For so many businesses the Christmas period – that annual fiesta of shopping and feasting – is the time of peak demand during the year. But this Christmas will be like no other for those in the supply chain.
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Inflation jumped a whopping 1.2% in August to 3.2% - the highest it has been in almost a decade and well above the Bank of England’s 2% target. While business and consumers will certainly already have been aware of price surges in recent weeks and months, especially for fuel and construction materials, the scale of this sudden hike may still come as a worrying shock.
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