No 'Magic Wand' To Fix Supply Chain
The Herald|October 05, 2021
There will be gaps on supermarket shelves this Christmas, industry leaders have warned, as Rishi Sunak said he cannot wave a magic wand to make supply chain problems go away.
No 'Magic Wand' To Fix Supply Chain

The Chancellor said the Government will do all it can to “mitigate global supply issues, but he conceded that there is disruption and did not rule out Christmas being affected.

It comes as around 200 military personnel - half of them drivers - are being deployed to the roads for the first time to help deliver petrol to forecourts.

Around 22% of filling stations in London and the South East still do not have fuel, according to executive director of the Petrol Retailers Association Gordon Balmer.

And despite ministers insisting the situation at the pumps, which has seen queues and panic buying, is easing, Operation Escalin launched on Monday.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة October 05, 2021 من The Herald.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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