As many as a fifth of small manufacturing firms are already experiencing an upturn in business conditions but finance issues continue to impede upon recovery, according to research by the Forum of Private Businesses.
The trade organisation found 20 per cent are currently enjoying more orders while 50 per cent expect a rise before September 2010. Thirty-nine per cent plan to take on more staff in the same time frame and five per cent are already doing so. But things would be even better if not for the perpetual…
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