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UK car manufacturers wrestle with Brexit and pandemic

30/04/2021

March UK car output was 46.6% higher than last March, the start of the first lockdown, but was still 22% lower than the five-year March average. Car manufacturers continue to wrestle with global supply chain issues, the impact of new EU trading arrangements and covid recovery and lockdowns, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and...

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