UK supply chains facing ‘perfect storm’ as Christmas challenges loom – business live | Business

Aodhán Connolly, director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium, who chaired today’s hearing on the UK supply chain problems, says:

“The witnesses painted a pretty stark picture for the months ahead unless the Government acts quickly. They made it quite clear that red tape and labour shortages from Brexit have exacerbated problems that are being acutely felt across production, processing, manufacturing, retail and of course logistics.

“The government needs to get a handle on this both in the short and long term and we will be making recommendations based on the evidence we heard today.”

Naomi Smith, chief executive of Best for Britain which is Secretariat for the UK…