Westminster Business Forum

Next steps for UK start-ups policy

Small Business Strategy design & implementation | regulatory priorities | driving growth & promoting competition | unlocking innovation & technology | tackling barriers to entry & scale-up | implications of the Procurement Act 2023

Morning, Tuesday, 16^th September 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Emma Jones, Small Business Commissioner; Jessica Lennard, Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer, Competition and Markets Authority; Carolyn Dawson, Chief Executive, Founders Forum Group and Madush Gupta, Chair, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology

Next steps for non-financial reporting in the UK

priorities for reform | SRS development, implementation & enforcement | sustainability assurance & ESG ratings | mandated obligations & international voluntary standards | regulation, transparency & supporting market confidence

Morning, Thursday, 18^th September 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Andrew Death, Deputy Director, Corporate Reporting and Audit, Department for Business and Trade; David Fatscher, Interim Head, Sustainability and ESG Standards, British Standards Institution and Sahar Shamsi, Partner, Oxera

Next steps for UK space policy, regulation and sector development

policy, regulation & the Industrial Strategy | sector opportunities | funding & investment | UK capabilities | spectrum & infrastructure | supply chains | international relationships | skills development

Morning, Thursday, 25^th September 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Laurent Jaffart, Director, Connectivity and Secure Communications, European Space Agency and David Willis, Group Director, Spectrum, Ofcom

Caroline Gardner

Next steps for the UK insurance sector - regulation, policy and market growth

Morning, Tuesday, 14^th October 2025
Online

Keynote Speaker: Caroline Gardner, Head, Retail Lending, Financial Conduct Authority

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.

We'd be happy to share ideas on areas to focus on, speaker suggestions, and other ways of getting involved.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

The parliamentary patrons of the Westminster Business Forum are:

Lord Bilimoria

Sir Christopher Chope MP

Lord Curry of Kirkharle

Baroness Drake

Lord Dykes

Lord Elliott of Mickle Fell

Lord Empey

Barry Gardiner MP

Lord Hollick

Rt Hon Lord Hunt of Wirral

Lord Inglewood

Rt Hon Lord Kennedy of Southwark

Rt Hon Lord Kilclooney

Stephen Kinnock MP

The Earl of Kinnoull

Lord Lee of Trafford

Lord Leigh of Hurley

The Earl of Lindsay

Lord Marland

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

Lord McNicol of West Kilbride

Lord Mendelsohn

Lord Northbrook

Chi Onwurah MP

Lord Razzall

Lord Redesdale

Andrew Rosindell MP

Lord Sharkey

Rt Rev Lord Bishop of St Albans

Lord Storey, Lord Teverson

Lord Triesman

Derek Twigg MP

Rt Hon Lord Wakeham

Rt Hon Lord West of Spithead

Baroness Whitaker

Viscount Younger of Leckie

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