UK high tech manufacturers remain upbeat says GE survey

Posted on 19 Jul 2012 by Tim Brown

The UK high tech manufacturing sector is still optimistic about its future, despite a lacklustre outlook for the general economy and mounting uncertainty in the eurozone, according to a survey by GE that polled 400 high tech firms.

More than three-quarters (77%) of the 402 high tech manufacturers questioned for the fourth wave of the GE High Tech Index in June 2012 said that they felt either very positive (31%) or fairly positive (46%) about the current performance of their own business. This represents a slight improvement in sentiment since the last high…

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