UK manufacturing order books recovery ‘promising’
Manufacturing order books recovered and the volume of output increased strongly - at the fastest pace since December 2017 - in the three months to June.
According to the latest monthly CBI Industrial Trends Survey, growth was broad-based, with output growing in 14 out of 17 sub-sectors, with growth mostly driven by food, drink and tobacco and mechanical engineering.
Total order books returned to the healthier levels recorded at the end of 2017, while export orders remained stable and well above average, in line with the past 16 ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
