Bespoke batteries, recyclable electronics and drone ports – Britain's manufacturing and engineering Innovators of the Year

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🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year Awards, in partnership with Rathbones, celebrate the passion and creativity of British entrepreneurs. From hundreds of entries we have narrowed down to some 50 finalists across the United Kingdom. In this episode, the judges discuss the innovators within the Manufacturing and Engineering category – 3D printing hydraulic systems, making plastic alternatives out of plant-based polymers, creating recyclable electronics, and more.

The judges in this episode are Ian Ritchie, an angel investor and a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Gabriel Fysh, an entrepreneur working with numerous companies on areas of sustainability and material science; Michelle White, Head of Private Office for Rathbones; and Martin Vander Weyer, The Spectator's business editor.

The awards and this podcast series are sponsored by Rathbones, a leading provider of individual wealth management.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this podcast in a series of Spectator podcasts celebrating the finalists in this year's
0:16.7	Spectator Economic Innovator of the Year awards.
0:21.0	I'm Martin van der Weir, business editor of the Spectator.
0:24.9	I'm one of the founders of these awards, which are now in their seventh year,
0:29.5	which I'm happy to say have attracted more and more entries every year.
0:33.6	So this year in total, from all over the country and every sector of business, we had almost
0:39.8	270 entries to look at. They come in all shapes and sizes, as I say, giving us an extraordinarily
0:48.7	difficult task as judges, because we're not judging like with like at all. We're often comparing companies across
0:55.6	sectors when we go and meet them at our regional judging lunches. But in these podcasts, we
1:03.2	divide them a different way. We divide them by sector and today's selection are all in the field
1:09.7	of manufacturing and engineering.
1:13.1	We've got nine companies to talk about, and I've got a panel of guest judges with me to help
1:19.4	me talk about them. First, I should say these awards are only possible because of the sponsorship
1:25.8	of our excellent sponsor from the City of London,
1:29.6	Rathbones Incorporating InvestTech, Wealth and Investment, UK.
1:34.1	So I'll start by inviting Michelle White from Rathbones and InvestTech to introduce herself and the sponsor.
1:42.9	Thanks, Martin.
1:46.0	Yes, we're the proud sponsors of the awards for the third year in the row now.
1:48.4	My name is Michelle White.
1:49.5	I head up the private office here,
1:51.2	which is our business that focuses
1:52.6	on providing strategic wealth advice
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