Birmingham Business Engagement Dinner

Special Guest: Zia Yusuf, Head of Policy, Head of DOGE, Reform UK

A rare and not-to-be-missed opportunity to discuss the business issues that matter to you with Reform UK’s Head of Policy. Reform UK is currently “odds on” to win the next General Election.

Keynote Speech & Fireside Chat with Zia Yusuf

Date: 4th November 2025         
Time: 7:30pm (Doors open 6:30pm)
Location: Hyatt Regency, Birmingham
Dress Code: Smart Casual / Formal

Why This Event Matters

Birmingham for the last two hundred and fifty years has been known as “the workshop of the world”. “The beating heart of the UK economy”:

— manufacturing, automotive, AI — our city should be vibrant, healthy, and playing a pivotal role in shaping this country’s future.

But Birmingham’s businesses are constantly being punished and held back by a local council that doesn’t understand or care about their needs:

  • A bankrupt council that can’t balance its books, clearly riddled with waste and inefficiency, yet expects entrepreneurs and council taxpayers to pick up the tab.
  • Birmingham has one of the UK’s youngest populations — whilst youth unemployment rates here are amongst the highest in the country.

Reform UK is a party filled with people of enormous passion, optimism, ideas and enthusiasm, but who are also always extremely willing to listen and learn.

The only hope we have of rescuing our great nation from the debt spiral that Labour and Conservatives have plunged it into, continuing to provide essential services, whilst beginning the mammoth task of starting to pay off our huge debts, not just paying the interest on them,

  – is by creating the conditions which will enable businesses of all sizes to flourish and grow.

This event is the perfect opportunity for Birmingham’s business leaders and entrepreneurs to engage with the party which stood the most candidates and won the most seats in this year’s council elections,

– which is aiming, and is almost certain to do the same again in 2026,

– and which national opinion polls indicate is set to win the next General Election.

Reform UK: Business First.  Putting Birmingham First.

Our Party Leader, Nigel Farage, and Deputy Leader, Richard Tice, are both highly successful businessmen, Zia Yusuf, Reform UK Head of Policy and DOGE, co-founded a luxury concierge company in 2014 which was sold for £233m in 2023.

Reform UK recognises that until you create wealth, you can’t distribute it, something the other parties appear to have forgotten.

Keynote:  Zia Yusuf

Reform UK Head of Policy, Head of DOGE:  Strategist, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur’s Ally.

This event isn’t about sound bites. It’s about direct engagement.

Zia Yusuf — Reform UK’s Policy Head and relentless advocate for enterprise and enterprise efficiency — will deliver a Keynote Speech and hold a Fireside Chat,

 – both will be focussed on your challenges, addressing and meeting them, not “party spin”.

As Zia told the Financial Times:

“I’ve always been good at spotting inflection points.” (FT.com)

Birmingham is at one of those inflection points:

  • Cutting red tape.
  • Unlocking capital.
  • Investing in youth and skills.
  • Ending the cycle where business success is taxed to pay for political failure.

🍽 What to Expect

  • 3-Course Dinner & Reception – A full dining experience alongside Birmingham’s leading entrepreneurs, business leaders and Reform UK’s national and local leadership.
  • Panel: Birmingham Business Voices – Local leaders discuss local business issues.
  • Message from Nigel Farage – Outlining The Reform Vision for the UK.
  • Keynote + Fireside with Zia Yusuf – Birmingham’s next inflection point, Reform’s pro-growth blueprint
  • Staffordshire County Council Leader Speech – Ian Cooper will outline shocking waste, inefficiencies and poor practice that Reform councillors have already uncovered.
  • Recorded Business Stories – From shopkeepers to tech disruptors.
  • Fundraising Appeal & Auction – From pledges to exclusive prices.
  • Networking & Closing – Forming alliances, influencing policy, shaping Reform UK’s Birmingham agenda for future growth and prosperity.

Who Should Attend

This event is open to business leaders and entrepreneurs from all walks of business life, from established industry leaders to emerging entrepreneurs

  • Business Builders – The backbone of Birmingham’s economy: from manufacturing and automotive to aerospace, logistics, and construction.
  • Innovators & Pioneers – Founders in AI, fintech, health tech, clean tech, and beyond shaping tomorrow’s economy.
  • Entrepreneurs – SMEs, retailers, hospitality owners, restaurants, and tradespeople powering daily commerce.
  • Ecosystem Partners – From universities and accelerators to apprenticeship programs and investors, building skills and growth.

  If you’re ready to elevate your influence, enjoy fine dining, work with and hold politicians accountable to business, this is your table.

🎟 Single tickets – Selling Fast

  • Business Leadership Ticket – £100
     3-course dinner, networking, panel + keynote, auction access, premium front-row   
     seating, priority Q&A.

  Table Packages (Best Value)

  • Business Access Table (10 Seats) – £700
     Perfect for SMEs bringing their team or clients.
  • Business Leadership Table (10 Seats) – £900
     Front-row placement + premium visibility.

  • ⚡   Seats are limited and selling daily — secure your table now before they’re gone.

Sponsorship Packages

Your brand, your leadership, your visibility:

  • Main Sponsor – £10,000 (Exclusive: 1 only)
     Venue naming rights + branding everywhere + 20 seats + press & keynote feature.
  • Supporting Sponsor – £5,500 (3 available)
     Premium branding + 10 seats + event note feature.
  • Contributing Sponsor – £2,000 (5 available)
     Programme branding + 4 seats + closing mention.
  • Associate Sponsor – £1,000 (Unlimited)
     Programme logo + 2 seats + social media recognition.

Fundraising Opportunities

  • On-Night Pledges – Flexible monthly/annual options.
  • Auction – Signed Nigel Farage book, private dinners, exclusive experiences.
  • Raffle – Hampers, vouchers, luxury items.
  • Donor Desk – QR codes, card payments, seamless pledges.

Join the Movement

This isn’t just another political dinner.

This is Birmingham’s Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs saying: “Enough is enough”

  • No more bankrupt councils
  • No more empty promises
  • No more punishing enterprise

 
It’s time to eliminate waste and inefficiency, embrace fresh ideas and fresh approaches.

It’s time to overcome challenges and move towards collaborative solutions.

It’s time for major changes and a party that with the passion and courage to implement them.

It’s time for Reform.

Voices from all backgrounds welcome; women-led businesses, ethnic minority entrepreneurs, and emerging talent, we must build an inclusive economic future based on merit, local talent, knowledge and skills.


The choice is clear:

Stand with the only political party that will put Birmingham businesses first, recognise the enormous issues they face, and with your help, finally begin to address and fix them.

Deep rooted problems, created as a result of decades of political mismanagement will not be resolved overnight, Reform UK is the only party with the ideas, optimism, courage, and belief in this country needed to tackle them.     

⚡  Tables are filling fast. Every day you wait, another business secures the influence you could have had on the future direction of local and national government.

Zia Yusuf.   Head of Reform UK Policy and DOGE.   Birmingham Hyatt.   November 4th.

Join us to solve the problems of today, and help us create the Birmingham of the future
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Reform UK.    Business First.     Putting Birmingham First.