The coronavirus pandemic has caused ‘substantial’ chaos and disruption across Britain’s manufacturing sector, new findings warn. As the economic toll of lockdown starts to rear its ugly head, employment, new orders and output in the sector fell at the fastest pace for 28 years last month. The closely-watched IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index fell to a … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added hundreds of hand sanitizer manufacturers to meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, but is warning they make the products less palatable in a bid to discourage people from drinking the liquid. More than 1,500 new makers of alcohol-based hand sanitizers have registered with the agency to … Read more
Japanese manufacturers offered more than £1billion by Tokyo to shift production back to the country from China By Brendan Carlin Political Reporter For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:16 BST, 12 April 2020 | Updated: 01:16 BST, 12 April 2020 Japanese firms are being encouraged to quit China in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. … Read more
Two out of three manufacturers have seen orders halve in past 30 days and similar number will run out of money before end of month without support By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 00:32 BST, 9 April 2020 Two out of three manufacturers have seen orders … Read more
Desperate hospital officials have been ‘screaming and shouting’ for coronavirus testing kits, The Mail on Sunday has been told. Andrew Broggio, the owner of Wiltshire-based Medical Wire and Equipment Co Ltd, said he has been ‘completely overwhelmed’ by demand and that he cannot ‘magic ten million kits out of thin air’. Like other diagnostics firms … Read more