Britain's hard-pressed manufacturers recovered some of the ground lost during a difficult summer with a stronger-than-expected increase in output, the latest figures show.
The industrial conglomerate General Electric held up reasonably well in a difficult first quarter, with its industrial businesses showing slight gains in profit and its struggling finance unit staying in the black.
Three centuries later, the high church with the low steeple still stands but Newry's streets are clean and the people are as proud as ever – even if Newry has endured a difficult 2012, with several huge bombs having been discovered in the city.
Gold Cycling, road race Form guide Worked hard over the winter but had a difficult spring with bouts of illness and a heavy crash, all of which clearly affected his chances in his two major goals of the early season: Milan-San Remo, where he did not finish, and Ghent-Wevelgem, where he missed the key split.
Writer went west again & talked with Matt Williams, who was winding up a difficult spring season with the near-certainty that he was to be sent back to a Giants farm team from the Giants club.
While he may have endured a difficult past year – what with player pay disputes, fan boycotts and Perth Glory's salary cap scandal – Gallop was recognised for his "significant service to sports administration through executive roles with football and rugby league organisations, and to the community".
Meanwhile, Root's England team-mate Jonathan Trott believes he has rediscovered his form after a difficult summer series with the bat.
Jones expects a difficult summer starting with the two-Test series against New Zealand and describes the current England set-up as "shambolic".
The 22-year-old World Cup poster boy must put aside a difficult second half of the season with Barcelona after the club were investigated for tax fraud over his transfer last summer.
The first weeks of the new financial year had been "mixed, with a difficult April followed by a "marked improvement" in May.
