The Prime Minister will meet with leaders from European business
organisations on Monday (November 13) to discuss shared
opportunities for industry as the UK prepares to leave the EU.
will speak about
the mutual importance of maintaining and developing the
strong connections between EU and UK markets.
Mrs May will reiterate the UK’s commitment to securing an
implementation period of around two years once Britain
leaves the EU in March 2019.
And she will ask the business experts from organisations
including the CBI and BusinessEurope to share their input
on how the UK and EU can continue to thrive side by side
in industry and economic development.
The Prime Minister will also reiterate her vision set out
in Florence for a bold and deep economic partnership with
the EU – one in which the UK continues to be a global,
free trading nation and the strongest friend and partner
to the EU.
Alongside colleagues from the Department for Exiting the
EU, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy (BEIS) and the Treasury, the Prime Minister will
reflect on the historic strong relationship between
European business and the UK – from BMW in Oxford
building electric MINIs to Arla’s work with dairy farmers
across Britain.
The government has been engaging with industry through
the Business Advisory Council since July this year as a
vital part of preparations for leaving the EU. But this
is the first meeting where she will engage directly with
leaders from EU Business Organisations.
, Secretary of State for
BEIS, will also set out the aims for the upcoming
Industrial Strategy which will play a key role in UK’s
free market economy delivering economic and social
progress for everyone in society.
Ministers attending the Downing Street roundtable, which
the CBI helped to organise, will be:
- Rt Hon MP, Secretary of State
for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Rt Hon MP, Secretary of
State for Exiting the EU
-
MP, Economic
Secretary to the Treasury
Attending businesses organisations will be:
- CBI (UK)
- Institute of Directors (UK)
- BusinessEurope (EU)
- European Services Forum (EU)
- BDI (Germany)
- BDA (Germany)
- MEDEF (France)
- Confindustria (Italy)
- CEOE (Spain)
- VNO-NCW (Netherlands)
- Ibec (Ireland)
- Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Sweden)
- Polish Confederation of Private Employers (Lewiatan)
- Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, SPCR
(Czech Republic)
- VBO/FEB (Belgium)
