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Increased consumer demand and supply chain disruptions remain. This is creating three discussion points on the future structure of supply chains; namely diversification, reshoring and greater inventory holdings. Suppliers compete on a combination of price, quality and service. We are now in a prolonged period of higher prices and disrupted services.  The Financial Times is […]

A day doesn’t go by where there isn’t a news story on problems supplying and sourcing goods. Can trade finance help support businesses through this period? We seem to be in a perfect storm of increased consumer demand and supply chain disruptions, from logistics to raw materials, through to labour shortages. At the turn of […]