Conditions deteriorate for manufacturing SMEs

Posted on 6 Aug 2012 by The Manufacturer
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The CBI has released figures which show declining output from small and medium sized enterprises in the UK.

The figures comes from the CBI’s quarterly SME Trends Survey which had 359 respondents across sectors. Just 23% of manufacturers responding to the survey said output volumes had increased in the three months running up to July. Twenty eight per cent claimed output had fallen. The resulting balance of -5% is the first fall since…

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