Will Lecky

“If you offered most entrepreneurs a choice between a grant, with significant paperwork, milestone payments and continuous scrutiny, or a paying customer, I suspect they would always choose the customer,”

Will Lecky · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05

Lecky argues entrepreneurs would prefer paying customers over grants with heavy oversight.

“It's certainly a risk to Glasgow and the wider UK space sector that investment will follow the money and lead to longer term competitive disadvantage as activity flows elsewhere,”

Will Lecky · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05

Lecky says UK public space funding falls behind countries such as France and Germany.

“We shouldn't jump to government support as being the answer - it's critical to keep this commercial-minded attitude,”

Will Lecky · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-05

Lecky cautions against jumping to government support, citing Glasgow's commercially-focused origins.