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Rail & marine

Confidence, profit, and a 40-year-old rocket

Weakest rating since 2009 for Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI

Justice for SMEs

Report suggests big ROI for UK government on High Speed 2

High speed rail, biofuels, and a manned space-flight retrospective

Cameron announces fund to support higher apprenticeships

Patent protection

Austal to design catamaran vessels for Turbine Transfers

BDO's latest report indicates decline in business confidence

Competition, carriers, and creativity

Maersk declares option to build ultra-deepwater drillships

Bombardier Transportation set to cut more than 1,000 jobs