Get your Christmas shopping done early or face disappointment, experts warn

The advice from retailers is to start Christmas shopping early to avoid disappointment. File picture: Nick Ansell/PA Wire

Continuing supply chain difficulties across the world mean people will need to prepare for Christmas earlier this year, experts have warned. 

Supply delays and costs have arisen from a variety of issues: the shortage of lorry drivers, the impact of Covid, complications arising from Brexit and even the blocking of Egypt’s Suez Canal by cargo ship Ever Given earlier this year is still having an impact.