Picture: NFRN National President Ralph Patel launches the 2016 Agenda at a parliamentary reception in the House of Commons
At a parliamentary reception in the House of Commons Terrace on 9 February 2016, the NFRN launched its 2016 Agenda. Hosted by Guto Bebb, the MP for Aberconwy and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Retail Crime, the reception was attended by over 50 MPs and nearly 80 NFRN members.
With a strong focus on retail crime, the agenda outlines the key challenges facing independent retailers and contains several recommendations the NFRN would like to see adopted by the government.
The event was hosted and sponsored by Guto Bebb MP
Brave NFRN member Niru Patel (right), who was attacked in her shop in December, talks about her ordeal to Nigel Huddleston MP, NFRN CEO Paul Baxter and Ralph Patel
John Stevenson MP, ex NFRN member Martin Vickers MP and NFRN Public Affairs Committee Chairman Mike Mitchelson
Sir David Amess MP
Minister of State for the Armed Forces Penny Mordaunt MP (second right) with NFRN national councillor Pradip Amin, NFRN deputy vice president Linda Sood and Ralph Patel
Paisley and Renfrewshire North MP Gavin Newlands (second right) with NFRN Scotland officials Sharon Sisman, Abdul Qadar and Shahid Razzaq
NFRN national vice president Ray Monelle, NFRN national councillor Peter Robinson, Torfaen MP Nick Thomas-Symonds and South Wales district president Matthew Clark
PMI government affairs manager Ruth Digby and NFRN members Ravi Raveendran and Kamal Thaker
NFRN national councillor Ranjan Patel (right) with her local MP, Meg Hillier
Richard Graham MP (second left) with Ralph Patel, Nira Patel, Paul Baxter, Linda Sood and NFRN head of operations Margaret McCloskey
Jason McCartney MP (centre) with NFRN national councillor Jay Banning and NFRN immediate past president Martyn Brown
Guto Bebb MP and NFRN National President Ralph Patel
NFRN Scottish district president Shahid Razzaq, Alison Thewliss MP and Jim Fox from Coca-Cola Enterprises
More pictures from the event can be found on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/nfrnonline
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