Last week we ran a podcast about the rise of cost-pish inflationary pressure in the UK economy. The BBC news site today carries five stories directly linked to the inflation story. Recall that the Bank of England was rather pessimistic last week when it released its latest quarterly Inflation Report, it expects a sharp jump in consumer price inflation over the coming months with CPI perhaps heading once more above the 3 per cent upper limits. Here are the stories

Cadbury Schweppes plans to raise prices

Oil prices head high on expectations of OPEC output cut

Brewer S&N warns of price rises

Chinese inflation hits an eleven year high

Wine prices set to rise (BBC news audio-visual)