By Natasha Lomas
Published: Monday 17 March 2008
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Name
Roger Huffadine
Location
Worcester
Occupation
Innovator
Comment
I am an innovator - I started & ran a successful multinational. Now retired I have a dozen ideas that could be innovated - so why don't I? -- Successive governments and Quangos have created a commercial environment in the UK that stifles innovation. When we started up in 1979 there was far less red tape - about 2ft I think. Now we have enough red tape to stretch to the Sun and back 50 times.
The UK already has a skill base that is second to none but most of us have taken early retirement and are disinclined to fight our way through all of the red tape even though we enjoy innovating.
I could mentor someone and teach them all that I know but I'm probably not able to get the insurance to teach someone without first obtaining a Post Graduate Certificate in Education together with another CRB check and ISO 9000:2000 registration.
Once more the Department of Innovation Universities and Skills in particular & the government in general miss the point completely.
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