Working Groups
The Working Groups have evolved over the last five years and presently consist of four main Working Groups. Selected highlights of their work include:
Skills & Inclusion
• Analysis on the future skills needs of the sector to be set out in Future Skills Report, published in June 2021.
• Responses to the MAC consultation requests by the Immigration sub-group
• Worked with DBT (formally BEIS) and the Home Office to help ensure the importance of global talent is recognised within the government’s approach to areas such as post-graduate visas
International Trade
• Provided technical support to government on services provisions, which will help shape the UK’s approach to future FTA negotiations
• Created an Engagement group to convene other PBS stakeholders in the EU in support of providing sector data points for UK Brexit negotiations
• Provided detailed evidence to Select Committees, most recent appearances include in 2020 and 2021
• Parliamentary stakeholder engagement in 2018
Importance of Place
• Gap analysis exercise led to a DBT (formally BEIS) commissioned research report that looked creating further demand and growth outside London with the PBS sector.
• Submission paper to Neil O’Brien MP in August 2021 on Levelling Up.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
• This is a new group, set up to engage in promoting and enhancing the PBS sector’s responsible business activities
• It has two subgroups focusing on Climate & Carbon and Culture & Workplace
PBSC Select Committee Appearances
| Select Committee | Title | PBSC member organisation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House of Lords Select Committee on International Agreements | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) | EY, The Law Society | 10 March 2021 |
| House of Lords Select Committee on the EU Sub-committee on EU Services | Future UK-EU relations: trade in services | The Law Society, EY, Deloitte | 28 January 2021 |
| House of Commons International Trade Committee | UK trade negotiations: Agreement with Japan | EY | 11 November 2020 |
| House of Lords Select Committee on the EU Sub-committee on EU Services | The future UK-EU relationship on professional and business services | Freshfields, The Law Society, Clifford Chance | 16 June 2020 |
| House of Lords Select Committee on the EU Sub-committee on EU Services | The future UK-EU relationship on professional and business services | Deloitte, KPMG, RSM | 4 June 2020 |
| House of Lords Select Committee on the EU Services Sub-committee | The future UK-EU relationship on professional and business services | EY | 4 June 2020 |
| House of Commons International Trade Committee | UK Trade Policy Transparency and Scrutiny | Deloitte | 31 October 2018 |
| House of Commons Exiting the EU Committee | The future UK-EU relationship | Freshfields, Deloitte | 22 March 2018 |