Better Made in Britain Debate

At the House of Lords, a round table was held in partnership with All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group

It highlighted the importance of manufacturing in driving forward the UK economy. Focusing on two recent major reports on the sector.

After a warm welcome from the Earl of Erroll, we heard key findings of the APMG’s ‘Making Good’ report into the culture and competitiveness of UK manufacturing.

Then Lee Hopley, Chief Economist of EEF The Manufacturers’ Association presented outcomes from the recent EEF report ‘Backing Britain - a manufacturing base for the future’.

Delegates then heard an inspiring story of successful UK Manufacturing from the charismatic Barry Laden MBE, CEO of East End Manufacturing.

Following the first class presentations, Sue Lawton, International Adviser to WEConnect and to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women & Enterprise, chaired an interactive discussion.

We heard from the highly engaging Professor Mark Hart of the Enterprise Research Centre and Dr John Potter of JP Global, who gave a viewpoint from the Plymouth Manufacturers’ Group. After a lively debate, Sue deftly summed up the discussion and Jill Pay gave thanks to each of the excellent contributors for their informative and fascinating talks.

A full report of the event is being circulated to Parliamentarians by the APMG and is available upon request to: hello@pinkshoeclub.com