Business

A pig farmer who fears he may have to destroy 80 animals a week due to a shortage of butchers says the army may...

Amber Rudd, the former cabinet minister, is joining a new special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will float in London and target a merger...

Boris Johnson has appointed the former boss of Tesco as an expert supply chain adviser. Sir David Lewis, former chief executive of the supermarket...

Royal Mail has launched a drive to take on more than 20,000 seasonal workers – just as new figures illustrate how employers are struggling...

Firms are increasingly putting up prices as they pass on soaring costs, according to new figures that are likely to add to fears of...

The gap between electricity supply and demand is expected to be narrower this winter than last as the country battles an energy crunch but...

Wholesale gas costs reached new uncharted territory on Wednesday as financial markets fret over the impact of inflation on the global recovery from the...

The UK’s largest retailer has reported a doubling of first-half profits and raised its full-year outlook – shrugging off the challenges posed by supply...

Hundreds of healthy pigs have been culled after a nationwide shortage of abattoir workers left farms overcrowded with animals that could not be sent...

New car sales plunged by 35% in September as chip shortages inflicted a major setback on what is normally a key month for the...

A pharmacy industry body has warned of delivery delays for medicines in some parts of the country but says it is managing the supply...

Soldiers will begin delivering fuel to petrol stations this morning as parts of the country continue to struggle with shortages. Around 200 military personnel...

The fuel supply crisis is “virtually at an end” in parts of the UK, but problems persist in London and the South East, the...

The restaurant empire founded by Sir Terence Conran is to change hands for the first time in nearly a decade after its owners entered...

Army tanker drivers are to start delivering fuel to petrol stations from Monday in an emergency government move prompted by the continuing crisis at...

Sir Keir Starmer has called on the government to take “emergency action to get a grip” on the HGV driver shortage causing fuel and...

Motorists could face another “week or so” of long queues at the filling stations, a minister has said, because of an “unprecedented demand” for...

A 12% rise in the energy price cap has taken effect amid warnings further increases are inevitable in the months ahead as wholesale costs...

The fuel crisis is “back under control” as more is now being delivered to petrol stations than is being sold, a minister has told...