The UK Innovation Report 2026 (Cambridge IfM, published this morning) makes a pointed argument: investing in R&D is not enough. Growth only happens when innovation connects to sectors that can actually scale and compete globally.
The electronics and hardware side of UK tech is exactly that kind of sector. The problem is that too many product ideas stall before they reach production, because the gap between concept and manufacturable design is wider than most founders expect.
That is the gap IBEX works in: architecture, PCB design, firmware, and the engineering decisions that determine whether a product can actually be built at scale.
Worth a read if you are working on hardware or embedded product development in the UK.
https://www.rndtoday.co.uk/innovation-policy/uk-innovation-report-2026-calls-for-sector-focus
