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PM meeting with Business Advisory Council: 4 June 2018

Prime Minister 皇冠体育appresa May chaired a meeting of her Business Advisory Council.

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Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, HM Treasury, Department for International Trade, Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon 皇冠体育appresa May
Published
4 June 2018
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A Downing Street spokesperson said:

This afternoon the Prime Minister chaired the latest meeting of her Business Advisory Council at Downing Street.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the Business Secretary opened the roundtable by updating on the Modern Industrial Strategy following strong support at the last meeting in March.

皇冠体育app business leaders gave their support for recent announcements, including the PM鈥檚 speech on science at Jodrell Bank Observatory last month. This speech set out four 鈥榤issions鈥� associated with each of the Industrial Strategy鈥檚 four Grand Challenges 鈥� future of mobility, healthy ageing, AI, and clean growth. 皇冠体育appse missions will galvanise public and private sector investment in the development and dissemination of new solutions to global problems, positioning the UK at the forefront of the industries of the future.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister then provided an update on the negotiations with the EU alongside the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, setting out plans to provide greater detail of the Future Relationship in a White Paper due to be published shortly. 皇冠体育app business representatives expressed their support for this approach, which will build on information provided through the Prime Minister鈥檚 various speeches.

Finally, the Prime Minister invited the International Trade Secretary to discuss foreign investment into the UK and the opportunities and actions that Government and business should take to grow this in the coming years.

皇冠体育app meeting was also attended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, Business Secretary, Greg Clark, the Brexit Secretary, David Davis and the Trade Secretary, Liam Fox.

Attendees

  • Emma Walmsley, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline
  • Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, techUK President
  • Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco PLC
  • Sacha Romanovitch, CEO, Grant Thornton UK LLP
  • Robert Noel, Chief Executive, Landsec *聽Gavin Patterson, Chief Executive, BT Group PLC *聽Leo Quinn, Group Chief Executive, Balfour Beatty *聽Sir Roger Carr, Chairman, BAE Systems PLC *聽Dr Andy Palmer CMG, President & CEO, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd *聽Dame Helena Morrissey CBE, Head of Personal Investing, Legal & General Investment Management *聽Paul Drechsler, President, CBI *聽Stephen Martin, Director General, Institute of Directors *聽Sir Gerry Grimstone, Chair, Standard Life Aberdeen PLC

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Published 4 June 2018

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