He said shipping delays were continuing to cause trouble for imported goods. “It’s been constant for the last 12 months, ever since Covid started,” he said. “From Europe, it was six weeks on a good day. Now, it’s fairly common to take three months,” he said. He said there tended to be seasonal demand for champagne, egged on by special events such as Mother’s Day (this Sunday) or Valentine’s Day. The ongoing unpredictability of global shipping meant it was difficult to have stock arrive at the right time, he said.
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Moet Chandon champagne is in short supply.
PulmoBioMed Wins National Life Science Competition
Newly launched Northumbria University spinout PulmoBioMed has been handpicked as the winners of Onyx Health s ThinkBig competition
Healthcare marketing communications agency, Onyx Health, have chosen innovative MedTech spinout PulmoBioMed as the winner of their £5,000 #ThinkBig competition, designed to help life science companies bounce back from the COVID-19 crisis.
Having been chosen as the lucky winner of the competition, PulmoBioMed will receive £5,000 of Onyx Health’s full range of specialist healthcare communications support for free, helping them achieve commercial success and access key target markets. #ThinkBig is aimed at innovative start-ups and SMEs in the health and life science sectors, who are at the cutting edge of the industry and can bring something distinctive to the market.
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Glass owner Jonathan Brookes said opening the business had been a long-time dream, and he was devastated to have to close. “It’s emotionally gutting for us. It s had been a dream for 10 years before we opened it. I always had it on my mind. So it’s pretty devastating,” he said. After opening in 2018, the business saw a roaring trade thanks in part to its busy central city location, but the location ultimately proved to be its downfall. Brookes said the business easily broke all its targets for its first year, but revenue was down 50 per cent on the year since Covid-19.
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