Summary
Confidence among smaller manufacturing firms has risen for the first time in almost two years, but they are not enjoying as much of an economic turnaround as bigger companies.
Orders over the past three months for small firms were said to be 'flat', although this ended a three-year decline, research for the CBI found.See the full content of this document
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Firms Hoping the Worst Is Behind Them
Thirty per cent saw orders rise last quarter while 29 per cent suffered a fall. The balance of plus one per cent compares with minus 25 per ce...
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