You did it. You’ve turned your light-bulb moment into a working prototype and you’ve got your sights set on the route to market. But what now? The challenges of building a business, particularly an engineering-based one, are well documented. …

University of Bournemouth student David Clucas recently won an award for his third-year placement at Productiv. Here, he talks about why he chose engineering in the first place, and how a year in industry could help shape the future generation of engineers. I’ve always been a keen inventor. When I…

Nick Rodgers, chairman of Productiv and non-executive Director of Zapinamo, discusses the launch of the new ZAPINAMO HUBZ electric vehicle charger. It’s been an exciting year for Coventry-based electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company, ZAPINAMO. As well as completing a high-profile project with UK transport giant Heathrow Airport, the company…

“The UK could be the best in the world at engineering services and early stage production. We just need to be brave enough.” That’s according to Productiv CEO Richard Bruges, who recently spoke to Julie-Anna Needham for the first episode of a new podcast series, Behind the Balance Sheet. Here, Richard gives Julie-Anna a tour of Productiv’s manufacturing facility in Coventry and discusses why it’s short-termism, not Brexit, that keeps him awake at night.