Q1 2018: Is UK manufacturing on a stable footing or slippery slope?

Posted on 23 Apr 2018 by The Manufacturer

The past three months have seen manufacturing businesses continue to face national and international challenges, yet there are some very clear signs for a positive future. Mike Rigby, head of Manufacturing, Transport and Logistics at Barclays, explains.

Total and export order books in December, January and February remained far above the negative long-run average – image courtesy of Depositphotos. In an earlier article – 2017 is all but finished! What does 2018 hold for UK Manufacturing?, I noted that there were four factors which a healthy industrial sector needed…

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