BPF response to the General Election results

In response to the outcome of the June 2017 General Election, BPF Director General Philip Law has made the following statement:

It is important for the plastics industry that a government is quickly formed and the direction of travel established as we negotiate our ongoing relationship with the EU. The plastics industry is a major employer that underpins almost every major sector in the economy. It also has a strong relationship with the EU as a trading partner and as a source of valued staff. Whatever new government emerges must work decisively towards establishing — at least for the medium term — a stable business environment, where the terms of international trade, scope of government support and shape of the future workforce is understood.