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UK manufacturing tops productivity survey of SMEs-中国最大钣金展-锻压展-2015第十六届广州国际钣金、锻压工业展览会-巨浪展览- The 16th China（Guangzhou）Int’l Sheet metal machinery,Forging, Stamping and Setting Equipment Exhibition
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Manufacturing firms are the most confident among UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) about increasing their productivity over the next two years, according to new research.Three-quarters (74%) of manufacturing businesses are confident of delivering improved productivity in the next 12 to 24 months – the highest of all business sectors – according to the 2014 Growth Report from investment firm Albion Ventures.This compares to 63% of all SMEs, including 19% that forecast productivity gains of at least 20%.Improved market conditions, cited by 42% of respondents, is the biggest factor driving SME productivity followed by enhanced technology (13%), better management (13%) and increased skill levels (11%).On a regional basis, SMEs in the North West of England are most confident about increasing their productivity, with 90% predicting an improvement. Small businesses in Scotland and Wales are the most bearish about their productivity prospects, scoring 44% and 45% respectively.Patrick Reeve, managing partner at Albion Ventures, said: ‘The economic recovery may have resulted in steep falls in unemployment, but so far there has been little movement in the productivity needle.‘This research strongly hints that this is about to change, particularly in key sectors such as manufacturing, driven mainly by favourable market conditions. It is encouraging to see a number of internal factors such as better management and technology also playing a role in encouraging better productivity.’Emran Mian, director of the Social Market Foundation, said: ‘Small businesses are clearly optimistic about productivity levels and an improvement here will unlock wage growth, which has so far been elusive.‘However, predicted productivity gains vary significantly between regions and sectors, which is in line with other key characteristics of this recovery.’
中国最大钣金展-锻压展-2015第十六届广州国际钣金、锻压工业展览会-巨浪展览- The 16th
China（Guangzhou）Int’l
Sheet metal machinery,Forging, Stamping and Setting Equipment Exhibition
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