Supply Chain Research

The start of 2021 brings the hope that vaccines, political stability and clearance of logistics congestion can bring a degree of normality to supply chains. Our most read research report in January was our 2021 Outlook where we flagged the potential for such optimism while cautioning that the path will be far from smooth. The fallout from the final stage of Brexit did not appear to worry large U.K. firms, though disruptions abound and there’s the complication of greatly increased shipping costs that have resulted from global logistics congestion. The elevated container shipping rates hav...