Overview
This paper encapsulates the outcomes of an engagement exercise with its members and customers. As this paper sets out, there are several issues that are of grave concern to our industry. Without satisfactory resolution, these could have a large negative impact on the industry and the 562,000 people employed within it. Likewise, the EU negotiation and the UK’s new role in the world represent a real opportunity to strengthen and grow this vital industry with opportunities for greater international trade, better focussed regulation and developing a stronger indigenous UK skills base.