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...“It doesn’t make a difference to me that another company is using their product for [the Russian] military,” Williamson said....
...The index for manufacturing edged up from 44.1 in August to 44.6 in September but remained in negative territory....
...Business lamented weaker exports, especially in the manufacturing sector, while companies reduced their job count for the second consecutive month....
...Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, which publishes the index with the Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply (Cips), said the data showed the UK economy...
...Services activity shrank suddenly, while manufacturing continued its decline. German companies suffered the steepest decline in activity for more than three years....
...The downturn in the manufacturing sector accelerated, marking the sixth consecutive month of falling output....
...Scott Laing, who runs whisky bottling company Hunter Laing, said he was perplexed by the proposed rules....
...Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said Tuesday’s data “indicate encouraging resilience of the economy in the face of headwinds”....
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...The PMI results highlighted a contrast between the improved outlook of services companies and a sharper-than-expected downturn in manufacturing....
...But the downturn in manufacturing was the least marked since July, as a number of companies reported fewer supply shortage issues....
...There was a contrast between the improved outlook of services companies and a sharper-than-expected downturn in manufacturing, particularly in France....
...Chris Williamson of the Community union at Rotherham said he would “do his “utmost to ensure there are no compulsory redundancies”....
...“Companies are consequently cutting production at a rate not seen since the global financial crisis, if the initial pandemic lockdowns are excluded,” he added....
...While companies are hopeful that demand will increase after inflation peaks, they remained concerned about high prices, the cost of living and “the worsening broader economic outlook amid interest rate hikes...
...Jobs were lost as some companies tightened their belts in the face of economic headwinds, while others were constrained by a lack of available labour....
...Companies reported that they were still hiring but at the slowest pace for 20 months....
...The eurozone’s economic downturn is set to be milder than expected, with a closely watched poll of the region’s companies signalling that pressures were not as bad as analysts had feared....
...and services companies....
...“A recession, therefore, looks likely, though the latest data provide hope that the scale of the downturn may not be as severe as previously feared,” said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at S&...
...The downturn in exports was driven by the manufacturing sector, with the relative index dropping by close to two points to 44.7, its lowest level since May 2020....
...Founded in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1951 by warlock and screenwriter Cecil Williamson, it moved to the Cornish coast in 1960....
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