Signs of stability as manufacturing’s slide starts to bottom out

Posted on 7 Mar 2016 by Callum Bentley

The first quarterly EEF Manufacturing Outlook survey this year shows signs that the sector’s slide into negative territory may be coming to an end.

The latest quarterly EEF Manufacturing Outlook survey – the first in 2016 – suggests that the sector’s slide into negative territory, which defined much of its performance last year, may be bottoming out. After ending 2015 on a gloomy note, manufacturers report some welcome rays of light this quarter. Output has edged up after hitting…

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