Commercial vehicle production at 14-year high despite August decline 🚚CV manufacturing falls -10.0% in August, but up still 8.8% on pre-pandemic 2019 figures. 🚢Output for export declines by marginal -0.2%, while domestic demand drops by -21.3%. 📈In first eight months, production grows by 5.8% to 78,805 units marking best year-to-date performance since 2010. smmt.co.uk/2024/09/uk-com…

UK car production fell by -8.4% in August, according to new figures published today by SMMT. With August conventionally a low output month due to summer shutdowns, the decline was equivalent to just 3,781 fewer units as 41,271 new cars rolled off production lines. smmt.co.uk/2024/09/car-produ…

⚡️The automotive industry is a vital part of the UK economy and integral to supporting the delivery of the agendas for levelling up, net zero, advancing global Britain, and the plan for growth 🔧With more than 198,000 people employed in manufacturing and some 813,000 in total across the wider automotive industry, we account for 12% of total UK export goods generating £47 billion of trade 🚗🚛manufactures build every type of vehicle, from cars, to vans, taxis, trucks, buses and coaches in the UK supported by 2,500 component providers and some of the world’s most skilled engineers smmt.co.uk/reports/smmt-m…

🚗The automotive industry is a vital part of the UK economy, integral to growth, the delivery of net zero and the UK as a global trade hub 👩‍🏭With 198,000 people employed directly in manufacturing and some 813,000 across the wider automotive industry 🇬🇧Many of these automotive manufacturing jobs are outside London and the South-East, with wages that are around 13% higher than the UK average smmt.co.uk/reports/smmt-m…