A series of weekly updates, sharing with you whats going on at the IPT.

IPT  Energy Commission rapporteur Ian Hall writes following the fourth meeting of the Energy Commission at this the third Briefing Session. This meeting explored topics including biomass, electric vehicles and how to best fund innovative SMEs in the energy industry.

The 3M manufacturing site at Atherstone hosted a visit for Labour peer Baroness Prosser OBE to begin her Industry and Parliament Trust Fellowship.

Ian Hall writes following the latest session of the Industry and Parliament Trust's Finance and the City series. 'Access to Finance for SMEs' was chaired by Paul Kearney from Kleinwort Benson, with guest speaker Chris Sullivan, Chief Executive of RBS's Corporate Banking Division. 

Juan Carpio, PhD student and Blogger from Warwick Business School, comments on last weeks event 'Creativity in Business: Design in the Boardroom'. 

Alex Smith shares his thoughts from the Policy Event, ‘New Entrepreneurial Tribes: the Dot.com Entrepreneurs’. The event explored entrepreneurialism in the UK with guest speakers Bindi Karia from Silicon Valley Bank and Shailendra Vyakarnam from the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning and was chaired by Toby Perkins MP, Shadow Minister for Small Business and Enterprise. 

A series of weekly updates, sharing with you whats going on at the IPT.