Shock news – Britain still makes things
As Britons, we tend to think about our economy in the same way as our national sports teams. We know we should be world-beaters, but deep down suspect we're doomed to perennial disappointment...As the official statistics confirmed yesterday, ours is the only one of the world's top seven economies still stuck in recession. You might have been aware that Britain was one of the world's biggest chemical producers, thanks to companies such as GlaxoSmithkline, AstraZeneca and the thriving biotech firms that cluster around universities. You probably knew we sold plenty of Scotch and ale overseas. But did you know that...
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