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The UK meat industry is bracing for major disruptions to its supply chain as the government appears to be heeding warnings made by several in the industry. “Meat industry wage rates have risen nearly 10% this year, but we still have five times as many vacancies as applicants. And this pattern is being repeated throughout the food supply chain as staff shortages reach critical levels, when food sup...

Brussels expressed regret over Minsk's response to sectoral sanctions. The EU called the withdrawal from the "Eastern Partnership" and the recall of the Belarusian representative "steps towards self-isolation" The European Union regrets the withdrawal of Belarus from the Eastern Partnership initiative. This was reported to RBC by the representative of the EU Foreign Service Nabila Massrali. “This ...

Inflationary expectations of the population in June increased by 0.6 percentage points compared to May and reached 11.9%, follows from the data of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. "The median estimate of inflation expected in the next 12 months was 11.9% (+0.6 p.p. against May). Inflation observed by the population in June remained almost unchanged. Its median estimate was 14.9% (+........

the EU. The reason is the high prevalence of the delta strain of coronavirus in the UK Angela Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel will today propose to ban British citizens from entering the EU countries due to the spread of a new delta strain of coronavirus in this country. It is reported by The Times, citing sources. According to the publication, Germany wants to block the British from enteri...

The share of small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian economy in the pandemic 2020 fell to the level of five years ago, the business ombudsman points out.Among the measures he proposes is the payment of downtime for employees at the expense of the budget in the event of a lockdown. The share of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Russia's GDP in the pandemic 2......

Matt Hancock resigned after posting photos to the media with longtime girlfriend Gina Coladangelo, whom he had previously hired as a personal assistant.Both have families and children Matt Hancock UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after photos of him kissing his mistress were published. This is reported by the Russian service of the BBC. On June 25, the British tabloid The Sun publishe...

From July 1, the Krasnodar Territory will accept tourists only with PCR tests or vaccinated. From August 1 - only vaccinated. According to an RBC expert, Perm, Turkey, even without restrictions in the Krasnodar Territory, looked much more attractive. Many tourists who had previously booked tours to the Russian coast began to change them to Turkey and even receive financial benefits from this. “Yes...

A new crisis is inevitable, but the Bank of Russia has the necessary tools to support the economy and the population in this case, said Central Bank Deputy Chairman Alexei Zabotkin, speaking at the Capital Renaissance conference. "The current measures are timely as anti-crisis measures, but when the crisis is over, they must be stopped so that the economy can continue to develop normally. In addit...

The EU for the first time introduced sectoral sanctions against Belarus, banning the import of oil products and potash fertilizers. This is at least 13% of the country's total exports to Europe, RBC calculated. First sectoral sanctions On Thursday, June 24, the EU Council of Ministers announced the introduction of sectoral sanctions against Belarus. They are introduced for this country for the fir...

The industry is still reeling from the Suez Canal lockdown in March as it faced a terminal closure in China due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The price of sending a container to Europe amounted to $11,000 — 4.5 times more than in October The cost of shipping cargo from Asia to Europe has increased several times compared to last year due to the pandemic, disruptions in Chinese ports and other factors. ...

Venezuela lost assets in Colombia due to US sanctions, and billions of dollars belonging to the country were also blocked, the foreign minister said.He called for depressurization of the Venezuelan industry by Jorge Arreas Venezuela hopes that the US administration led by Joe Biden will take a constructive approach in relations with Caracas, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said at a conf...

According to British Poultry Council (BPC) officials, who called on the government to take swift action to address the problem, the UK's most consumed animal protein poultry meat sector is on the brink of a major labor crisis. “The UK poultry sector has grown significantly, but in the past few weeks alone the industry has reported a 1......

The latest market report from Fortune Business Insights projects the US meat market to expand over the next 7 years as growing consumer interest in protein-rich and ketogenic diets will drive the market over the forecast period. Last year, the market size reached $170.38 billion, but according to the report, it will reach $215.76 billion by 2......

pandemicchanged the way we approach education. However, a number of business schools were able to find advantages in the current situation and do not plan to abandon what was initially considered crisis measures. Business schools are traditionally conservative and not too quick to try on new trends. But the pandemic has turned everything upside down. Universities have been forced to revise their r...

The European Union imposed new sanctions on Belarus: 78 people and eight companies were included in the sanctions list.Among them are people from the inner circle of President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriev. The Council of the European Union on June 21 finally adopted the fourth package of restrictive measures against Belarus. Eight legal entities and 78 individuals...

Real help to Russians during self-isolation came more from relatives than from the state, NPOs believe. They themselves basically gave themselves a “troika” for their work during the pandemic, recognizing Подавляющее большинство руководителей НКО (85%) считают, что во время самоизоляции людям должны были помогать государственные учреждения и социальные службы, однако реальная помощь, по их мнению,...

Sheryl Sandberg was considered the most powerful woman in American business and perhaps more important leader of Facebook than Mark Zuckerberg himself. But everything has changed. Quartz understood, When Adam Grant asks his Wharton students to name a leader they admire, the name is always Sheryl Sandberg. “Most of the time, other women aren’t mentioned at all,” says Grant, a professor and organiza...

Russian Big Business No Longer Considers COVID-19 Pandemicthe main threat to themselves, follows from the Deloitte poll. "A turning point" occurred and the revenue of most of these companies returned to pre-crisis levels, Deloitte said Russian large and medium-sized businesses are on the rise after passing through the acute phase of the coronavirus pandemic, revenue is returning to pre-crisis leve...

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova considers the call by Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to the US Senate to impose sanctions against enterprises such as Belaruskali and the Mozyr oil refinery as "unprecedented meanness." She wrote about it in Telegram. “Belarusians work at these enterprises! How can you ask for targeted hits on people, ...

The President announced the extension of the preferential mortgage program last week. Putin proposed to keep its effect for all regions of Russia, but to change the conditions. The head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Maxim Reshetnikov, in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper, said that the decision to extend the preferential mortgage program, which was taken by Russian President Vlad...

Charles Michel and Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the European Council Charles Michel discussed in a telephone conversation the situation with sanctions pressure on Belarus, as well as the prospect of certification of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine in the European Union, the Kremlin press service reported. “In connection with the additional sanctions measures taken...

The best currency for savings is the currency of a developed country, which does not depend on natural resources, and also adheres to international requirements and standards. Andrey Maslov, an analyst at FINAM Group of Companies, announced this, Prime reports. So, according to Maslov, it is best to invest in the euro, pound sterling and Swiss franc. He explains that since the start of the pandemi...

The global economy is recovering steadily after the corona crisis, however, in the second half of this year, we can expect a shortage of oil and gas,considers Sechin The head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2021) said that in the second part of this year the world risks facing a shortage of oil and gas, RBC correspondent reports. “The global econo...

Maxim Oreshkin A full recovery of the Russian economy from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic will occur before the end of this year, said Maxim Oreshkin, aide to the president, former Minister of Economic Development, in the studio of the Knowledge Society at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. “2......

Expectations for a quick localization of the coronavirus pandemic and a quick exit from the crisis after the appearance of vaccines did not materialize. This was stated by the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2021), RBC correspondent reports. According to him, the emergence of vaccines gave rise to hope for the creation of herd immunity, but...

Expectations for a quick localization of the coronavirus pandemic and a quick exit from the crisis after the appearance of vaccines did not materialize. This was stated by the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2021), RBC correspondent reports. According to him, the emergence of vaccines gave rise to hope for the creation of herd immunity, but...

The founder of Dream Finders Homes saved on his managers, not home buyers - no huge bonuses,but free finishing or pre-installed air conditioning Patrick Zalupsky American Patrick Zalupsky opened a cottage building business at the most inopportune time - at the height of the 2008 crisis, when the market collapsed. Years later, it turned out that the moment was perfect: unlike large companies, his f...

Among them are total digitalization and alternative proteins. Today, the global agricultural industry annually produces more than 10 billion tons of food and non-food products worth $3.5 trillion. Oleg Kobyakov, director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for relations with Russia, said this during the session “Food. Transformation in the conditions of post-COVID ...

In 2009, successful companies had an illusion: now, in a crisis, intelligent people will enter the market, and we will hire them. But they came out mostly stupid. And in other crises too. Companies rushed to grow their own staff. So why are they still lacking leaders? Sustainable companies invest a lot of money and effort in leadership development programs. So much so that HR and L&D leaders don't...

The Russian economy is recovering from the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, President Vladimir Putin said at the signing ceremony of investment agreements at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). His words are quoted on the Kremlin website. “To a large extent, thanks to you and your colleagues, Russia is able to overcome the difficulties that the whole world faced over...