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British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) - A national representative body for accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK, supporting and lobbying on behalf of businesses of all sizes and sectors. Confederation of British Industry (CBI) - An organisation that speaks on behalf of 190,000 businesses, including 140 trade associations. It provides ...
British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association; British Amusement Catering Trade Association; British Antique Dealers' Association; British Association of Picture ...
The National Association of British Manufacturers (NABM), formerly the National Union of Manufacturers (NUM), was an employers' association in the United Kingdom.. Founded in 1915 as the British Manufacturers' Association (BMA), it was renamed the National Union of Manufacturers in 1917 and the National Association of British Manufacturers in 1961.
EEF was formed in 1896 as the Engineering Employers' Federation and merged in 1918 with the National Employers' Federation. [1] A history of the EEF [2] cited in [1] states that the original purpose of the EEF was "collective action to protect individual firms and local associations, the preservation of the ‘power to manage’, and the maintenance of industrial peace through established ...
The organisation was established in 1902 as the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association before changing its name to the British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Association in 1911. The first director was Daniel Nicol Dunlop, also chairman of the first World Power Conference (now the World Energy Council) in 1924. [1]
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is the trade association for over 120 companies in the UK producing prescription medicines for humans, founded in 1891. [1] It is the British equivalent of America's PhRMA ; however, the member companies research, develop, manufacture and supply medicines prescribed for the National ...
One of its early functions was holding motor shows, the earliest of which was at Crystal Palace in January 1903 (now known as the British International Motor Show). The Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) was formed in 1946. In 1978, the Motor Show moved to the National Exhibition Centre.
The Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) is a UK trade membership organisation headquartered in Wallington, Surrey.. The PPMA is part of Automate UK, which represents a range of processing equipment, packaging machinery manufacturers and component suppliers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and across Western Europe and North America.