The US-China trade war is also having an impact on manufacturing worldwideThe shockingly bad snapshot of industry from IHS Markit and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply puts Britain on recession alert. It doesn’t mean that a recession will inevitably materialise.For that to happen, the poor performance of manufacturing...

Survey finds EU-based firms shunning UK manufacturers as risk of no deal mountsThe UK’s manufacturers have recorded the sharpest drop in factory output for seven years as mounting concerns over no-deal Brexit and the slowing global economy hit orders across the country.The monthly snapshot from IHS Markit and the Chartered...