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The Industry Forum Ltd, 20 St Andrew Street, EC4A 3AG, London

  • Straight talking between business and policymakers since 1993

  • Straight talking between business and policymakers since 1993

  • Straight talking between business and policymakers since 1993

  • Straight talking between business and policymakers since 1993

Upcoming events

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 Industrial Strategy Implementation
Date:
9 September 2026		Event Location:
Central London
Host:
TBC		Speaker:
Blair McDougall MP
In a fast changing world, every nation needs an industrial strategy to safeguard their prosperity and make the best use of their resources and talents. In the 20th century, the…
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Generating greater domestic investment to power growth
Date:
15 September 2026		Event Location:
Central London
Host:
Workday		Speaker:
Callum Anderson MP
The UK has deep capital markets, a top international stock exchange and many retail stock market investors. Nevertheless, we frequently depend on international investors to fund public infrastructure and private…
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Decarbonising homes - making it happen
Date:
TBA		Event Location:
Central London
Host:
Checkatrade		Speaker:
Martin McCluskey MP
Heating the UK’s 28 million often poorly insulated homes comes mainly from natural gas, and currently contributes around 20% of UK carbon emissions. Therefore, decarbonisation of home heating is a…
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Decarbonising homes - making it happen
Date:
Event location:
Central London
Host:
Checkatrade
Speaker:
Martin McCluskey MP
Heating the UK’s 28 million often poorly insulated homes comes mainly from natural gas, and currently contributes around 20% of UK carbon emissions. Therefore, decarbonisation of home heating is a vital step in achieving progress towards net zero emissions. It is made difficult by the need to finance the change, provide clear benefits to consumers […]
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Industrial Strategy Implementation
Date:
09/09/2026
Event location:
Central London
Host:
TBC
Speaker:
Blair McDougall MP
In a fast changing world, every nation needs an industrial strategy to safeguard their prosperity and make the best use of their resources and talents. In the 20th century, the UK transformed from being an imperial power to a member of the EU, and with the development of the single market developed its industrial strategy […]
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Generating greater domestic investment to power growth
Date:
15/09/2026
Event location:
Central London
Host:
Workday
Speaker:
Callum Anderson MP
The UK has deep capital markets, a top international stock exchange and many retail stock market investors. Nevertheless, we frequently depend on international investors to fund public infrastructure and private sector projects, and companies. Callum Anderson, MP for Buckingham and Bletchley and Parliamentary Private Secretary for DSIT, who previously worked at the London Stock Exchange, […]
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Turning point

Published:
13-07-2026

The resignation of Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister marks a decisive turning point for the UK. This is an opportunity to continue the policy objectives on which the Labour government won in 2024, but to correct the missteps which have frustrated electors and failed so far to ignite economic growth. It looks as though the next Prime Minister will be Andy Burnham, and we hope that the optimistic and collaborative style that he has developed as Manchester Mayor will help him deliver the growth and the public services that are now needed for the whole of the UK. (more…)

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Editorial comments

Turning point

Published:
13-07-2026

The resignation of Sir Keir Starmer as Prime Minister marks a decisive turning point for the UK. This is an opportunity to continue the policy objectives on which the Labour government won in 2024, but to correct the missteps which have frustrated electors and failed so far to ignite economic growth. It looks as though the next Prime Minister will be Andy Burnham, and we hope that the optimistic and collaborative style that he has developed as Manchester Mayor will help him deliver the growth and the public services that are now needed for the whole of the UK. (more…)

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 June 2026 newsletter
Published: 13/07/2026
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Published: 13/04/2026
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 The Case for UK Electoral Reform
Published: 01/02/2026
The Case for UK Electoral Reform PDF version - The Case for UK Electoral Reform - Report January 2026
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Europe on the Brink
Published: 09/12/2025
The case for a European ‘Alliance for Defence and Democracy'. PDF version - Europe on the Brink - Summary December 2025
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Did the conference speeches reveal an economic vision for the UK?
Published: 18/10/2023
In his party conference speech, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt painted a rosy picture of our future leadership in technology sectors. His words didn’t match the scale of the economic challenge. In…
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Events in planning

SEE what's coming
Reinvigorating the relationship with Europe
A new agenda for the financial services sector
Managing the energy transition
Realising the potential of self-driving vehicles
Restoring trade with Germany
Managing energy supplies and prices
Addressing the bottlenecks in building homes and infrastructure
Improving our digital infrastructure would be a win/win for businesses and the economy
Is digital sovereignty necessary and possible?
Policy priorities for safe and sustainable, high-quality buildings

Recent events

 How can Europe compete with US innovation?
Date:
13/07/2026		Event Location:
Central London
Europe is a powerful economic bloc without the unity of focus of its major competitors, the US and China. This meeting will address competition with…
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UK–EU reset priorities
Date:
19/05/2026		Event Location:
Central London
The Industry Forum and Business with Europe held a productive meeting to discuss UK-EU reset progress and priorities prior to the next summit meeting, likely…
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An integrated plan for the UK road and rail networks
Date:
27/04/2026		Event Location:
Central London
The Industry Forum held an event in April at RIA's London offices titled 'An integrated plan for the UK road and rail networks'. Chair of…
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