Manufacturers predict decline over next three months 25th September 2019. UK factories are continuing to struggle, according to the latest monthly CBI Industrial Trends Survey, weighed down by Brexit and the global manufacturing slowdown. The survey found that output expectations

Manufacturing industry to be hit by no-deal 24th September 2019. Analysis of the manufacturing industry by BDO and Make UK suggests that some of Britain’s worst-off regions will be hit hardest in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The report

Consumer Confidence ‘as low as in credit crunch’ 24th September 2019. Economic consultancy Fathom Financial Consulting says business and consumer confidence is at its lowest level since the global financial crisis. Its economic sentiment indicator for the UK dropped to

Inflation slows to lowest in three years 19th September 2019. UK inflation fell to its lowest point in three years in August, the Office for National Statistics has said, after prices rose by an annualised rate of 1.7% – well

Britons are worse off than in 2008 19th September 2019. A report from the New Economics Foundation has questioned official statistics and suggests that Britons are £128 a year worse off on average than they were in 2008. The research