Westminster Business Forum

Rt Hon Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester’s Local Industrial Strategy - innovation, infrastructure and skills

Morning, Wednesday, 12^th June 2019
Central Manchester

Guest of Honour: Rt Hon Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester

Councillor Ian Ward

Next steps for the West Midlands Local Industrial Strategy - innovation, infrastructure and skills

Morning, Thursday, 27^th June 2019
Central Birmingham

Keynote Speaker: Councillor Ian Ward, Leader, Birmingham City Council and Portfolio Lead, Growth, WMCA

Colin Smith

UK aerospace following the Sector Deal - innovation, investment and the future shape of the industry

Morning, Wednesday, 3^rd July 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: John Copley, Chair, Strategy Working Group, Aerospace Growth Partnership and Executive Vice President, Strategy, Rolls-Royce and Colin Smith, Chair, Aerospace Growth Partnership and President, ADS

The UK mortgage market - sector growth, regulating lending practices and the future for ‘Help to Buy’

Morning, Wednesday, 10^th July 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Matthew Kershaw, Head of Mortgage Lending and Help to Buy, HM Treasury and Andrew Baddeley-Chappell, Chair, Bank of England Residential Property Forum and Principal Consultant, Homanity

David Fairs

Pensions policy and regulation - the Pensions Bill, the future for DB and DC and priorities for CDC

Morning, Thursday, 11^th July 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: David Fairs, Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice, The Pensions Regulator and Julian Barker, Defined Benefit Team Leader, Department for Work and Pensions

Culture and conduct in financial services - the impact of new regulation, developing healthy work cultures and the role of senior managers

Morning, Thursday, 5^th September 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: David Blunt, Head of Division, Conduct Supervision, Financial Conduct Authority and Alison Cottrell, Chief Executive Officer, Banking Standards Board

Green finance and the impact of climate change on financial services

Morning, Tuesday, 10^th September 2019
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Sir Roger Gifford, Chairman, Green Finance Initiative, City of London Corporation; Chair, Green Finance Taskforce and UK Country Head, SEB

Nigel Tipple

Developing the Oxford-MK-Cambridge Arc economy - collaboration, building on the region’s research base and delivering the Local Industrial Strategies

Morning, Thursday, 12^th September 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Nigel Tipple, Chief Executive, OxLEP and Chair, Productivity Group, Oxford-MK-Cambridge Arc and James Palmer, Mayor, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Emma Jones

Supporting new businesses to start and scale-up in the UK

Morning, Wednesday, 9^th October 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Alison Rose, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, NatWest Holdings; Chief Executive Officer, Commercial & Private Banking, RBS and Lead, Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship; Emma Jones, Founder, Enterprise Nation and Co-Chair, Prime Minister’s Small Business, Scale Ups and Entrepreneurs Council and Alice Hu Wagner, Managing Director, Strategy, Economics and Business Development, British Business Bank

Mary Starks

The future regulatory framework for essential services - infrastructure investment, innovation and consumer value in the telecoms, water and energy markets

Morning, Tuesday, 12^th November 2019
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Mary Starks, Executive Director, Consumers and Markets, Ofgem and Sarah Hayes, Senior Regulatory Advisor, National Infrastructure Commission

Financial reporting in the UK - the new regulator, ensuring quality and the future shape of the auditing market

Morning, Wednesday, 11^th December 2019
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted, Member, House of Lords Economic Affairs Select Committee and Non-Executive Director and Chair, Regulatory Advisory Group, London Stock Exchange Group

Core Sponsors

The core sponsor of the Westminster Business Forum is Economic Insight.

In Production

The Westminster Business Forum is planning a very full programme for the next 12 months.

Please give us a ring on 01344 864796 or email email info@forumsupport.co.uk to discuss future conferences.

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Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Business Forum are:

Nigel Adams MP

Sir David Amess MP

Luciana Berger MP

Lord Cavendish of Furness

Christopher Chope MP

Lord Curry of Kirkharle

Baroness Drake

Lord Dykes

Lord Empey

Nigel Evans MP

Barry Gardiner MP

Patricia Gibson MP

Lord Gordon of Strathblane

Lord Harrison

Lord Hollick

Baroness Howe of Idlicote

Lord Inglewood

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

Rt Hon the Lord Kilclooney

Stephen Kinnock MP

The Earl of Kinnoull

Lord Lee of Trafford

The Earl of Lindsay

Ian Lucas MP

Lord Marland

Lord Mendelsohn

Lord Northbrook

Chi Onwurah MP

Lord Oxburgh

Lord Puttnam CBE

Lord Razzall

Lord Redesdale

Andrew Rosindell MP

Lord Sharkey

Rt Revd Dr Alan Smith the Lord Bishop of St Albans

Mark Spencer MP

Lord Storey

Lord Teverson

Lord Triesman

Derek Twigg MP

Lord Vallance of Tummel

Rt Hon the Lord Wakeham

Admiral the Rt Hon Lord West of Spithead

Baroness Whitaker

Viscount Younger of Leckie

Note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.