Welcome to Meaning Business. I'm Simon Lambert, and you're listening to the first episode of a new

podcast series where I'll be speaking to people from the world of business who are doing interesting,

innovative and meaningful things. In these interviews, I'll be looking at the other side of business,

ditching the headline focus on profits, revenues and growth, and finding out about the human element

and how business can be a force for good.

I will also be digging into the fascinating stories behind business ideas, the inspiration

driving entrepreneurs, and the personal history of how people got to where they are today.

On this first episode, meaning business gets topical and speaks to Craig Wilson, managing director

of Williams Advanced advanced engineering.

This is the business that draws on the motorsport heritage, knowledge, technology and way of

working of the Williams Formula One team, and it's been involved in Ventilator Challenge UK,

working with other high-tech British engineers to get more ventilators built quickly to deal with

the coronavirus outbreak. We're living in a strange world

right now during the coronavirus lockdown, so please bear in mind this was recorded down the

digital line and forgive any sound glitches. Here's my interview with Craig. Craig, Williams Advanced

Engineering is involved in the Ventilator Challenge UK, which is part of the attempt to combat coronavirus.

How have the past few weeks been for you and what exactly has it entailed?

So the past few weeks has been very hectic for us.

A number of our staff and just over 50 people we've had working on the ventilator challenge

UK project and specifically we've been looking at the upscaling so reverse

engineering and upscaling of the Smith's Parapack 300 unit which is an existing

you know proven ventilator product and so that have you

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