Manufacturing firms experienced an increase in orders in the past three months thanks to strong international demand for British-made goods, according to the CBI.
But a gloomy economic outlook has adversely affected confidence. Its Regional Trends Survey – a survey of almost 500 firms by the CBI – revealed that manufacturers in almost every region of the UK planned to increase their prices over the next three months. The strongest export gains were in Yorkshire and the Humber, Wales…
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