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Outside track: Mixed trends shape UK industrial automation market
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Fusion42 · 15 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
UK industrial automation adoption rose 2.2% year-on-year in Q2 2026 but fell 7.3% from Q1, diverging from industrial output growth. Demand is uneven, constrained by installation capacity due to skills and integrator shortages, with policy uncertainty on energy costs and capital allowances delaying investment.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Industrial Automation.
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UK industrial automation founders face a bottleneck not in demand but in delivery capacity caused by skills and integrator shortages. Fixing hiring and partner gaps now can unlock near-term project growth currently held back by energy cost policy uncertainty.
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