Supply chain chaos is a recipe for rising prices, says Finsbury Foods

Supply chain chaos is a recipe for rising prices, says Mary Berry baker Finsbury Food Group By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:16 EDT, 20 September 2021 | Updated: 17:16 EDT, 20 September 2021 The speciality baker behind Mary Berry’s cake range has become the latest firm to warn about rising prices and … Read more

Elon Musk blames ‘supply chain pressure’ as Tesla announce FIFTH price increase since February

Elon Musk blames ‘supply chain pressure’ as Tesla announce $500 price increase on all models in FIFTH hike since February Tesla CEO Elon Musk is blaming ‘supply chain pressures’ for the fifth price increase on Model 3 and Model Y vehicles since February He said the prices of raw materials especially were increasing Prices on … Read more

Lockdown DIY boom hammers B&Q’s supply chain

Lockdown DIY boom hammers B&Q’s supply chain sparking fears of product shortages and price rises By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:44 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 23:01 BST, 20 May 2021 The owner of B&Q and Screwfix has sounded the alarm over product shortages and potential price rises caused by the … Read more

Californian firm has already won £2.8BILLION to supply UK lateral flow Covid tests

A Californian firm backed by private equity has won deals with No10 to supply more than a billion coronavirus tests ahead of the mass twice-a-week testing drive. Innova Medical Group has raked in £2.8billion from British taxpayers in controversial deals for lateral flow tests that give results within 30 minutes. It was officially founded last … Read more

Doubling Michigan’s vaccine supply could prevent 1,200 deaths, model suggests

Biden administration officials are refusing to boost the vaccine supply sent to Michigan, which is now in a vicious fourth wave of coronavirus infections and deaths.  Doubling the number of doses sent to the Great Lakes state weekly could prevent up to 1,200 COVID-19 deaths, one University of California, Berkeley model suggests. But when asked … Read more

Leon Reid, who plans to run at Olympics, appears in court charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine

Sprinter Leon Reid, who is planning to run at the Tokyo Olympics for Ireland, appears in court charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and permitting his premises to be used in the production of crack cocaine Leon Reid is hoping to sprint for Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics this summer  However, he has now appeared … Read more

Pfizer says Brussels red tape is a ‘significant burden’ on the vaccine supply chain

Pfizer has slammed the extended powers allowing the EU to block exports of its vaccines and claims the move has ’caused a significant administrative burden’ to the rollout of the vaccine. The drug company’s vice-president for global supply, Danny Hendrikse, described how the EU’s export controls, which were introduced in February, had affected the production of its vaccine … Read more

Microsoft wins $21billion deal to supply Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets

Microsoft wins $21billion deal to supply Army combat troops with augmented reality headsets that could boost soldiers’ awareness of their surroundings and ability to spot danger Microsoft won a $21billion contract to supply US Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets   The technology is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets, which were originally intended for … Read more

Call for shakeup of supply chain financing following Greensill debacle

We must learn lessons of Greensill debacle: Call for firms to become more transparent in major shakeup of supply chain financing By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 29 March 2021 It is the common thread running through the disastrous collapses of Carillion, NMC Health … Read more

Charities urge Boris Johnson to begin donating vaccines to poorer nations or risk ‘hoarding’ supply

Charities urge Boris Johnson to begin donating vaccines to poorer nations or risk ‘hoarding’ supplies while frontline workers are exposed to Covid Charities say UK is on track to have more than 100million surplus vaccine doses They say that’s enough to vaccinate world’s frontline health workers twice over Government has spent £548m on programme to deliver … Read more