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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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In planning
 Delivering the Growth Mission
Date:
4 March 2025		Event Location:
Central London
Host:
Railway Industry Association		Speaker:
Dan Tomlinson MP
At the recent general election, the UK voted overwhelmingly for an economic turnaround, to provide better public services, greater personal and business opportunity, and increase real wages. To deliver these…
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Policy priorities for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Date:
6 March 2025		Event Location:
Central London
Host:
Iraq Britain Business Council		Speaker:
Hamish Falconer MP
The Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan is possibly the most politically unstable area in the world, combining immense wealth, political tensions, religious hostilities, vast inequality, and many autocratic governments. For…
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Fixing the skills crisis
Date:
TBA		Event Location:
Central London
Host:
Checkatrade		Speaker:
The Rt Hon Baroness (Jacqui) Smith of Malvern
The skills crisis is absolutely at the top of the agenda for Industry Forum members. Changes in immigration policies and inadequate education and skills training programmes are causing shortages in…
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Fixing the skills crisis
Date:
Event location:
Central London
Host:
Checkatrade
Speaker:
The Rt Hon Baroness (Jacqui) Smith of Malvern
The skills crisis is absolutely at the top of the agenda for Industry Forum members. Changes in immigration policies and inadequate education and skills training programmes are causing shortages in sectors including agriculture, healthcare, plumbing, programming and the leisure industries. This is currently hampering businesses and will be a restraint on growth. The Rt Hon […]
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Policy priorities for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Date:
06/03/2025
Event location:
Central London
Host:
Iraq Britain Business Council
Speaker:
Hamish Falconer MP
The Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan is possibly the most politically unstable area in the world, combining immense wealth, political tensions, religious hostilities, vast inequality, and many autocratic governments. For more than a century, its enormous fossil fuel reserves helped fuel the economies of major economies. This has led the major Western powers, in their […]
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Delivering the Growth Mission
Date:
04/03/2025
Event location:
Central London
Host:
Railway Industry Association
Speaker:
Dan Tomlinson MP
At the recent general election, the UK voted overwhelmingly for an economic turnaround, to provide better public services, greater personal and business opportunity, and increase real wages. To deliver these there is no alternative to making the economy grow and perform better. The task is not easy in the face of the national debt burden, […]
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Bridging the dangerous revenue gap

Published:
28-01-2025

Turning around the UK economy in the face of the national debt burden, cash-starved public services and infrastructure, expensive and poorly performing privatised services, and damaged trading relations with our biggest market, Europe, is an immense task. Then, of course, there is Russia's nonsensical war on Ukraine and political turbulence and trade disruption coming across the Atlantic.
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Editorial comments

Bridging the dangerous revenue gap

Published:
28-01-2025

Turning around the UK economy in the face of the national debt burden, cash-starved public services and infrastructure, expensive and poorly performing privatised services, and damaged trading relations with our biggest market, Europe, is an immense task. Then, of course, there is Russia's nonsensical war on Ukraine and political turbulence and trade disruption coming across the Atlantic.
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1 … 9

News & Publications

News & Views
Our publications
 December 2024 Newsletter
Published: 19/12/2024
Details of upcoming and recent events in the Industry Forum December Newsletter. Industry Forum December 2024 Newsletter 
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October 2024 Newsletter
Published: 23/10/2024
Details of upcoming and recent events in the Industry Forum October Newsletter. Industry Forum October 2024 Newsletter 
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September 2024 Newsletter
Published: 27/09/2024
It's been an eventful September. Find out more in the Industry Forum September Newsletter. Industry Forum September 2024 Newsletter   
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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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UK economic prospects for 2022 and beyond
Published: 08/12/2021
At the 25 November Industry Forum virtual roundtable, Andrew Smith, Chief Economist for the Industry Forum reviewed the prospects for the UK economy in 2022 in the light of the Chancellor's Autumn…
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Paying for the pandemic - recovery shouldn’t mean Austerity 2
Published: 19/03/2021
At the 17 March Industry Forum virtual roundtable, IIPP Economist Josh Ryan-Collins analysed the case for an ambitious recovery plan to avoid Austerity 2. Open presentation For slides, please email jwyer@industry-forum.org
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Events in planning

SEE what's coming
Fixing the skills crisis 
Energy transition - the obstacles and opportunities for the UK
Decarbonising homes - making it happen
Could reform of consumer credit regulation support higher growth?
Creating opportunity in the UK
Working with the new US administration
Improving our digital infrastructure would be a win/win for businesses and the economy
Policy priorities for safe and sustainable, high-quality buildings
An integrated plan for the UK road and rail networks
Achieving a new positive relationship with Europe

Recent events

 Budget 2024 - the turning point?
Date:
31/10/2024		Event Location:
Central London
The Industry Forum assembled a stellar panel of economists to decide whether Rachel Reeves’s ‘Budget 2024’ is the turning point for the UK economy which…
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Fallout from the HS2 cancellations
Date:
17/09/2024		Event Location:
Central London
Recently The Industry Forum welcomed Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, to lead a roundtable on the subject of ‘HS2 cancellation fallout.’…
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Industry Forum Business Reception
Date:
11/09/2024		Event Location:
House of Commons
The keynote speaker at the recent Industry Forum Business Reception was one of our favourite speakers, Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central and West. While…
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