[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.

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

Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.

I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.

Reality TV is anything but.

One of the most fun inventions of my lifetime is the Mini.