The Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Shadow Secretary of State for International trade Nick Thomas-Symonds will address hundreds of industry leaders from businesses of all sizes, from all parts of the economy who are meeting in a bid to influence trade policy before the next general election.

The policy platform will be discussed at Trade Unlocked 2023, where businesses of all sizes, from all parts of the economy will be invited to discuss, vote on and add to the proposals, with the goal of influencing election manifestos on trade policy before the next election.

Our businesses remain hamstrung by stubbornly high inflation (not least wage inflation), interest rates that don’t know how to fall, and an employment market crippled by a lack of both labour and skills. And all the while, the trade barriers we erected around our economy on exiting the EU are a daily reminder to British exporters just how badly Britain has damaged its trading abilities in recent years.

New analysis suggests that British artists are still missing out on opportunities to tour this festival season as the number of British musicians playing festivals across Europe is a third lower than 2017-19

Trade Unlocked 2023, a one-day event at the Birmingham NEC on Tuesday the 20th June, will bring businesses of all sizes, from all parts of the economy together with decision makers and trade experts with the aim of influencing manifests ahead of the next General Election