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Aug 28 2008
A grim survey from the CBI has contrasted starkly with official statistics last week pointing to a surprise retail revival....
Aug 21 2008
You have to go back nearly seven years, to the aftermath of the dot.com crash, to find British industrialists so glum about their prospects for output....
Aug 12 2008
Britain’s smaller manufacturers are facing their worst cost pressures for more than 13 years, a survey has revealed....
Aug 6 2008
It has been a bad week for manufacturing and no amount of spin can change that....
Aug 4 2008
Confidence levels in the West Midlands’ manufacturing industry are at their lowest level for a decade, according to a new report....
Jul 23 2008
Gloom has descended on the boardrooms of British industry over the past three months and the CBI fears that manufacturing may be in a “technical recession”, with output shrinking in both the second and third quarters of this year....
Jul 7 2008
The CBI has unveiled a new report on information technology’s role in making UK companies competitive – said to show how IT helps British firms better meet customer needs, enter new geographic markets and build value in their offerings....
Jun 26 2008
West Midlands manufacturing has been praised by a Government minister as part of the “unsung success of our whole economy”....
Jun 18 2008
Britain’s industrialists remain overwhelmingly confident that they will be able to pass on to their customers the fast-rising prices they face for energy and raw materials....
May 9 2008
The prospect of a resumption of production of MGTF sports cars at Longbridge was welcomed yesterday by Geoff Percy, West Midlands regional chairman of the CBI....
