Conduce making a global impact from Eliot Park base

Every day, far and wide across the world, aircraft are travelling the skies with efficiency and safety enhanced by technology delivered from Nuneaton.

Conduce, based at Warwickshire County Council-run Eliot Park Innovation Centre, is a small team - just ten-strong under founders Steve Russell and Paul Boyd - having a big impact.

A global impact, in fact.

They specialise in mobile software solutions that ensure airline operational compliancy.  Remarkably, in these days of galloping technology, 90 per cent of the world's aircraft still rely upon a paper version of the Aircraft Technical Log which records vital information about every flight.

There is an evident gap there to fill - and Conduce are on the case.

Having devised eTechLog8, their business, long-established, is now really taking off from the excellent launchpad of Eliot Park.

"We have devised a system which records flight info on an electronic device, rather than paper," said Paul who, like Steve, has more than 20 years experience in the aviation industry. "At Conduce we always feel that we are on the cusp of something great. This could be it.

"It is a native mobile touch application connecting to the back office via various means wherever the aircraft is in the world. The hardware solution is modern - but is also robust, which it has to be, and has been subjected to many physical tests including surviving a rapid decompression event.

"We are very proud of the product and Eliot Park is the perfect place for us to have developed it. It is a great base, a self-contained modern office facility with flexibility of space - we have moved within the park four times - good internet connection and meeting-rooms on demand."

Conduce, whose clients already include international commercial airlines and cargo operators, is a success story which looks set to grow and grow.

"We have 15 strong airline prospects across the world including Australia, the Middle-East, Singapore, Hong Kong and Brunei. It is a very exciting time for us and we are looking to expand.

"We have taken on apprentices in the past which is an ideal way for us to train people in exactly the skills we require. We have had a productive link with St Andrew's University but would love to recruit more locally in the future."

The Conduce story, you sense, is only just beginning.