Daily Manufacturing News Digest – the industry stories you should be aware of today

Posted on 2 Apr 2025 by Tom St John

Each day The Manufacturer compiles the top manufacturing news stories from around the web. To make your life a little easier, we trawl through all the major trade publications, broadsheets and business magazines to find you the most important manufacturing news each morning. Don't forget to bookmark this page and check back daily.

UK Manufacturing PMI: production contracts at faster pace as new orders decline at sharpest rate for 19 months The UK manufacturing sector continued its downturn in March, falling to a 17-month low of 44.9. Business optimism is now at its weakest level since November 2022 due to steeper drops in output, new orders and new…

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