Setting up an engineering consultancy in the UK
Setting up an engineering consultancy in the UK
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What are the best and worst regions in the UK to set up an engineering consultancy?
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RE: Setting up an engineering consultancy in the UK
1) What type of consultancy, traditional building and facility consulting? Electrical/ mechanical? Computer? Industrial? Specialized in some way? A general service firm?
2) How big a firm are you contemplating? A small one-man operation? or are you well funded and thinking about becoming an international firm?
3) What criteria are you using to define best? Availability of employees? Availability of office space? Availability of clients? Quality of work life? Quality of non-work life? Cost of living? Cost of doing business?
You will always get better answers if you show that you have thought through the question and done some homework on the matter.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
www.kitsonengineering.com
RE: Setting up an engineering consultancy in the UK
You are right, the question was a bit vague. I'm thinking along the lines of a one man band FEA Consultancy for any industry sector involving structural/mechanical design.
Another way of putting it is:
What region in the UK has highest concentration of mechanical engineering work?
RE: Setting up an engineering consultancy in the UK
Why worry about location? I would have thought that you could work from your own premises carrying out the FEA and only visit clients to establish scope/requirements and to present results.
You can pretty much fly/drive anywhere within the UK in under a day an most of it from south england to the north is accessible by a 6 hour drive. Even if you decide that the Midlands (say) is a good source of engineering business opportunities there will no doubt be alternatives e.g. structural consulting for companies that carry out offshore work.
Try thinking at the sectors you would prefer to consult in and check websites for locations of the decision makers for those companies that are relevant.
Regards, HM.
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary - William of Occam
RE: Setting up an engineering consultancy in the UK
Look in Engineering magazines and you'll see where most of the vacancies are, and you'll also realise why they can't get the people there.
Buy a tent or caravan and you'll be laughing.
corus
RE: Setting up an engineering consultancy in the UK
Cheers
Greg Locock