{"id":6989,"date":"2019-02-01T10:02:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/manufacturers-stockpiling-at-record-pace\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T10:02:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:02:44","slug":"manufacturers-stockpiling-at-record-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/manufacturers-stockpiling-at-record-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturers stockpiling at record pace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Men working on a Mini\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/1426F\/production\/_99534528_minimanufacturinggetty.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">UK manufacturers prepared for Brexit by building up stockpiles of goods at a record pace last month, a closely-watched survey has suggested.<\/p>\n<p>The research, by IHS Markit\/CIPS, found companies were adding to stocks of inputs at the fastest pace in the survey&#8217;s 27-year history.<\/p>\n<p>The survey&#8217;s Purchasing Managers&#8217; Index fell to 52.8 from 54.2 in December. A figure above 50 implies expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Growth in new orders slowed and employment fell, the survey found.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The start of 2019 saw UK manufacturers continue their preparations for Brexit,&#8221; said Rob Dobson, director at IHS Markit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stocks of inputs increased at the sharpest pace in the 27-year history, as buying activity was stepped up to mitigate against potential supply-chain disruptions in coming months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were also signs that inventories of finished goods were being bolstered to ensure warehouses are well stocked to meet ongoing contractual obligations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-47086920\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images UK manufacturers prepared for Brexit by building up stockpiles of goods at a record pace last month, a closely-watched survey has suggested. The research, by IHS Markit\/CIPS, found companies were adding to stocks of inputs at the fastest pace in the survey&#8217;s 27-year history. The survey&#8217;s Purchasing Managers&#8217; Index fell to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}