Manufacturing activity in eurozone at record low

Manufacturing activity in eurozone at record low due to factory closures to prevent spread of coronavirus By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:08 BST, 4 May 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 4 May 2020 Manufacturing activity in the eurozone has plummeted to a record low as factories closed to prevent the spread of … Read more

Fears manufacturing recovery will hit the wall if coronavirus worsens 

Fears manufacturing’s Boris bounce will hit the wall if coronavirus outbreak worsens By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 2 March 2020 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 2 March 2020 The post-election recovery in British manufacturing could run out of steam because of the coronavirus. Research group IHS Markit said its index of … Read more

Coronavirus hits world economy as Chinese manufacturing sector plunges further than expected

There are emerging fears that the coronavirus outbreak could spark a global economic crisis after China’s manufacturing sector plunged further than expected this month.    An official survey showing the plunge added to mounting evidence of the vast cost of the disease that emerged in central China in December.  The monthly purchasing managers’ index (PMI) issued … Read more

UK manufacturing shrinks amidst fears over election, Brexit and a weakening demand for goods

UK manufacturing shrinks at its fastest pace in almost seven-and-a-half years as businesses reel from political and economic uncertainty By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:00 BST, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 09:04 BST, 3 January 2020 UK manufacturing shrank at its fastest pace in almost seven-and-a-half years as businesses reel from political and economic … Read more

FTSE LIVE: UK manufacturing slides to 7-year low; Channel tunnel firm ‘ready’ for Brexit

FTSE CLOSE: UK manufacturing slides to seven-year low; Channel tunnel firm ‘ready for a no-deal Brexit’; US-China trade war escalates Channel tunnel operator GetLink insists it is ‘ready for a no-deal Brexit’ There was a marked escalation in the US-China trade war overnight The latest UK manufacturing figures show activity slid to a 7-year low … Read more