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Supply chain crisis

June 2026

  • A fuel tanker truck labeled 'Skytanking' is parked next to a Eurowings aircraft at Düsseldorf Airport

    Air fare rises ‘inevitable’ as airlines face extra $100bn jet fuel bill this year

    Iata summit in Brazil hears top executives say although jet fuel shortages are unlikely, industry-wide profits will halve
  • Bad Weather To Blame For Fresh Veg ShortageCARDIFF, WALES - FEBRUARY 25: Empty shelves in a supermarket on February 25, 2023 in Cardiff, Wales. Aldi, Asda, Morrisons and Tesco have placed limits on the number of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers customers can purchase due to shortages. The UK government has said this is due to extreme weather in Spain and north Africa which has affected harvests. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

    ‘Immediate national priority’: ministers accused of complacency over UK food supply

    Cold storage and logistics body warns food supplies at risk from fuel shortages, cyber attacks and extreme weather
  • A fuel lorry delivering oil to a rural household

    Rural UK ‘particularly at risk’ of diesel shortages if Iran war continues

    OECD forecast sets out economic risks from conflict, pointing to potential shortfalls to key energy products

May 2026

  • Two people ride a motorcycle past a large billboard showing bound hands above storefronts.

    Oil prices climb after Trump dismisses Iran’s response to peace plan

  • Four blue-branded fuel pumps with 'Synergy' branding at a petrol station, with cars visible in the background.

    UK households bracing for new cost of living crisis, report finds

  • Motorists across Europe are feeling the pinch from higher petrol and diesel costs, but wider supply chains have so far held up.

    ‘Degree of complacency’: are supply chains prepared for impact of ongoing Iran war?

  • A farmer spreading fertiliser on a field in North Yorkshire

    Fertiliser shortages to have dramatic effect on food prices, says Duke of Westminster’s firm

  • ‘RAMageddon’: is the era of cheap phones and laptops over?

  • Four in five Britons worried Iran war will make food more expensive, poll finds

April 2026

  • Rachel Reeves speaks in the House of Commons

    Unlucky chancellor? Iran shock hits Reeves just as UK seemed to turn corner

  • Harvesting a wheat crop in NSW

    Fertiliser is in short supply. What does it mean for Australia’s farmers – and your bread?

  • A pharmacist stocking shelves with medicine

    Iran war pushing up till price of some drugs by up to 30%, pharmacies warn

  • Condoms on display.

    Condom prices could rise 30% due to Iran war, says world’s top producer Karex

  • Oil price dips below $100 a barrel after Trump claims Iran wants deal

  • double quotation markIt shouldn’t take a war for Britain to wake up to the need for food security

    Tim Lang

March 2026

  • Workers pour molten iron into moulds at the Barr and Grosvenor foundry in Wolverhampton

    UK manufacturers hit by sharpest rise in cost inflation since Black Wednesday in 1992

    PMI figure reveals impact on economy of rise in oil prices driven by Iran war
  • Satellite image of Kharg island, Iran, showing military facilities targeted by US strikes.

    Oil prices rise after Trump claims US ‘totally demolished’ Iran’s Kharg Island export hub

    Another weekend of violence compounded global market concerns over war in the Middle East, following US strikes on the vital oil hub

    • Aramco warns of oil market ‘catastrophe’ unless strait of Hormuz reopens soon

    • Oil price continues to rise amid Middle East crisis but stock markets rebound across Asia

    • ‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

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