Manufacturers expecting output growth despite volatility in financial markets
Posted by davidb on 28 Sep 2011
Filed under: Brewing, Engineering, Manufacturing, UK manufcturing
28 September 2011
UK manufacturers predict that production will continue to grow over the next three months despite order book levels slackening during September, according to the latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey from the CBI. Of 470 manufacturers surveyed, 22% described total orders as above normal, and 31% said they were below. The CBI says the resulting balance
Manufacturers face volatile material prices
Posted by Duncan Greenwood on 26 Aug 2011
Filed under: Manufacturing, UK manufcturing
26 August 2011
Raw material costs and shortages are driving manufacturers to make ‘radical’ changes to how they work, according to a survey released by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and RBS. The survey shows that almost half of companies have redesigned products or processes in response to rising materials prices and 40% admitted to substituting some inputs with
British manufacturing: all fired up but underfinanced?
Posted by davidb on 09 Aug 2011
Filed under: UK economy, UK manufcturing
9 August 2011
Do you think the government is doing enough to support UK manufacturing? Find out what business secretary Vince Cable and shadow secretary John Denhma have to say on the subject in the new Financial Times video Firing up British manufacturing. As the government attempts to rebalance the UK economy towards manufacturing, debate arounf industrial policy