UK manufacturing growth unexpectedly hits 2-1/2-year high - PMI

British manufacturing growth climbed to a two-and-a-half-year high last month, fuelled by new orders from both home and abroad and adding to signs the economy ended 2016 strongly, a survey showed on Tuesday. Britain's economy has fared much better than many economists predicted in the aftermath of June's vote to leave the European Union, with consumer spending strong and companies continuing to perform well. Survey compiler IHS Markit said the survey was consistent with manufacturing output risi