As expected, the British Coatings Federations' (BCF) members are more positive than they were in June, but confidence is still weaker than average and far lower than the pre-Brexit levels.

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) welcomed recent proposed changes to the forthcoming UK REACH regime as a small but welcome step in the right direction but warned that these changes alone will not be enough to prevent the coatings sector – and wider chemicals industry - from being hit hard financially under the new post-Brexit regime.