Having just spent a day trying to source fasteners for a project we haven’t even won yet, demonstrates how desperate things have become and highlights how far ahead of the game we are having to be these days!
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the predictions of last January that supply chains will have improved by Christmas were somewhat overly optimistic and unfortunately, we foresee issues continuing well into next year.
Rest assured however, we continue to fight your corner, hold prices where we can, and do our best to maintain material stocks so deliveries are kept to schedule. All I can say is, thank goodness for our great suppliers! I know they are finding it incredibly tough but somehow continue to find solutions for us, for which we are very grateful.
Internally, we constantly strive to think outside the box and improve our services to overcome the present challenges, and as a result, hope our articles this month will be of interest.
We are also stubbonly positive and morale remains high, although we are bracing ourselves for the inevitable (and unthinkable) – thank goodness there has been no mention of coffee or biscuit shortages yet…!
We remain as ever at your service,
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