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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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Recent events
Can higher education help solve the UK productivity problem?
23 February 2023 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Matt Western MP, Shadow Minister for Further Education and Universities
Recently, Shadow Further Education and Universities Minister, Matt Western MP, led a spirited Industry Forum roundtable on whether higher education can help solve the UK productivity problem which has persisted since 2008. The meeting was hosted by Workday, the major US cloud-based people management... Read More
Sponsors: Workday
The future direction of Labour policies
25 January 2023 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Anneliese Dodds MP, Chair of Labour Policy Review and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities
With intense interest from business in the industrial and economic policies of the Labour party already apparent, the Industry Forum kicked off 2023 with a broad look at the ‘Future direction of Labour Policies,' covering social, health, industrial relations policies, the treatment of women and mi... Read More
Sponsors: Vodafone
Boosting UK international trade
14 November 2022 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
UK international trade is suffering badly from Brexit, the pandemic, the Ukraine/Russia war, supply chain problems and inflation. So, the Industry Forum invited Shadow International Trade Secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds to lead a roundtable on ‘Boosting UK international trade’. The meeting was in... Read More
Sponsors: Workday UK
What is the UK role in the Asia-Pacific region?
24 October 2022 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Catherine West MP, Shadow Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Minister
Much is happening in the Asia-Pacific region upon which, the UK government is increasingly focused for new diplomatic and trade opportunities. This may mean new trade deals, a more complex relationship with China, new defence alliances like AUKUS, and strengthening relationships with the administrat... Read More
Sponsors: Workday
Can physics supercharge the UK economy?
30 June 2022 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Chi Onwurah MP, Shadow Minister Science, Research & Innovation
The answer to the question ’Can physics supercharge the UK economy?’ discussed this week at an Industry Forum roundtable hosted by the Institute of Physics, was always a foregone conclusion. But physicists, also like to know how theory will be turned into practice. So the ideal person to lead th... Read More
Sponsors: Institute of Physics
Prospects and pitfalls for green hydrogen
13 June 2022 - Lunch meeting - Login for venue
Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Minister for Energy and the Green New Deal
Only one element has the potential to liberate the world from global warming and the grip of the petrostates - green hydrogen. To achieve this, however, big technical, policy and investment hurdles need to be overcome. So, yesterday the Industry Forum launched the first of a series of meetings on th... Read More
Sponsors: BASF