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Logistical nightmares: Conflict’s profound impact on drinks supply chains

Published:  18 May, 2026

Logistics has been a difficult business in recent years. While there are many complex reasons for this, the broad-brush picture is clear – global tensions are on the rise, and with them, supply-side shocks. The most recent manifestation of this is, of course, the US and Israel’s ongoing conflict with Iran, which has resulted in the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz – an incredibly important passage for maritime trade.

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Museum Wines moves to Salisbury

Published:  22 August, 2025

Museum Wines has announced that, after over a decade of operating from a converted barn in Tarrant Hinton, Dorset, it is relocating to Salisbury, Wiltshire, in September.

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International Women’s Day: ‘There’s more to logistics than driving a forklift’

Published:  10 March, 2025

In what is still perhaps the most male dominated part of the wine and spirits industry, Jane Renwick, director of fine wine at London City Bond (LCB), is on a mission to imbue women with the confidence to pursue a career in warehousing and logistics as part of the celebrations for International Women’s Day (8 March).

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Thursday read: Living with lockdown - an agency view

Published:  09 April, 2020

Will Oatley, MD at Louis Latour Agencies, gives Andrew Catchpole a glimpse of the realities of life as a merchant adjusting to lockdown

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