I flew G-BIHN the old 500 series.... there is a good reason the US gave up the Skylander as a bad bet.... airborne and mooching around its fine, and you can coerce it if you wait long enough...... but get it close to the ground and it doesn't want to play at all.... that thing needs a pair of 250ft guide lines on a mini winch - approach airfield, zero speed, winch out, winch in, connect to mast... back to the bar for Gin and medals!!
Best of luck to them but chances of success are close to remote as a commercial operation...
Renting Cardington hangar, staff, development, licensing, let alone marketing or anything else will be a cash burn of circa £1 - 2 mill GBP per annum.... If its not commercial with clients by end of 2017 then I think it will go the same was as most British a/c manufacturing for commercial types... BN / Edgely / Slingsby..... Sorry if you're employed there and wish you the very best success...... but......... it will be an amazing experience if nothing else!!