AM December 17, 2020    An inquiry into port congestion has been called for as the Christmas and Brexit transition period has caused delays in places such as the Port of Felixstowe. - Credit: Alan Boyle Retailers and food manufacturers have called on MPs to investigate congestion at container ports - including Felixstowe - during the hectic period of festivities and the end of Brexit transition. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) claim ...