Heathrow is bringing major economic opportunity straight to the North West and North Wales with the latest regional business summit, to be held in Liverpool on 22nd October. This summit is the next stop in its nationwide programme, designed to connect businesses from every corner of the UK directly into Heathrow’s supply chain.
The event at Hill Dickinson Stadium will feature practical workshops and insight sessions from key contractors already delivering work at Heathrow Airport. It will bring together businesses from across the North West and North Wales – including suppliers like Manchester-based ATG Airports, local Chambers of Commerce, and Heathrow’s procurement team – to explore joining the airport’s supply chain.
Heathrow’s latest Investment Impact Report showed the airport spent over £2.3 billion in its supply chain last year, with 90% of that going direct to UK businesses. Heathrow currently works with over 60 businesses in the North West and North Wales, of whom 43 are SMEs, drawing on the skills, innovation and entrepreneurial talent found across these regions. Heathrow wants to grow this further as it looks ahead to expansion, ensuring all corners of the UK benefit from the project.
Expansion will generate thousands of contracts over its lifetime, opening the door for businesses from across the UK to benefit from sustained, multi‑year investment. The potential opportunity for UK businesses and SMEs is huge, and the event in Liverpool underlines Heathrow’s ambition to deepen ties with business in the North West and North Wales.
The series of business summits builds on the success of Heathrow’s long established SME engagement programme. From family-owned businesses to innovative start-ups, over 800 SMEs across the country play a vital role in the UK economy by keeping over 84 million passengers and over £200bn of trade moving through Heathrow every year.
Heathrow’s Procurement Director, Paul Doherty said: “Growth is firmly on the agenda at Heathrow, and we want more businesses plugged into the opportunities available at the UK’s biggest airport. We currently spend over £2 billion a year with suppliers — the vast majority British — and SMEs already power almost three quarters of our supply chain. That’s why we’re hitting the road, heading to Liverpool to build new relationships in the North West and North Wales, and to ensure even more businesses can share in the success.”
Businesses based in the North West and North Wales are welcome to attend and can register for attendance by following this link – https://invitedu.to/_9rroml
