Bloomberg Tens of millions of pounds worth of fresh produce is being left to rot in UK fields because farmers can’t attract enough workers to pick crops, just as the cost-of-living crisis worsens. About 22 million pounds ($27 million) of fruit and vegetables were wasted in the first half of the year due to labour shortages, according to a ...

  Bloomberg Denmark’s economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter as a strong labour market helped the Nordic country avoid a recession. Gross domestic product probably expanded 0.7% from the first three months of the year, according to an indicator published by Statistics Denmark. GDP contracted 0.5% in the first quarter of 2022. The data paints a better ...

  Bloomberg Trade between Ireland and both Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK continued to increase in the first half of 2022, despite an ongoing row over checks on goods as a result of the UK’s Brexit departure from the EU. Imports to Ireland from Great Britain from January to June grew 54% from the same period a ...