BPF Meetings Day 2025

Nottingham

1st July 2025

Free (Members Only

BPF Meetings Day 2025 is the second largest BPF member-exclusive event (after the BPF Annual Dinner). The event will bring together BPF members from across the Federation's 19 different member groups. 

The day will start with eight BPF Groups (Raw materials, Moulders, Packaging, Rotomoulders, Equipment, Pipes, EPS, Windows & Vinyls, Recyclers) having their group meetings followed by networking lunch for all members and the afternoon plenary session for all BPF Members, featuring top speakers.

It is exclusively open to BPF members and will bring together over 150 industry representatives for a day of meetings, presentations and networking. 

Free to attend - registration necessary.

Meeting Day Agenda (Tuesday 1st July 2025)

• 9:30am:                            Registration/Networking (coffee, tea and pastries available)
• 10:30am:                          Group Meetings Start
• 1:00pm:                            Networking Lunch
• 2:00pm:                            Joint Plenary Session (All)
• 3.30pm:                            Close

Group Meetings

Companies must be members of the relevant Group to join the meeting

• Plastics & Flexible Packaging
• EPS
• Recyclers
• Rotational Moulders
• Vinyls Group and Windows Group (combined)
• Raw Materials 
• Pipes 
• Moulders Forum 

Plenary Session

	2.00pm
	Welcome and Introduction (Philip Law, Director General, BPF)
	2.05pm
	The UK Economy in a Turbulent world (Professor David Bailey, Head, Business & Labour Economics Group, Birmingham  Business School)
	David will provide a brief overview of the macroeconomic picture, before looking at where we are with Trump's tariffs, the recent UK-EU ‘reset’, and the new UK industrial strategy and what this could mean for investment opportunities in sectors and technologies.
	2.40pm
	Results of the June 2025 Plastics Business Conditions Survey (Stephen Hunt, Membership Services Director, BPF)
	Stephen will provide an overview of the Business Conditions Survey which will be launched at the event.  The survey will cover the latest data on the UK plastics industry including sales turnover, profitability, export sales and planned investment in plant and equipment.
	2.55pm
	Glynn Jones (Deputy Agent, West Midlands and Oxfordshire, Bank of England)
	Glynn will provide members with a overview of the Bank of Englands view on general economic decisions and take questions from the audience.
	3.25pm
	Summary and Close (Philip Law, Director General, BPF)

Pre-Event Meal (Monday 30th June 2025)

As a number of BPF Members will be there the evening before we are putting on an informal meal the night before for all attendees (attendees will come from various Groups who will all be meeting the following day). Meal must be pre-booked. 

Accommodation

The BPF has reserved 50 bedrooms for members (first come first serve) on the 30th June at a special rate. After 8th June the rooms are non-refundable.

Parking

Parking is free of charge with 200 spaces available at the venue

To register contact your relevant BPF Group Exective

Photo's from the previous BPF Group Meeting Day held in 2024...

BPF Director General presents on his "Vision for the BPF" during the plenary session