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29-Oct-18, 00:40
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
SCC Quarterly Economic Indicator Q3 2018
Survey illustrates robust trading performance, but manufacturing confidence and overall investment fall amid rising material costs and uncertain political environment The survey, produced by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce Network in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde Business School's Fraser of Allander Institute, illustrates a broadly positive Scottish economy, but slowing investment across a range of sectors, and a challenging set of results for the manufacturing sector, suggest that the need for certainty on the UK's Exit for the European Union is paramount. Driven by rising costs of raw materials, the manufacturing sector has posted its first negative result for optimism / business confidence since 2016, despite a reasonably strong set of financial results. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/8685)]
SCC Quarterly Economic Indicator Q3 2018
Survey illustrates robust trading performance, but manufacturing confidence and overall investment fall amid rising material costs and uncertain political environment The survey, produced by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce Network in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde Business School's Fraser of Allander Institute, illustrates a broadly positive Scottish economy, but slowing investment across a range of sectors, and a challenging set of results for the manufacturing sector, suggest that the need for certainty on the UK's Exit for the European Union is paramount. Driven by rising costs of raw materials, the manufacturing sector has posted its first negative result for optimism / business confidence since 2016, despite a reasonably strong set of financial results. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/8685)]