While lockdown continues to blight the UK it has not prevented me from working with clients and being approached by others for new challenges.

I continue to support Vertical Aerospace as Head of Independent Systems Monitoring.  Their journey to achieving a Design Organisation Approval and their next flying prototype is just so interesting. 

On a separate angle I volunteered to help my girls school get going again with the new requirement to lateral flow test.  I have completed my training...

One can not ask for more than satisfied customers.  Thank you Carnot, it is my pleasure.

"Hi Paul,

I hope you had a very very very good Christmas break

Its been a pleasure having you on our journey so far and we’d like to renew our working relationship with you on an ongoing basis. Please find attached a new consulting agreement.

Kind regards,

Nadiur Rahman
Co-Founder
Director | Carnot Ltd"

How good is that?

I am delighted to have taken on a second NED position.  I was approached by a small Engineering firm who are starting out on their journey.  They have such vibrancy and a very interesting business construct.  I couldn't say no.

Quancho Limited is growing!  Well not quite.  I have been asked by a client to help gather together a series of experts to help on a project.  We are building a new business construct to achieve this.  Baby steps to something bigger perhaps?

Work with Vertical...

I am observing that these difficult times are posing differing levels of challenge to start ups.  Although it is harder to engage supply chains etc, I see they are not encumbered by trying to decide how many of their employees they need to furlough or worse.  They have no need to re-organise and re-arrange themselves.  They are not staring at a balance sheet that is uncertain from reduced sales.

There are undoubtedly problems to be solved, but that was the start up life before Covid and I...

September has seen a flurry of activity.  It is very satisfying to know that there are things going on in the world that I can help move forwards to their ultimate goal of making the world a better place.

The RR Alumni has progressed and the first live Q&A went down really well.

I have new contracts in multiple technical areas and regions coming through which is fantastic.

Best still I have completed my Form4 training.