Midlands & East Regional Dinner 2026
About this event
We are delighted to host this in-person awards event on Wednesday 14 October at The Slate, University of Warwick, in Coventry.
The Regional Dinner provides an opportunity to network with peers at an arrival drinks reception, create new business connections during a three-course meal, and celebrate the regional winners of the Make UK Manufacturing Awards 2026.
Dress code: Professional evening attire
As a guide, business suits and dresses are an example of professional evening attire. Black tie and formal jackets and gowns are not required.
Date: Wednesday 14 October 2026
Start time: 6.30pm
End time: Midnight
Speaker: The Rt Hon Greg Clark
Venue: The Slate, Warwick Conferences, Scarman Road, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7SH
Accommodation:
Rooms are available at the Radcliffe Building at a rate of £132 per room per night (including breakfast).
You can book your room here by using the promo code MUKBB26. Please note that the promotional rate is available until Tuesday 1 September 2026.
Alternatively, if you would prefer to explore other accommodation options, Coventry is just a 15-minute taxi ride from the venue.
Bookings have closed for this dinner
Please contact the Make UK Events Team via awards@makeuk.org if you have any queries.
Congratulations to our 2026 Awards Shortlist
3P Innovation
A & M EDM
ABB Installation Products
ADS Laser Cutting Limited
Alpha Manufacturing
Alwayse Engineering Limited
Amtico
Arconic
Artifex Interior Systems
Aston Manor Cider
Brucom Distribution Ltd
Continuous Process Solutions
Datalink Electronics Ltd
Dennis Eagle Ltd
Domino Printing Sciences
Domino UK
Evtec Automotive Limited
Fenner Precision Polymers
Festo Ltd
Flexeserve
Garrard Jones Engineering Limited
JLR
Jointine Products (Lincoln) Ltd
Kimal Holdings
Land Instruments International Ltd
Lignacite Ltd
Lisi Aerospace (BAI UK Ltd)
Lowe & Fletcher Ltd
Marton Geotechnical Services Ltd (MGS)
MBDA
Micro Weighing Solutions (MWS Ltd)
Nuaxle Ltd
Opus International Products Limited
Orvarto Ltd
Peerless Plastics & Coatings Ltd
Promtek Limited
Qlar Pneumatic Conveying UK Ltd
Rolls-Royce PLC
Schneider Electric Limited
Sertec
Severn Trent Water
Siemens Healthineers
Stratasys Solutions Limited
Summit Patterns
Thermaglow Limited
Vaillant Group UK Ltd
Wolverhampton Electro Plating (Anochrome Group)
Dinner speaker: The Rt Hon Greg Clark
The Rt Hon Greg Clark is Executive Chair of the University of Warwick’s Innovation District and Chair of WMG - the Warwick Manufacturing Group.
Greg served for 19 years as a Member of Parliament, before stepping down in 2024.He was a senior minister for nearly 10 years, including serving in the UK Cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Minister for Science and Universities, and previously as Minister for Cities and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. In the last Parliament Greg was elected by the whole House of Commons to serve as Chair of the cross-party Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee.
As a Cabinet Minister Greg was responsible for the development of the UK Industrial Strategy, for the City and Devolution Deals which have established Mayoral Combined Authorities covering half of the population of England, and for proposing and enacting the UK’s commitment to Net Zero emissions by 2050. Greg has been appointed by the current Government to be a member of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, which contributes to the development and long-term delivery of HM Government’s industrial strategy.
Greg is Chair of the Japan Society, the leading independent body in the United Kingdom dedicated to the enhancement of the British-Japanese relationship. Greg is also Chair the Society of Chemical Industry, and is a Trustee of the Social Market Foundation, a cross-party think tank.
Born in Middlesbrough, Greg was educated at St Peter’s Comprehensive School and then read economics at Cambridge University before earning his PhD from the London School of Economics.
Before entering Parliament, Greg worked for the Boston Consulting Group and as Controller, Commercial Policy at the BBC.
Greg is married to Helen and has three grown-up children.
