‘Perfect storm’ of factors continues to take toll on UK manufacturing

Posted on 6 Sep 2019 by Jonny Williamson

Britain’s manufacturers are firmly in a nosedive as Brexit uncertainty, a slowdown in major markets and trade wars takes its toll, according to a new survey.

Government is being urged to “strain every sinew” to reach a Brexit deal that protects UK manufacturing. The Q3 Manufacturing Outlook survey – published by Make UK and and BDO LLP – comes on the back of the latest PMI data earlier this week and shows all indicators have weakened significantly,…

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