TimesOnline: Activity in Britain's manufacturing sector still falling ACTIVITY in Britain’s still-struggling manufacturing sector fell in March to its lowest for seven months as growth in orders and output dropped to the worst levels since last autumn, a key industry survey showed. The worse than expected figures in the CIPS/RBS purchasing managers’ survey marked the second successive month of deteriorating conditions in the sector and came despite a buoyant manufacturing environment in the eurozone and the US.