For the last two years, the key word for the UK manufacturing industry has been ‘resilience’. Of course, there was huge sector destabilisation as the reality of the pandemic struck the country and business world, but the UK has shown itself to not only be resilient, but resourceful and has been preparing the ground for continued recovery.
Whilst ONS GDP data released in November showed the sector is 2.5% behind its February 2020 output, data from the CBI’s Industrial Trends Survey released in the same month reported that manufacturers’ monthly orders book balance has jumped to 26% this month, from nine percent the previous month. In order for UK manufacturers to keep…
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