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Manufacturing data

July 2024

  • The electric arc furnace at the Celsa steelworks: sparks fly out as liquid steel is poured in a dramatically-lit image showing the molten steel and sparks and illuminated heavy machinery against a dark blue and black background

    UK business activity expands in ‘encouraging start to second half of year’

    S&P Global flash composite purchasing managers’ index shows July rise for manufacturing and services sectors

April 2024

  • The Bank of England’s chief economist, Huw Pill, against a dark background

    Bank of England’s chief economist dampens hopes of summer interest rates cut

  • woman with a soldering iron

    Jump in domestic orders ends two-year UK manufacturing dip

January 2024

  • Containers at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk.

    UK factory output lower than expected after fall in domestic and export orders

    Higher borrowing costs and a slump in demand contribute to 17th consecutive month of contraction

September 2023

  • Production operator soldering circuit boards at Axiom Manufacturing Newbridge Gwent South Wales UK GB

    UK on recession alert after big falls in factory output and house prices

    Signs of distress from very different parts of economy will add to Bank of England’s dilemma over interest rates

August 2023

  • A car assembly line at the Vauxhall car factory in Ellesmere Port.

    UK factory output tumbles to lowest level in nearly three years

    CBI data showing slowdown in activity is latest sign Bank interest rate rises are slowing economy

November 2022

  • A worker on the SafetyKleen production line, Tharsus factory in Blyth, UK

    UK manufacturing faces deep recession as output slumps

    Factory output likely to fall further as consumers’ real incomes are hit by inflation, economists say

September 2022

  • A worker prepares an electric battery

    UK factory output slumps at fastest rate since May 2020

    Analysts say manufacturing recession has begun as new orders fall amid soaring inflation and economic uncertainty

August 2022

  • Workers on the production line at Nissan's factory in Sunderland.

    Business live
    UK factory growth hits two year-low; oil drops; German retail sales in record fall – as it happened

    British manufacturers suffer first drop in output in over two years in July, while retail sales in Germany slumped over 8% as inflation hit consumers

July 2022

  • The Port of Dover blamed French border authorities for long queues on 21 July.

    Business live
    Holidaymakers warned of Dover ferry queues; survey shows UK economy slowing – as it happened

  • The rolled coil finishing mill inside Liberty House Group's factory in Newport, U.K.

    Business live
    UK and US manufacturing slows; eurozone inflation hits 8.6%; petrol at new record – as it happened

May 2022

  • Oil group BP has reported a jump in underlying profits, but exiting Russia led to a $25bn charge

    Business live
    UK factories raise prices at record pace; windfall tax calls grows as BP earnings swell – as it happened

    Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

April 2022

  • The UK’s new energy price cap came into effect on 1 April, with higher gas and electricity prices expected.

    Business live
    Energy price cap rise hits British bills as unions call for ‘emergency budget’ – as it happened

    Live rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as energy costs rise and criminal investigation opened into P&O Ferries

January 2022

  • An employee works on the SafetyKleen units production line at the Tharsus factory in Blyth

    Brexit and Covid hit demand for exports from UK factories

    Supply chain disruption and staff shortages held back economy in December

August 2021

  • A member of staff at the Vauxhall car factory in Ellesmere Port, Wirral, during the pandemic.

    Business live
    FTSE 250 hits record high amid buyout spree and factory boom – as it happened

    Rolling live coverage as UK manufacturing PMI signals continued output growth despite supply chain struggles

June 2021

  • A factory worker on the production line

    UK economy surges but analysts warn boom could be short-lived

    Manufacturing and services grew at near-record rates in June but face staff shortages and delays to supply

May 2021

  • Car production

    UK factory output rebounds after increase in demand

  • Terraced houses in Leigh, Greater Manchester

    UK mortgage lending hits record amid stamp duty rush

April 2021

  • Activists from the Extinction Rebellion protesting outside the Bank of England, in London, today

    Business live
    Climate protests at Bank of England; global factory growth hits 10-year high – as it happened

    Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

March 2021

  • Graffiti in south Belfast protesting against an Irish sea border

    Massive drop in UK trade shows extent of Boris Johnson's Brexit own goal

    Analysis: trade could be a drag on recovery for years to come rather than the high-octane propellent the government promised
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