U.K. Puts Off Brexit Checks as Firms Battle Supply Crunch

The U.K. this week delayed a looming wave of new post-Brexit border checks, seeking to give respite to firms already struggling with supply shortages linked to the pandemic and quitting the European Union.

With supermarkets and retailers battling a lorry-driver shortfall, significant employee vacancies and inflated shipping and commodity costs, the prospect of an extra customs burden on EU food imports from Oct. 1 threatened further disruption in the build-up to the busy Christmas period.