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From ambition to action: Franco-British competitiveness in an era of sovereignty.
View detailsAdvocacy is how the Chamber ensures the voice of Franco-British business is heard where it matters most: in government, in the media, and at the highest levels of bilateral dialogue. It means working with our members to influence the policies, regulations, and decisions that shape your business operating environment.
From clean energy to AI, trade to mobility, the Chamber champions business priorities on your behalf on both sides of the Channel so that our members can focus on growth, investment, and innovation.
Some of the benefits for our members include:
Our advocacy is practical, evidence-based and high impact.
Faster decisions, smarter regulation, better outcomes. Our advocacy work helps create the conditions for success, whether that means improving mobility for skilled talent, unlocking investment, or shaping future regulation.
Direct influence on government thinking. The Chamber is a trusted voice with both UK and French governments. We co-chair the UK–France Business Forum, feed directly into planning ahead of intergovernmental summits, and submit evidence to policymakers on your behalf.
Advance warning of what’s coming next. We give members insight into the political and regulatory horizon, helping you plan for change, manage risk and seize opportunity.
Our Policy Platform is directly aligned with areas of active government cooperation identified in the UK–France Joint Leaders’ Declaration of July 2025, the UK–EU Structured Dialogue, and ongoing bilateral regulatory engagement.
The renewed Lancaster House dialogue sets out ambitions to deepen defence cooperation through greater interoperability, closer industrial coordination, and stronger integration of SMEs into cross-border supply chains. The Chamber’s Policy Platform supports these objectives by identifying practical barriers to cooperation and promoting opportunities for joint capability development and greater industrial collaboration.
The UK–France Summit reaffirmed the two countries’ shared commitment to strengthening clean energy cooperation, particularly in hydrogen, offshore wind, and energy interconnection. The Chamber is working to ensure that the business community contributes effectively to this agenda, with a particular focus on regulatory alignment, R&D collaboration, and long-term infrastructure planning.
AI governance emerged as an important area of discussion at the 2025 UK–France Summit and within the UK–EU technology dialogue, reflecting both differences in regulatory approaches and significant opportunities for cooperation. The Chamber’s work focuses on how Franco-British businesses can navigate and bridge these evolving regulatory frameworks, helping to foster innovation, facilitate cross-border collaboration, and strengthen competitiveness.
June 2026 — Our second conference focused on “From ambition to action: Franco-British competitiveness in an era of sovereignty”, covering Defence, Energy and Tech/AI.
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September 2025 — The launch of our annual business conference, exploring the new era of bilateral cooperation on Defence, Energy and Tech.
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April 2026 — The 6th Forum on Defence Industries brought government and industry together, from primes to SMEs, to move Franco-British defence cooperation from political alignment to industrial delivery.
Find out moreRegular small-group, in-person meetings bring together carefully selected speakers — including government representatives and key stakeholders — and Patron and Corporate Senior Representatives for in-depth discussions on policy issues shaping the Franco-British agenda. Sessions are held under the Chatham House Rule to encourage open and candid exchanges.
29 September 2026 — Speaker: Ben Douglass-Smith, Deputy Director for Trade in Services, Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade.
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8 July 2026 — Speakers: Steve Mulholland, Chief Executive, Construction Plant-hire Association; Graham Robinson, Global Infrastructure and Construction Lead, Oxford Economics; Jeremy Leonard, Managing Director of Global Industry Services, Oxford Economics.
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2 December 2025 — What economic and political trends reveal about public sentiment, investment and regulation across the UK, France and the EU.
Read the event reportPrivate briefings with the French and EU Ambassadors to the UK with selected senior representatives.
24 September 2026 — Speaker: H.E. Ms Hélène Duchêne, French Ambassador to the United Kingdom. A briefing at the French Residence in London on current affairs and key developments in Franco-British relations.
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