Westminster Business Forum

Next steps for leasehold reform in England and Wales

policy priorities | legislative framework & proposals | commonhold implementation | transition issues & management | implications & impact on the market | dispute resolution

Morning, Friday, 29^th November 2024
Online

From the Westminster Legal Policy Forum

Keynote Speakers: Judge Siobhan McGrath, President, First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), Courts and Tribunals Judiciary; Professor Nicholas Hopkins, Commissioner, Law Commission of England and Wales; Professor Martin Dixon, Director, Cambridge Centre for Property Law, University of Cambridge and Rob Stevens, Head, Property Risk, Nationwide Building Society

Next steps for corporate governance and audit reform in the UK

priorities for new legislation & regulatory frameworks | ARGA implementation & remit | implications for businesses & the audit market | reporting & accountability | coordination with wider policy

Morning, Wednesday, 11^th December 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Matilda Curtis, Deputy Director, Audit Reform, Department for Business and Trade; Professor Luca Enriques, Professor, Corporate Law, University of Oxford; Gavin Hayes, Head, Policy and Public Affairs, Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors and Professor Peter Pope, Professor, Accounting, London School of Economics and Political Science

Priorities for investment in renewable energy in the UK and role of Great British Energy

public-private investment | community benefits | grid decarbonisation | best practice | Local Power Plan | energy independence

Morning, Wednesday, 11^th December 2024
Online

From the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum

Keynote Speakers: Adam Berman, Director, Policy and Advocacy, Energy UK; James Cotter, Vice-President, Renewables, Equinor and Professor David Newbery, Director, Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge

University spin-outs: next steps for development and commercialisation in the UK

Independent Review & progress | driving spin-out growth | securing scale-up & long-term investment | best practice & knowledge exchange | international competitiveness | expanding the scope of spin-out sectors

Morning, Thursday, 12^th December 2024
Online

Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Campbell, CEO, Government Office for Technology Transfer; Alice Frost, Director of Knowledge Exchange, Research England and Professor Chas Bountra, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Innovation, University of Oxford

Next steps for UK FinTech - policy, regulation, growth and industrial strategy

Morning, Wednesday, 8^th January 2025
Online

Keynote Speakers: Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance; and Co-Chair, Unicorn Council for UK FinTech; Anna Lane, CEO, The Wisdom Council; Tim Levene, CEO, Augmentum and Professor Markos Zachariadis, Greensill Chair, Financial Technology and Information Systems, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

Next steps for tackling retail crime and anti-social behaviour on high streets

policy & legislation | HoL Tackling Shoplifting inquiry | protecting retail staff | technology effectiveness & best practice | policing & partnerships | thresholds & sanctions | long-term strategy

Morning, Wednesday, 22^nd January 2025
Online

From the Westminster Legal Policy Forum

Keynote Speakers: Lord Foster of Bath, Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee; Chief Constable Amanda Blakeman, NPCC Lead, Volume Crime, North Wales Police; Sophie Jordan, Manager, National Association of Business Crime Partnerships and Professor Emmeline Taylor, Professor, Criminology, City St George’s, University of London

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 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 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.