Advocacy Westminster
As MPs returned from party conferences, so did we – championing the voice of family businesses across Westminster. FBUK Chair, Steve Rigby, took centre stage at the House of Lords Sub- Committee on the Finance Bill, warning of the unintended consequences of proposed BPR reforms, reinforcing sector-wide calls for a pause and full consultation. Our new FBUK Patrons joined a roundtable in Parliament with the Shadow Business and Trade Secretary, Andrew Griffith MP, informing and influencing the Conservative Party’s policy renewal process. And we followed this with a fast-paced pre-Budget speed briefing, bringing together more than 20 MPs with FBUK Members from around the UK. New policy platform Next year, FBUK will launch a bold new policy platform – and we want you to help shape it. This is more than an update. It’s a chance to set the direction for the next phase of our advocacy, ensuring that family businesses are heard loud and clear by policymakers. Your involvement will ensure our voice is authentic, ambitious, and impossible to ignore. Now is the time to get involved. Find out more by emailing me on tom.ridgway@familybusinessuk.org, or Policy and Public Affairs Director, Matthew Jaffa, at matthew.jaffa@familybusinessuk.org
FBUK Members Inez Cooper, James White and Sarah Naghshineh meet John Lamont MP
FBUK Patrons meet the Shadow Business Secretary
FBUK Patrons Sir John Timpson CBE and Sarah Noble meet Lord Andrew Lansley
Tom Ridgway meets Baroness Arlene Foster, DBE
Matt Jaffa meets Julie Minns MP
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