The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics shows factory gate inflation registered a record rise of 10 per cent in the year to June, as cost rises reached double figures for the first time since records began.
The continually soaring input costs that manufacturers are suffering, up 2.1 per cent in the month to June and a staggering 30 per cent for the year, was the fomenter in the inevitable rise in output prices. Rising costs of fuel and food made the most significant impact, said the ONS. Oil and petrol was…
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