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A coronavirus patient with medics in PPE gear (Image: GETTY) "The number of trucks arriving in the UK from the EU has been slashed as businesses and drivers could not risk their trucks being caught in huge delays returning to France. "France is now putting protocols in place to get goods moving again, but given the critical timing, the damage has already been done." The ParcelHero Head of Consumer Research said that most of his companies deliveries are via airfreight, so will not be disrupted by the closure of sea routes. He said: "International parcels mostly travel by airfreight and will be...

The international courier specialist ParcelHero says the shuttering of many non-essential stores in the UK, combined with the closure of the French border, means there is now unprecedented pressure on supply chains and deliveries. It warns shoppers not to rely on last order dates or the Big Day could be further impacted. The new Covid-19 variant could have a devastating effect on Christmas, warns the international delivery expert ParcelHero. It says the 48-hour closure of French ports means many UK-bound goods and food deliveries were delayed at a critical time. ParcelHero is also warning th...