The CBI Manufacturing Dinner, Birmingham 2004

Tony Blair joins over 800 UK business people to celebrate manufacturing success and reinforce the importance of this sector to the region and the country. The Prime Minister was guest of honour at the CBI Manufacturing Dinner held appropriately at the Hilton Metropole Hotel near Birmingham, the centre of the UK ‘s manufacturing industry, and was joined by manufacturers from around the UK to hear Digby Jones and The Prime Minister discuss issues affecting the importance of manufacturing to the UK economy. Sponsored by Jaguar, JCB, Cadburys and Microsoft this annual dinner is a major event in the business calendar and is one of a number of high profile networking events organised by the CBI. www.cbi.org.uk