Don't be too despondent. There will always be stories in sectors to focus on, but the UK is doing significantly better than over the water in terms of manufacturing at the moment. Germany and the Eurozone in contraction.
We had a right old scrap last year about tech supply for 3D graphics and costs had tripled since Brexit. I’m still being skinned for GPUs which were bought in bulk and kept to keep the price high. A GPU for £800 is going for nearly 2 Grand today.