Engines

British plants built 227,624 engines in June – up 1.3% over 2014.
Year-to-date performance steady with new facilities gearing up for production.
Sector has bright future, with major investments set to be realised in the coming months.

Engine manufacturing output returns to growth, up 6.7% in December.
Output falls 6.2% over the year, following retooling at a number of facilities.
Outlook bright thanks to major investments into UK engine manufacturing.

UK commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturing output up 12.6% in December, the first month of growth since July 2013.
Output fell 19.7% in 2014, but month of growth heralds bright future.
Growing demand at home helped to drive December growth, despite deflated export markets.