Industry and Parliament Trust

Our cross-party group visit to Tate & Lyle Sugars in East London showed parliamentarians the manufacturing process involved in sugar refining. They highlighted their history and heritage in East London, and covered the progress, plans, and challenges to decarbonise their operations and supply chain. #IPTFellowships For more information on IPT fellowships, please visit: https://lnkd.in/ezV6NsvR

Thank you to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds MP and Liberal Democrats Treasury Lords Spokesperson Baroness Kramer for speaking at our reception event last night. We were joined by representative speakers from Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) who reflected on the value of SMEs to the UK economy. Thank you to all attendees for joining us. #IPTSMEs For more information on future IPT events, please visit our website at: https://lnkd.in/eXfiGau

Many thanks to Wera Hobhouse MP for chairing last night's dinner discussion on 'Renewable Energy & Biodiversity'. Representative speakers from Ørsted and Lancaster University provided great insights on how we can achieve sustainable development. #IPTSustainability For further information on IPT events, please visit our website at: https://lnkd.in/eXfiGau

Last week, we were delighted to take a cross-party delegation of parliamentarians on an industry visit to Viasat in London. To read more about the industry visit, please follow this link: https://lnkd.in/eEzv4-n4 And to learn more about our fellowship programme, please visit our website at: https://lnkd.in/ezV6NsvR #IPTFellowships

This morning we were joined by The Lord Mayor of the City of London (City of London Corporation) and Barclays UK to discuss how the financial services sector can retain its position as a global leader and contribute to UK economic growth. Thank you to Rachel Blake MP for chairing this breakfast event. #IPTFinance For information on future IPT events, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eXfiGau

Thank you to our representative speakers from The Chartered Institute of Export & International Trade and Pernod Ricard for their contributions at last night’s dinner event. Chaired by Clive Jones MP, we discussed how domestic industrial policy and trade strategy can work together to support businesses and boost UK exports. For more information on future IPT events, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eXfiGau #IPTTrade

On Friday, some of the HTA team were pleased to be invited to meet with the Industry and Parliament Trust to have a tour of the House of Commons and an introduction to UK Parliament 🏛️

Thank you to our speakers from Adobe, University of Bristol, and Brunel University of London for joining us at our dinner event last night. Chaired by Lord Holmes, we discussed how we can balance ensuring the robust regulation of AI whilst also encouraging a pro-innovation led strategy. To view our upcoming events, please visit: https://lnkd.in/ex78T3Rc #IPTAI

Next month we will be covering a range of topics as part of our events programme. Our events seek to address the gaps in communication between the arenas of industry and Parliament and enable insight and mutual understanding between the two. All events are conducted in a non-lobbying, non-partisan environment, under Chatham House Rule. Follow this link for more information or to register and book a place onto an event: https://lnkd.in/ex78T3Rc

👨🔬 Dr Vincenzo Spallina, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Manchester, attended a roundtable in Parliament hosted by the Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT) on using low carbon hydrogen to decarbonise. ⛽ Hydrogen could be fundamental to the decarbonisation of heavy transport, industrial clusters, and high temperature industrial processes. ⚛️ Attendees considered the production and distribution of hydrogen, the roles of blue and green hydrogen and the scale up of technology needed for a low carbon hydrogen economy. 💬 Vincenzo appeared alongside: Professor Baroness Brown Julia King DBE FREng FRS, Chair of the Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology and Mark Bradley, Hydrogen Director at ScottishPower.