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• ‘Brits are suffering but for us it’s boom time’: how Brexit boosted French and Irish ports

  25-02-2023 14:24
  
  The cheapest way from Ireland to Europe used to be via Dover. But now Cherbourg and Rosslare are thrivingRain or shine, Colm Lambert likes to sit on a bench overlooking Rosslare port on the south-eastern tip of Ireland and watch the new freight ships and passenger ferries sailing in from the Irish Sea.“They’re coming in from France, Spain, Belgium, Holland – it’s great to see,” he said. “Brexit has made an awful difference to here. Boris Johnson did Rosslare a
  
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• UK supermarkets expand budget Fairtrade ranges as demand grows

  25-02-2023 08:00
  
  The ethical label has become mainstream, and is thriving despite the rising cost of livingFairtrade tea, coffee and chocolate was once the mainstay of church hall fetes and upmarket delis but is now popping up in supermarket value ranges as the demand for affordable and sustainable groceries goes mainstream.Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Waitrose are among the high street names whose budget ranges include the ethical label, making it possible for shoppers to make a “small switch”
  
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