Westminster Business Forum

Next steps for consumer protection in the UK - use of data, dispute resolution and the changing roles of regulators

Morning, Monday, 9^th December 2019
Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR

Keynote Speakers: Jason Freeman, Director, Consumer Law, Competition and Markets Authority; Charles Nancarrow, Director, Trade and Regulation, NAO and Matthew Vickers, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Ombudsman, Ombudsman Services

Preventing future failures in auditing and financial reporting - the new regulator, ensuring standards and the future shape of the auditing market

Morning, Wednesday, 11^th December 2019
Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR

Denise Wilson

Women in the workplace - returnships, intersectionality and reassessing the gender pay gap

Morning, Wednesday, 11^th December 2019
Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT

Keynote Speaker: Denise Wilson, Chief Executive, Hampton-Alexander Review

Brian Holliday

Supporting UK high value manufacturing - innovation and investment, skills and partnerships, and the future for international trade

Morning, Thursday, 12^th December 2019
Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR

Keynote Speakers: Clare Porter, Head of Manufacturing, BEIS; Brian Holliday, Managing Director, Siemens Digital Industries and Dr Eoin O’Sullivan, Director, Centre for Science Technology and Innovation Policy, University of Cambridge

UK construction - modernisation, the workforce, and supporting productivity and growth following the Sector Deal

Morning, Tuesday, 14^th January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Dr David Hancock, Construction Director, Infrastructure and Projects Authority and Ann Bentley, Lead, Supply Chain and Business Models, Construction Leadership Council and Member, Global Board, Rider Levett Bucknall

Disability in the workplace - removing barriers to recruitment and progression, creating inclusive workplace cultures, and next steps for policy and organisational practice

Morning, Tuesday, 21^st January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Neil Heslop, Chief Executive, Leonard Cheshire and Tabitha Jay, Director, Joint Work and Health Unit, Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health and Social Care

Paul Horlock

Payments policy and regulation - infrastructure, innovation and end-user priorities

Morning, Thursday, 23^rd January 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Paul Horlock, Chief Executive Officer, Pay.UK

Dr Jonathan Lipkin

Options for investment management reform - advice, governance, and strengthening investment market performance and consumer protection

Morning, Thursday, 6^th February 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Dr Jonathan Lipkin, Director, Policy, Strategy and Research, The Investment Association

Sanu de Lima

Corporate governance in the UK - the impact of reform, new regulatory codes and structures, and the evolving landscape for good corporate governance

Morning, Wednesday, 26^th February 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Sanu de Lima, Deputy Director, Corporate Governance, Responsibility & Diversity, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

The UK retail sector and the future of the high street - costs and taxation, investment and planning, and policy priorities for the new parliament

Morning, Thursday, 27^th February 2020
Central London

Keynote Speakers: Steve Murrells, Chief Executive Officer, The Co-Operative Group and Member, Consumer, Retail and Life Sciences Business Council and Kelly Tolhurst , Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility

Professor Janet Hemingway

Developing the Liverpool City Region Local Industrial Strategy - transport and housing, support for business, and promoting wellbeing and inclusive growth

Morning, Thursday, 26^th March 2020
Central Liverpool

Keynote Speaker: Professor Janet Hemingway , Professor of Vector Biology and Director, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Charlotte Crosswell

Fintech in the UK - regulation, innovation and growth

Morning, Thursday, 2^nd April 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Charlotte Crosswell, Chief Executive Officer, Innovate Finance

The financial services workforce - tackling the skills gap, improving culture and increasing diversity

Morning, Thursday, 21^st May 2020
Central London

Keynote Speaker: Mark Hoban, Chair, Financial Services Skills Taskforce and Chair, Flood Re

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.

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