Official figures show UK manufacturing output grew by 6.8 per cent in January compared with the same month a year earlier – the biggest annual rise in 16 years.
The best performing subscetors were the electrical and optical equipment industries which increased by 14.6%, the transport equipment industries which increased by 12% and the machinery and equipment industries which increased by 12.7%. Only the chemical and man-made fibres industries fell over the year. On a monthly basis, the industry grew by 1% Between December…
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