BASA Business Forum, AGM and Industry Lunch 2025
BASA Business Forum, AGM and Industry Lunch 2025
18 March 2025 (09:00 - 15:30) (GMT)
Description
The 2025 Business Forum, AGM & Industry Lunch will be held at the Grand Station in Wolverhampton on Tuesday 18th March 2025.
This is a BASA-Members only event, however members are welcome to book additional places for guests, any invited guests that are not BASA members can network with tea/coffee in the reception area during the AGM (around 30 minutes), before lunch commences.
09:00 – 13:00 BASA Open Industry Forum and networking session
10:00 – 10:30 Alastair Gardner, Exports and International Trade, Department for Business and Trade
10:30 – 11:00 Professor Noble Francis, Economics Director at the CPA
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 - 11:40 Michael Kerney, Office for Products safety & Standards (OPSS). What are OPSS’s regulatory Responsibilities and what is the Product Safety & Metrology Bill
11:40 - 12:00 Lorna Williams, Caroline Raine, Chris Climpson (ADCO UK Ltd). The future challenges with product packaging overview
12:00 – 12:35 Intu Veritas, Practical insights on how BASA members can use ISO standards to enhance their compliance efforts and leverage them for growth and sustainability.
12:35 – 12:50 Joël Reland, Research Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe
13:00 Opening of the 42nd BASA AGM (non-BASA guests are invited to network at the front of the room)
Awards to be given during the AGM:
- 2025 Max Kochmann Award
- 35 Years of BASA Membership company awards*
BASA members celebrating 35 years: Adshead Ratcliffe & Co Ltd, BASF plc, Bostik Ltd, Caswell Adhesives, F. Ball and Co. Ltd, Fosroc International Limited, Henkel Ltd, ITAC Ltd, Pafra Adhesives Ltd, Scott Bader Company Ltd, Tremco CPG UK Limited, Vita Liquid Polymers, Wacker. *These members have been contacted, if you did not receive an email about this special award please contact us.
13:30 Industry Lunch
Event finishes at approximately 15:30
Location: 
Sun Street, Wolverhampton, WV10 0BF
Parking available at Grand Station, Sun St, Wolverhampton WV10 0BF, United Kingdom.
Please use this google maps link for the car park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/irin4R75jMDzNoZN6?g_st=iw (typing the postcode or location into maps will take you to the Premier Inn and not the Grand Station car park)
Please advise if you have any specific dietary requirements when you book.
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Price:
£105 +vat includes: Business Forum, AGM, Industry Lunch (3-course meal).
If you cannot attend the Industry Lunch, you can book to attend the Business Forum/AGM for free.
Card payments: Sometimes the website blocks certain cards (in the process of getting this fixed) if you receive the message 'requires authorisation' when booking, select 'pay by invoice' and drop us a message that you would like to pay by credit card and we will send you an invoice with an updated working credit card link: rebecca@basa.uk.com
Bookings cancelled less than one month before the event will incur a £10 cancellation fee, all bookings after this date are non-refundable.
Sun St
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV100BF United Kingdom
Please use this google maps link for the car park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/irin4R75jMDzNoZN6?g_st=iw (typing the location into maps may take you to the Premier inn and not the Grand Station car park)
The final agenda will be sent out to members two weeks prior to the event.
9:00 AM - Registration and Tea/Coffee
10:00 AM - BASA Business Forum (speaker list tbc)
13:00 PM - BASA AGM (Members only)
13:30 PM - BASA Industry Lunch, 3-course meal
15:00 PM - Event Ends