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Call for help to keep car industry growing

17 November 2011
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Call for help to keep car industry growing More manufacturing management roles may become available if the UK car industry is able to continue growing, after recording an increase in output over the past year.

Figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) indicated a 5.8 per cent increase in production in the last 12 months.

Areas of particular expansion like engine making (up 12 per cent) counterbalanced negatives such as commercial vehicle manufacturing (down 2.9 per cent).

SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt said "strong export demand" had boosted numbers and called the results "good news for the economy during this difficult period".

However, he added, future prospects are less bright and he called for action from chancellor George Osborne to introduce measures in his upcoming autumn statement to "encourage private sector investment and boost economic growth".

Others calling for government action include the Confederation of British Industry, which wants to see tax breaks for employers to take on young unemployed workers and train them, after official statistics showed youth unemployment has passed the one million mark.
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