Britain’s manufacturers suffer record drop in output

The coronavirus pandemic has caused ‘substantial’ chaos and disruption across Britain’s manufacturing sector, new findings warn. As the economic toll of lockdown starts to rear its ugly head, employment, new orders and output in the sector fell at the fastest pace for 28 years last month. The closely-watched IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers’ index fell to a … Read more

FDA adds 1,500 hand sanitizer manufacturers to meet demand amid the pandemic

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added hundreds of hand sanitizer manufacturers to meet demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, but is warning they make the products less palatable in a bid to discourage people from drinking the liquid. More than 1,500 new makers of alcohol-based hand sanitizers have registered with the agency to … Read more