Manufacturing sector breakdown worsens amid ‘dearth of export work’Manufacturing has suffered yet another downturn in activity over September. ( Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)A breakdown in activity across the manufacturing sector has deepened as new data has shown export work coming to a halt and investment falling flat. Disruption caused by a cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover had ripple effects on the wider manufacturing sector, according to researchers. The official measure of UK manufacturing output is barely higher than before the financial crisis all the way back in 2008. But its role in driving innovation and productivity means persistent manufacturing weakness risks leaving broader scars on the UK’s long-term growth prospects.”