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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
Consequences of a hard Brexit
05 June 2017 - Evening meeting - Login for venue
Panel discussion,
This event will be the launch of a new report by Dr. Andrew Black of the Global Policy Institute looking at the possible consequences of a hard Brexit, following the failure of Article 50 negotiations... Read More
Sponsors: Federal Trust / Industry Forum
The aims of the Industrial Strategy Commission
06 June 2017 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Dame Kate Barker, Chair of The Industrial Strategy Commission
After a painfully slow recovery from the 2008 financial crisis, and in the wake of the Brexit vote, UK businesses and policymakers recognise that the UK urgently needs new economic thinking and practi... Read More
Sponsors: Edelman
“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...
Why robots aren’t the enemy
Anxiety about robots is lazy thinking that avoids the real and difficult issues caused by technologi...
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...
The EU provides often-overlooked economic benefits for the UK
By Viara Bojkova, Head of Geo-Economics Programme & Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy...
Partnership with India: how our newest member built the Industry Forum’s new website
When support for the old purple and white Industry Forum website was suddenly withdrawn in July this...
Staying or leaving the EU: do the arguments stand up?
With a new vote on EU membership now inevitable and with so much hanging on the outcome, the Industr...
Is Europe losing the Internet race?
Some implications for the European Union of the 2015 Mary Meeker report on Internet trends - A repo...
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...
