Today, Andrew Griffith MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade, has launched the latest phase of the Conservative Party’s Policy Renewal Programme.

It will be a bold new initiative to shape the policies of the future using the experience of private sector leaders, industry titans and businesses large and small. As a former FTSE100 CFO himself, he plans to place frontline experience and industry insight at the heart of the strategy.

This is a revolutionary policy agenda that aims to reflect the practical realities of the business world rather than the Whitehall knows best approach that has failed Britain's businesses.

Building on this wealth of business experience will ensure the state becomes more efficient, more focused and, most importantly, more effective. Griffith will lead a deep review of the problems this country’s businesses are facing, ask important questions about what is holding business back and seek opportunities to champion entrepreneurship and unleash businesses full potential to boost UK PLC.

He has already been out and around the country meeting with industry magnates as well as small businesses who are the backbone of Britain’s economy. But there is more to do. This business policy drive will form a centrepiece of the Conservative Party’s business offer at the next election.

It is set to be the biggest review and engagement process in a generation. The business agenda is just one strand of a wider Conservative policy overhaul as the Party prepares for the next general election.

Andrew Griffith MP, Shadow Business Secretary, said: “Britain’s businesses have been hammered by a punishing Labour government, which has trash talked the economy, hiked taxes to record highs and drowned businesses in reams of red tape."

“I have been meeting with businesses large and small across the country, and they are crying out for a low-tax, lighter-touch regulation, more business-oriented policy platform. That is what the Conservative Party - under new leadership - will offer."

"We will always back the wealth creators, the entrepreneurs and the risk takers who power our economy."

“So, I am bringing British business leaders into the heart of this policy renewal programme and if you want to play your part, I want to hear from you. The Conservatives are open for business."

Please visit their website here to contribute to the policy renewal.