Almost three quarters of UK manufacturers report that business has returned or even exceeded pre-pandemic production volumes, a report from Essentra Components has found. Businesses in the aerospace, electronics and energy sectors all point to recovery with 72 per cent, 59 per cent and 71 per cent of respondents respectively indicating a return to pre-COVID-19 levels of production. Automotive sector has not bounced back, with 60 per cent of respondents in sector stating that output in their firms has been reduced. Access to skills, supply chain issues and the move to hybrid/remote working were all cited as particular challenges across all areas of manufacturing.
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