The companies that supply them with beer, milk and eggs are losing orders.

"The temporary breakdown on Oct. 19 of the computer-processing capability lost orders and exacerbated an already chaotic situation," the group wrote.

With the end of Communism came some unemployment as a local factory lost orders.

If rates go up and the pound strengthens, we lose big orders.

Right now, we're losing orders because of lead time.

Losing orders for ashtrays or for souvenir matchbooks, which he also supplies, will hardly break him, he said.

Given America's recession, Japanese suppliers assume they will lose new orders to American rivals for political and protective reasons.

Small companies then become uncompetitive and lose orders, causing short time or even closure.

Along with mills on the borders, a fragile area, they are losing orders of £1 million.

We will lose orders and people will lose jobs.