UK manufacturing output fell in April

Posted on 12 Jun 2013 by The Manufacturer

The UK's manufacturing output fell by 0.2% month-on-month in April following the previous month's rise of 1.1%.

The report published by the Office for National Statistics showed manufacturing output for February-April was up 0.5% on the preceding three months. This was an improvement on the 0.3% quarter-on-quarter fall in manufacturing output in the opening three months of this year, but manufacturing output in April fell 0.5% on a year earlier. The broader…

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