BCF Sponsors Parliamentary Event To Engage With Policymakers

On Wednesday 21st May, the British Coatings Federation sponsored an Industry Forum event in the House of Commons.

The Industry Forum is an established organisation that links the business community with policymakers in the UK.

The Minister for Small Business and Exports, Gareth Thomas MP, attended the reception along with MPs, former MPs, academics, various trade association members and others from the world of business. It was an opportunity for BCF CEO, Tom Bowtell, to talk to guests about the key issues affecting the coatings sector, not least the need to resolve UK REACH and the broader chemicals regulatory regime in this country post-Brexit.

Tom also expanded on the key campaign messages of BCF’s #EssentialCoatings campaign, giving examples of how critical coatings are to the UK economy and society, and how they are everywhere around us, although often overlooked or taken for granted.

You can read more about our Essential Coatings campaign here: https://coatings.org.uk/page/EssentialCoatings 

Commenting after the event, BCF CEO, Tom Bowtell, said: “BCF is determined to raise the profile of the coatings sector amongst MPs and other key decision- and policymakers, and this reception was another way for us to achieve that aim. We are slowly ramping up our political engagement, making more contacts in this current Parliament, and ensuring that our key messages and asks cut through. It is important that politicians know how important the coatings industry is to the UK economy and how we need proportionality, clarity and certainty on key areas of policy like chemical regulation.

“Membership of the Industry Forum is helping us to achieve those aims and, as such, we were delighted to be able to sponsor its Spring Reception. It was good to be joined by a number of BCF member companies too, who came along to fly the flag for BCF and the coatings industry in conversations with all the MPs and other guests.”

Image : BCF CEO Tom Bowtell addressing delegates at The Industry Forum

Source : BCF

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