the production line here at pontypool is running at half—speed.e waiting on three containers of tyres from south korea. the tyres that should have come straight here for early 0ctober are not going to be here until mid—november. they are late? they're very late. and the knock—on effect is we miss out on making 5,000 bikes. if that wasn't bad enough, a shortage of drivers means they're struggling to get the bikes to the shops. businesses are grappling with a whole host of different issues right now. for some, this festive season is turning into a logistics nightmare and the government is under growing pressure to make sure the wheels don't come off this christmas. i'm confident there will be a good amount of christmas presents available for everyone to buy. we're doing absolutely everything we can to mitigate some of these challenges. they are global in nature, so we can't fix every single problem, but i feel confident that there will be a good provision of goods for everybody and we are working our way to remove blockages where we can. he's hoping

emma simpson, bbc news, pontypool.eign butchers into the uk to tackle a shortage of workers in abbatoirs. farmers are facing the slaughter of thousands of pigs on farms due to the shortages. our north of england correspondent danny savage is at a pig farm in driffield in yorkshire for us. and this has just been announced in the last hour, what has the reaction been? ~ , .,, .,, been? well, sophie, it was last friday that _ been? well, sophie, it was last friday that we _ been? well, sophie, it was last friday that we were _ been? well, sophie, it was last friday that we were standing i been? well, sophie, it was last i friday that we were standing here overlooking these sows which were all expecting large litters in the coming weeks. at the other end of the farm, the more mature pics which should be sent off to market, they have not been going off the farm quick enough, so there is a backlog here, and it was reaching crisis point. we have had an announcement in the last hour from the government to allow butchers in aba

emma simpson, bbc news, pontypool.to pick up on the last point there, the largest poultry seller is saying food is too cheap and i have chickens myself and i know how much it costs to deal with them, to how them and medical issues, avian flu restrictions and lockdowns as the seat of seasonal migrations, other price of consumer goods too low for the economic systems we have in place?— have in place? food in particular— have in place? food in particular has - have in place? food in i particular has potentially have in place? food in - particular has potentially been too cheap. the way that supply chains are set up, is that we have consumers, retailers, processes and then the actual farmers although the manufacture across those chains and sometimes the retailers cannot control the price in a way or buffer consumers against price increases up the chain but what we're seeing now with an unprecedented in raw material prices and also in the logistics prices is that the ability of manufacturers and retailers to buffer the cons