UK manufacturing has faced a torrid year.

UK manufacturing has edged into growth territory for the first time in over a year following months of struggle piling onto the sector .

The S&P Global UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index™ ( PMI ) hit a 14-month high

of 50.2 in November, up from 49.7 in October.

This placed the industry above the all-important 50 mark which indicates if a sector is growing. The survey closed just a day before Rachel Reeves delivered her Autumn Budget on 26 November.

Rob Dobson, director at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said: “It will be interesting to see the extent to which business might react to the absence of any significant growth-promoting measures.

“After all, despite the improvement in the performance of the manufacturing sector, any gr

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