Lobbying · Trade or business body

Employee Ownership Association

Meetings with ministers

In the last 12 months

Different ministers

Lobbying firms used

Meetings with ministers

Date	Minister	Purpose, as published
30 June 2026	Rachel BlakeHMT	Roundtable to discuss the mutuals and co-operatives sector, the growth of the sector, and the appointment of a mutuals and co-op sector champion
22 January 2026	Blair McDougallDBT	To discuss experiences of Scottish co-operatives and non-financial mutuals in starting, growing, sustaining and mutualising
22 January 2026	Kirsty McNeillMinisters Overseas Travel and Meetings Transparency January 2026-March_2026	Roundtable discussion on the experiences of Scottish co-operatives and non-financial mutuals in the context of the UK Government's Call for Evidence.
6 November 2025	Lucy RigbyHMT	Meeting of the Mutual and Co-operative Sector Business Council to discuss growth in the SME sector
6 November 2025	Blair McDougallDBT	Council meeting to discuss growth in the SME sector
6 March 2025	Gareth ThomasDBT	To share brief remarks on the importance of the sector and how the sector feeds into the government’s wider missions.
6 March 2025	Emma ReynoldsHMT	A meeting of the Mutuals council to discuss the priorities for the mutuals sector in the UK

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: “the Employee Ownership Association”, “Employee Ownership Association (EOA)”. Sources: GOV.UK ministers’ meetings transparency returns and the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists quarterly returns, both under the Open Government Licence v3.0.