English manufacturers to invest £121k average in capital equipment

Posted on 25 Feb 2014 by Victoria Fitzgerald

Small to medium sized manufacturers in England are poised to invest in capital equipment to meet expected demand in the next 12 months, the Manufacturing Advisory Service announced today.

The latest MAS Barometer’s special showed that 86% of respondents were planning to increase finance in equipment and with 80,000 firms making up the SME manufacturing community in England, this could equate to hundreds of £millions of fresh industry investment between now and 2015. Steven Barr, Head of MAS, commented: “There is a definite feel…

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