Outlook positive say senior engineering buyers

Posted on 13 Feb 2013 by Tim Brown

This year is set to be a good one for UK manufacturers and subcontractors, according to new research taken from attendees at the Subcon 2012, an engineering exhibition.

Just over half (51%) of Subcon visitors reported that they expect prospects for their business to improve over the next 12-months, 41% expect current business levels to be maintained and just 8% expect them to decline. A large majority (86%) plan to increase or maintain the proportion of work they placed with British suppliers while…

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