Macroeconomics

A weak pound has hit manufacturers' profits, despite strong export sales

CBI: Weak pound hits manufacturers’ profits as exports rise

By Gwen Ridler

The weakness of the pound has hit food manufacturers’ profits, despite a rise in export orders over the past three months, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI’s) latest quarterly Industrial Trends Survey.

CCE Milton Keynes's plant manager is eyeing up investment

Inside CCE Milton Keynes

By Nicholas Robinson

Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE’s) 40 year-old Milton Keynes site has had more than £6M invested into it in the past three years, but plant director Nicholas Nixon wants more.