British Olympic sailing legend Sir Ben Ainslie officially opened MACH 2018. Here’s what he had to say about the show and the importance of UK manufacturing and engineering in general
Video: Sir Ben Ainslie on day one of MACH 2018
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Great words! Now let’s try to get the present powers to realise that their ‘control’ -and it is invariably holding-back (the brake) – is eclipsed by ours: looking forward with inspiration.
It used to be said that if young intellectuals were given a TV programme they could and would dissipate their enthusiasm and energy making fun and entertaining us. I do believe that now we need to encourage the energy and enthusiasm of young Engineers to re-vamp our manufacturing industry. Put the clerks back in the counting-house (where our Victorian ancestors wisely kept them,) stuff HR in with them too: and get them out of the Board (should that be bored?) room. where they have been causing trouble for over a century.