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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

  • Straight talking between business and policymakers since 1993

  • Straight talking between business and policymakers since 1993

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Industrial Strategy Implementation
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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Labour's message to Business
The UK has high debts and faces a daunting array of international challenges that threaten business activities and confidence. But, it has a government committed to fiscal responsibility and growth…
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Business implications of Budget 2026
The first budget of the new Burnham-led Labour administration will also be the first budget of the new Chancellor, John Healey. So far, the government has avoided addressing their inherited…
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Industrial Strategy Implementation
Date:
27/10/2026
Event location:
Central London
Host:
BASF
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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Labour's message to Business
Date:
05/11/2026
Event location:
Central London
Host:
Chartered Insurance Institute
Speaker:
Claire Reynolds
The UK has high debts and faces a daunting array of international challenges that threaten business activities and confidence. But, it has a government committed to fiscal responsibility and growth which has already been rewarded with a growth pickup and praise from the International Monetary Fund. Furthermore, the new Burnham administration has changed the mood […]
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Business implications of Budget 2026
Date:
11/11/2026
Event location:
Central London
Host:
TBC
Speaker:
Panel discussion
The first budget of the new Burnham-led Labour administration will also be the first budget of the new Chancellor, John Healey. So far, the government has avoided addressing their inherited economic problems by cutting services, on the bet that a healthy, well educated and well housed nation will, in the long run be a productive […]
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The UK has much to offer

Published:
23-10-2026

The UK has high debts and a daunting array of international challenges, but crucially, it has a government committed to fiscal responsibility and growth, which has already been rewarded with a growth pickup, and praise from the International Monetary Fund. Furthermore, the new Burnham administration has changed the mood of the country, and been rewarded with a poll boost, and diminished challenges from the Reform and Green parties. Together with up to three years before a general election, this means that the UK offers businesses more predictability than the United States, or some of our European and Middle-Eastern neighbours. (more…)

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Editorial comments

The UK has much to offer

Published:
23-10-2026

The UK has high debts and a daunting array of international challenges, but crucially, it has a government committed to fiscal responsibility and growth, which has already been rewarded with a growth pickup, and praise from the International Monetary Fund. Furthermore, the new Burnham administration has changed the mood of the country, and been rewarded with a poll boost, and diminished challenges from the Reform and Green parties. Together with up to three years before a general election, this means that the UK offers businesses more predictability than the United States, or some of our European and Middle-Eastern neighbours. (more…)

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The Case for UK Electoral Reform
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
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?
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
European Agenda: Post Summit Review Business Breakfast
Decarbonising homes - making it happen
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

The benefits of a new agenda for our financial services industry
What a tremendous crowd we had to our Industry Forum roundtable on 'A new agenda for financial services'. This was hosted by Edelman and we…
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Generating greater domestic investment to power growth
We were delighted to hold our first Industry Forum policy roundtable at the wonderful new Workday City customer experience centre, hosted by James Johns, Senior…
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Reinvigorating our relationship with Europe
Kicking off the Industry Forum Autumn programme in style, this month, was The Lord Darroch of Kew (Kim Darroch) former UK Ambassador to Washington, and…
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