Like many other companies, however, XY Automation found itself having to deal with a roadblock of its own: Brexit.

Areas with higher probability of automation match those with greater percentage of Brexiters.

It’s no secret that COVID-19 and Brexit have had a lasting effect on a wealth of businesses. In particular, the manufacturing sector has been heavily impacted due to the UK’s withdrawal from the single market and the subsequent restrictions on imports and exports.

A government-backed satellite project to rival the EU’s has been scrapped and labelled nothing more than a “vanity project” by a former Tory defence minister.