So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.

Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.

[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.

Engineering is treated with disdain, on the whole. It's considered to be rather boring and irrelevant, yet neither of those is true.

Everyone gets knocked back, no one rises smoothly to the top without hindrance. The ones who succeed are those who say, right, let’s give it another go.

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

Anger is a good motivator.