Lobbying · Trade or business body

British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology

Meetings with ministers

In the last 12 months

Different ministers

Lobbying firms used

Meetings with ministers

Date	Minister	Purpose, as published
8 June 2026	Karin SmythDHSC	To discuss issues pertaining to the personal care sector
8 June 2026	Kate DeardenDBT	The routine Personal Care Roundtable, where the minister discusses issues relating to the personal care sector with businesses and heard views from businesses from the services part of the sector (e.g. Hairdressing)
17 December 2025	Kate DeardenDBT	To discuss the personal care sector and business rates, apprenticeships and skills, rising costs, regulation and employment challenges
3 July 2025	Gareth ThomasDBT	Meeting to discuss the personal care sector.
19 November 2024	Gareth ThomasDBT	To discuss concerns and views of the businesses attending the personal care sector roundtable.

Consultant lobbying firms

Not named as a client of a consultant lobbying firm on the Register of Consultant Lobbyists in the quarters we hold. Lobbying done by an organisation's own staff does not have to be registered.

About these records. Each row is one entry in a minister’s published meetings return, so a meeting with two ministers appears once for each. Dates and purposes are shown as the department published them. Published under these names too: “British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology”. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.