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Events
The core Industry Forum membership programme focuses on a range of key current or strategic issues and features some 20-plus meetings per year on topics chosen by members. Our events are informal and interactive, and adhere to the… read more
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Membership
Membership is open to businesses, trade bodies and other organisations operating in the UK and with an interest in business-related public policy in the UK and Europe. Members of the Industry Forum include leading international enterprises from Industry Forum members…read more
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About
The Industry Forum promotes constructive dialogue between public policy makers, industry operating in the UK, and leading commentators. It has operated for over 20 years and has established good relations with the main political parties….read more
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Upcoming events
The need for consensus on vital infrastructure projects
18 September 2019 - Breakfast meeting - Login for venue
Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE FCGI, Chair, National Infrastructure Commission
A modern economy needs a good physical and digital infrastructure to support business, education, leisure and social services. But, infrastructure projects usually require long term planning and inves... Read More
Sponsors: Iraq Britain Business Council
Labour Business reception
24 September 2019 - Evening reception - Login for venue
John McDonnell, Rebecca Long-Bailey and other leading parliamentarians,
Join members of the Shadow Treasury and BEIS teams for an evening reception at the Labour Party conference. For more information on this event Read More
Sponsors: FleishmanHillard Fishburn
A long term approach to UK housing problems
21 October 2019 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Rt Hon John Healey MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Housing
Good housing, at an affordable cost is essential for living, learning and working. Nevertheless, the UK has continuing issues relating to the affordability of housing both for purchase and rental, the... Read More
Sponsors: NHBC
June Newsletter
Take a look at our June newsletter - full of upcoming events and details of our latest meeting to di...
The deep roots of the trust crisis
Sigmund Freud, the public affairs industry and the internet may all have played a part in declining ...
Brexit & UK higher education: turning a challenge into an opportunity
Klaudia Chmielowska has produced this opinion piece summarising the output from a student project at...
Technology, work and the future
After Brexit and the weather, the hottest topic this year may be the future of work and the impact o...
A tentative, ‘me-too’ approach to industrial strategy will lead us nowhere
An ambitious and entrepreneurial government could transform the UK economy by playing to its strengt...
“Hard Brexit”, International Trade and the WTO Scenario
A new report by Dr. Andrew Black of the Global Policy Institute looks at the possible consequences o...
Why WTO rules are not a viable alternative and could wreck the economy
A Brexit "no deal" and WTO rules would wreck the economy, writes IF Economist Andrew Smith. Countrie...
Rethinking the Treasury
During 2016, Industry Forum Chair, Rod Dowler, assisted Lord Kerslake’s independent review of the ...
Trump’s New World Order: Brexit and Europe in a World Turned Upside Down
In this wide-ranging analysis of the implications of the election of Donald Trump and the UK vote fo...
Difficult Questions yield some concensus
The joint Federal Trust/Global Policy Institute/Industry Forum project to tackle the difficult quest...
First, get their attention
In this provocative article, David Rowe argues that although Brexit will clearly lead to short-term ...
We have seen the future and it doesn’t work
Brendan Donnelly, Director of the Federal Trust, gives his views on the consequences of unleashing t...
Why governments won’t invest
Sir Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board ...
Andrew Smith’s answers to FT economics questions for 2016
Economist Andrew Smith gives his views on the economic outlook for 2016 in a recent Financial Times ...
Economics update
A packed meeting at the National Liberal Club heard economist, Andrew Smith, give a wide-ranging eco...
Economic prospects briefing 2017 – increasing risks and uncertainties
At the annual Industry Forum economic prospects briefing for 2017, Andrew Smith outlined the increas...
The challenges facing legacy banks
In September 2015 the Industry Forum organised a lively panel discussion, hosted by techUK, on the ...
Economic prospects for the UK
In June 2015 Andrew Smith, formerly Chief Economist at KPMG, gave a detailed analysis of the overall...
The EU in the future of British security
This report by Andreas Capstack is intended as a counterpoint to the British government’s 'EU Bala...
