Businesses in the capital. workers at us energy gaint chevron s major liquefied natural gas plants in western australia are to strike next week a move that could drive up global prices. the dispute over pay and conditions could threaten production at the two sites, which produce more than 5% of the world s lng and around employ around 500 workers. fears of strikes recently pushed up wholesale gas prices in europe. toyota is suspending operations at all of its assembly plants in japan from tuesday afternoon due to a malfunction with its production system. it could bring domestic output to a standstill for the world s top automaker. toyota said it was looking into the cause of the problem, but it was likely not due to a cyberattack . altogether the 14 plants account for around a third of toyota s global production. prices in british retail chains rose at the slowest pace in nearly a year this month, offering further relief for consumers hit by high inflation.
Toyota is suspending operations at all of its assembly plants in japan from tuesday afternoon due to a malfunction with its production system. it could bring domestic output to a standstill for the world s top automaker. toyota said it was looking into the cause of the problem, but it was likely not due to a cyberattack . altogether the ia plants account for around a third of toyota s global production. prices in british retail chains rose at the slowest pace in nearly a year this month, offering further relief for consumers hit by high inflation. the british retail consortium said annual shop price inflation dropped to 6.9% down from 7.6% injuly, the lowest rate since october 2022. food price inflation fell to 11.5% from july s 13.4%, driven by slower increases for meat, potatoes and some cooking oils. around the world and across the uk,