Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, CBE, DL, on behalf of The Entrepreneurs Network and Kingsley Napley, will be hosting an event in the House of Lords to discuss reforms to the immigration system to support the UK’s entrepreneurs.

We will discuss the current challenges for entrepreneurs and their employees, and explore potential policy solutions to them. This will be discussed in the wider context of considering how to successfully affect change. After all, despite the challenges of Brexit and the end of free movement, recent years have been some positive reforms that we can build upon.

Since we started, The Entrepreneurs Network has been committed to making the case for an immigration system fit for entrepreneurs – from Made in the UK, which showed how the visa system is failing international graduate entrepreneurs who want to start a business in the UK (and for which Lord Bilimoria endorsed in the foreword); through Job Creators, which revealed that half of the UK’s fastest growing businesses have an immigrant founder; to True Potential, which argues for tweaks to the ​​High Potential Individual (HPI) visa to ensure we’re open to the very best and brightest.

Alongside our reports, we have hosted regular events with Kingsley Napley, who are our long-term partners on immigration policy. The Head of the immigration department, Nicolas Rollason and three other Partners – Ilda De Sousa, Katie Newbury and Kim Vowden – will be joining the roundtable to share their expertise.

Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised law firm, providing clients with the best possible advice and service across a wide range of industries and legal disciplines; one being their immigration practice. Kingsley Napley’s immigration department has been advising businesses and individuals on all aspects of UK immigration and nationality law for over 20 years. More specifically they are well known for providing clear and strategic advice to all their clients, whilst at the same time leading the way in terms of identifying any gaps in the immigration rules and lobbying the UKVI to address these shortfalls.