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With profit margins in the JLR dealers network hovering around 1%, the cyberattack impact was painful. Plimsoll has released it latest analyses examining the wider UK car market to examine the vulnerabilities of each part of the sector against future black swan events.
06 Jun
2019
<p>Global growth is slowing as trade spats turn into all-out war. Stockpiling for a 29<sup>th</sup> March Brexit that never happened are no longer inflating figures. EU companies are swapping supply chains out of the UK in anticipation of a “no deal”. No wonder then that <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48497083">new data is showing that the UK manufacturing sector has contracted significantly in May.</a></p>
04 Jun
2019
<p>With the recent news that <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/uk-car-production-down-by-almost-half-last-month-11731396">car manufacturing output in the UK has plummeted by 45% in the past year</a>, the UK’s leading Motor Dealers are already nervously looking over their shoulders. Plimsoll’s latest analysis shows that dark clouds are circling the retail industry too.</p>
03 Jun
2019
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2019
23 May
2019
