BAE Systems is an international defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London with operations worldwide. The Company employs over 30,000 highly skilled people in the UK, designing, developing, manufacturing and supporting a wide range of equipment for UK Armed Forces and our allies.

With over 50 years of experience, the CBI is the UK’s most effective and influential business organisation. Proving members with the influence, insight and access they need to plan ahead with confidence and grow. CBI represents members’ views when working with policymakers to deliver a healthy environment for businesses to succeed, create jobs and ultimately, drive economic growth and prosperity.

During the Party Conference season, Dods is running the Health & Care Forum; a series of events across Party Conference. Its aim is to have a collaborative movement to raise awareness and provoke policy discussion around he important issues within the health and social care sector.

If you have an interest in driving this debate and would like to find out how to be involved, please email us.

JTI is a leading tobacco and e-cigarette company in the UK with around 800 employees and brands including Benson & Hedges, Silk Cut, Camel, Hamlet, and Logic Vapes.  They are located in Weybridge, Surrey and have a national distribution centre in Crewe, and a business service centre in Manchester.

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is the voice of the UK rail supply community. We help to grow a sustainable, high-performing, railway supply industry, and to export UK rail expertise and products. We promote and represent our members’ interests to policy makers, clients and other stakeholders in the UK and overseas.

RIA has 270+ companies in membership in a sector that contributes £36 billion in economic growth and £11 billion in tax revenue each year, as well as employing 600,000 people—more than the workforce of Birmingham. It is also a growing industry with the number of rail journeys expected to double over the next 25 years and freight set to grow significantly too. RIA’s membership is active across the whole of railway supply, covering a diverse range of products and services and including both multi-national companies and SMEs (60% by number).

RIA campaigns on a number of issues, including consistent and visible funding of the rail industry, meet the challenges of decarbonising and digitalising the UK rail network, addressing the risks and opportunities of Brexit, and generating and maintaining support for major future rail infrastructure schemes, such as Trans Pennine Route Upgrade, Crossrail, HS2, East West Rail, Northern Powerhouse Rail and Crossrail 2.