Nissan’s Qashqai commitment secures 7,000 Sunderland jobs

Nissan has confirmed it will build the new Qashqai model - as well as the X-Trail SUV - at its Sunderland plant, securing 7,000 jobs ...

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UK manufacturing picks up in September, ONS figures show

Manufacturing growth sped up in September, as UK factories continued to pick up from a sharp post-referendum drop, official figures show ...

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UK industrial output falls unexpectedly in September

Britain’s industrial sector shrank unexpectedly in September as North Sea oil shutdowns dragged output lower, weighing on the broader economy in the third quarter ...

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UK manufacturers putting off investment plans, poll shows

British manufacturers have fanned fears that the economy is heading for a slowdown in 2017 after a survey showed a rise in factory bosses putting off plans to increase investment ...

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The state of the UK car industry after Brexit

In this piece, James Ash from Motors.co.uk looks at what the European Union referendum result means for the car industry in the UK ...

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Britain’s manufacturing sector is changing beyond all recognition

POLITICIANS of all stripes agree: Britain needs more manufacturing. George Osborne, the previous chancellor of the exchequer, promised that the country would be “carried aloft by the march of the makers” ...

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