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.

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

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.

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