Talent is the lifeblood of business growth, but businesses aren’t getting the answers they need on future access to skills and labour.
“If our competitors in Silicon Valley can have their pick of people from around the world, why do we think it’s a good thing for us to deny ourselves that same ability?”
It’s a question asked by Martin Frost, the chief executive of Cambridge Medical Robotics, a potential British success story of the future – and the kind technology-driven leadership the UK has its eye on.
The start-up is aiming to take on industry giants internationally with Versius, its new surgical robot. Based in Cambridge, it has a rich engineering talent pool to draw on – and Frost expects that to remain the case. But as the firm grows it has also started to source expertise from Europe. Its head of clinical affairs is from the Netherlands; its commercial director from Italy.
From the smallest company to the largest, access to skills and labour is the lifeblood of business growth. And continued uncertainty around EU immigra
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