On 9th September, business people from across the Midlands, including from Staffordshire, will come together in Sutton Coldfield at the inaugural meeting of LDBN Midlands, a newly formed regional business network. You’re invited to join us.

LDBN Midlands will be first of six English regional business networks to be established under the umbrella of the national Liberal Democrat Business Network (LDBN), a 300-member strong group of liberally minded business women and men. LDBN unites the voices of business people across the country and acts as a dynamic “conduit” for the exchange of information and ideas between the business community and Liberal Democrat MPs, peers and local government leaders.

The meeting will hear in person from Sir Ed Davey MP, Leader of the Lib Dems and a former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Sir Ed will be joined by Juergen Maier CBE, a previous CEO of Siemens UK and a Deputy Chair of The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, together with a prominent West Midlands businessman, Tim Cotterill, Chair of James Lister & Sons Ltd, based in Smethwick.

Tim Cotterill believes that only the Lib Dems can set a proper trade policy for this country:-
“It’s time for business to put its head above the parapet and advocate for truly pro-business trade and investment policies that will help us return to growth. I am pleased to be in the Lib Dems, the only credible pro-business party in the UK. And it’s also why I am proud to be leading a new Midlands regional business network for likeminded business people living and working in the heart of the UK.’
Simon Curtis, national Chair of LDBN, added:-
“In a post-Brexit, COVID- dominated world, there is a clear and urgent need for British business, as the bedrock of our society, to be better heard and better governed than at present.”

You don’t have to be a Lib Dem member to attend the launch event. If you’d like to do so (in person or online), please email ldben@libdems.org.uk to receive an invitation and registration information.

Thanks to West Midlands Matters, the Lib Dem bulletin for the region, for this information

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