Manufacturers ask government to step in to limit coronavirus damage
by Rupert Jones from on (#50RF3)
Calls for decisive action follow survey showing UK exports slumped to lowest level in three years
Manufacturers are urging the UK government to take action to help limit the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic after research showed that exports have slumped to their lowest level in three years.
A survey of more than 300 companies by manufacturers' body Make UK and business advisory firm BDO, carried out before the recent escalation of the coronavirus outbreak, indicated the sector had ground to a standstill at the end of 2019. Since then, while the domestic picture had begun to improve slightly, exports had already fallen sharply in response to a downturn in world trade, a situation likely to be exacerbated by current events.
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