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UK manufacturing firms are calling for a royal commission to be set up to give a boost to business investment. Make UK said a long-term industrial strategy was needed to help provide companies with a... | May 8, 2023
July 19, 2021 LONDON: Political uncertainty caused by leaving the EU was beginning to be felt by manufacturers even before the departure and signing of the trade deal last year, new research suggests. Manufacturing firms were seeing their dependence on the EU as an export market decline even before the impact of Brexit, said Make UK and business advisory firm BDO LLP. Their study indicated that only firms in the West Midlands and Scotland saw the share of exports to the EU increase slightly last year. Trade with the EU has improved recently but quarterly trade data for the first three months...