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Business Weekly: Pandemic disrupts global supply chains

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26/12/2020 GMT

Pandemic disrupts global supply chains

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Border closures cause chaos for freight transport

Channel port closures cause Christmas chaos for trade between UK and mainland Europe

This week the roads running to the ports in the South East of England turned into a lorry park when continental Europe blocked arrivals from the UK– so Business Weekly takes look at trade and the travails of the global shipping industry. How has this vital sector fared during the pandemic?
As France bans discrimination against regional accents we’ll ask whether the way you talk really affects your job pospects.
The Chief Executive of the Royal Albert Hall tells us how this historical London venue is coping without box office sales - and we'll hear from the entrepreneurs who set up new businesses in the middle of a pandemic.

Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Clare Williamson.

(Image: Lorries parked at Manston airpot while port of Dover closed, Credit: Getty Images)

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