Small manufacturing firms struggle
Manufacturers took the gloss off better retail sales figures yesterday as smaller players struggled to crack export markets and production stagnated, the CBI said yesterday. Its latest industrial trends survey showed production flat in the quarter to June and confidence at a lower ebb than three months ago.
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