Brighter Hopes For Manufacturers in 2016

The UK's beleaguered manufacturing sector has some reasons for optimism in 2016 despite the gloomy end to a year which is expected to have seen it shrink, according to an industry body. The EEF forecasts that car making, aerospace and the rejuvenation of the pharmaceutical sector will drive growth in 2016 and add jobs, bucking the trend of the wider sector. But the EEF said some factors dragging on manufacturing, such as disappointing construction activity, should be less prominent over the next