UK Manufacturing Steadies but Employers Demand Action Now to Survive COVID Crisis

Tibard employees make uniforms for health workers at NHS at their factory in Dukinfield, Britain, on April 6, 2020. Molly Darlington/Reuters

LONDON—The historic collapse in British manufacturing caused by the coronavirus lockdown abated in June as companies reported a small increase in output, a survey showed on Wednesday.

But a British employers group says immediate action from finance minister Rishi Sunak is needed after a record deterioration in business in the April–June period.