UK automotive faces greater overseas challenge

Posted on 21 Apr 2017 by The Manufacturer

Almost half (49%) of UK automotive manufacturers now view overseas competition as one of the sector’s biggest challenges, according to new research conducted by Lloyds Bank.

A third (34%) of automotive businesses believe that having more competitive exports due to the depreciation of sterling is a significant opportunity. The issue would appear to have overtaken the previous biggest threat cited by most UK firms, the health of the global economy, in large due to uncertainty about the…

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