In Person Comms Call - 17 November 2026
The BRC Corporate Affairs Community brings together communications, public affairs, and corporate relations professionals from across the retail industry to stay ahead of the policy landscape and coordinate our collective voice.
We will be hosting our usual fortnightly Comms calls in person on 17 November. We will follow the usual agenda that is set out below, followed by a networking lunch.
Who Should Attend
Corporate affairs, public affairs, and communications leads across member organisations
Press, media, and external relations professionals involved in shaping narrative and messaging
BRC coverage
Brief overview of key BRC campaigning coverage over past fortnight
Proactive Messaging
This fortnight's proactive issues
News
Key dates over next fortnight
Parliament
What's going on in Parliament over next fortnight
Reactive Issues
Discuss key reactive issues of the next fortnight
Enquiries
Opportunity for members to raise enquiries they have recently received, and share intel
Journalists Moves / Learnings
Sharing intel on where journalists have moved to, any stories they are interested in
Social Media
BRC activity over next two weeks and how members can get involved
Public Affairs Update
Devolved Update
AOB
Networking lunch
Email Lara to join
Meeting Facilitator
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