Britain’s manufacturers have sharply applied the brakes to their investment plans in response to growing political uncertainty at home and rising fears of the impact of global trade tensions.
Three-quarters of small companies are reportedly refraining from increasing their investment in the coming two years – image courtesy of Depositphotos. On one hand, the annual EEF/Santander Investment Monitor shows that in the past two years, the proportion of turnover investment by manufacturers* increased on the back of a robust growth picture…
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