Ministers' Meetings

Met Roundtable with UK Steel industry: British Steel, UK Steel, Marcegaglia, Tata, 7 Steel, Community, Tata, BSSA

Meeting with figures from steel sector to discuss the EU's announcement on its future trade defence measures.

Met Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Bath and North-East Somerset Council, North Somerset Council

Roundtable with to discuss devolution agreements

Met NatWest

To discuss business opportunities in India

Met West of England Combined Authority

To discuss devolution in West Midlands

Met Warner Bros

To discuss business opportunities in India

Met David Dinsmore, Chief Operating Officer, News UK

Introductory call ahead of David Dinsmore starting as Permanent Secretary for Government Communications.

Met Ceres Power

To discuss business opportunities in India

Met Stanford University

To discuss AI Safety

Met Google

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met University of California Berkeley

To discuss AI for science

Met British Chamber of Business in South Africa and business leaders from UK-based / UK-headquartered companies and investors that have an interest in digital, technology and innovations.

To hear from key UK businesses in South Africa and reiterate HMG’s support to them.

Met Roundtable with Standard Chartered, Arup, BP, BT, Diageo, HSBC, Rolls Royce, LSEG, NatWest, Virgin, BA, WPP, Barclays, EY, Revolut, Premier League, Unilever, Tide, Bharti Enterprises, Dodhia Group / MATEXIL / Bharat Tex, Essar Capital, Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, National Stock Exchange Ltd, OYO, Pharmexcil, Piramal Enterprises, Reliance Industries, Services Export Promotion Council, Shahi Exports Pvt, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Texport Industries, TVS Supply Chain Solutions, Vedanta Resources, Confederation of Indian Industry, CK Birla Group

To discuss business opportunities in India

Met Oxford Nanopore

To discuss business opportunities in India

Met Samba Nova

To discuss AI infrastructure

Met IKEA

Visit to IKEA Chester for the store opening and to discuss retail

Met Breakfast with UK Founders

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Rolls-Royce plc

During visit to India to discuss Rolls-Royce investment in the UK aerospace and low carbon energy sectors and exports of their products around the world

Met BP plc

During visit to India to discuss BP's investment in the UK's oil and gas sector

Met Schroders

To discuss UK asset management

Met London Stock Exchange Group

To discuss UK capital markets

Met Money Saving Expert

To discuss investment and financial services regulation

Met FutureHouse

To discuss AI for science

Met Manchester Airports Group

Visit to Manchester Airport to mark the launch of a new direct flight route to India

Met Sir Ronald Cohen

To discuss the UK impact investing market

Met Uber UK

To have an introductory meeting with Uber and discuss its investment in the UK.

Met Family of Ronan Kanda

To discuss Ronan's Law

Met Representatives of Apple

Discussion on mobile phone theft

Met UK Finance

To engage on the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill�

Met Softbank

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Grantham Research Institute

Introductory meeting and relationship building

Met Infosys

During to India to discuss the design and rollout of India's digital ID programme

Met Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CBGDP)

To discuss policy and comms plan for Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CBGDP)

Met Trade Union Congress

Political call with General Secretary of TUC

Met Assosciation of YOT Managers

Meeting on youth offending teams

Met Bharti Enterprises

During visit to India to discuss the US-India Free Trade Agreement and the UK business environment for Indian investors

Met PsiQuantum

To discuss UK Quantum

Met Police Leaders

To discuss Police Protest Powers

Met Ceres Power, Clark Door, International Energy Products, LiNa Energy, Oxford PV, Mace Group & Infrastructure Exports UK, Mott MacDonald, Carbon Clean, Benoy Group, Clarke Energy, Dulas, FIDO, BP, Catagen, Carbon Re, British International Investment, Oomph EV, Oxford PV, Port of Leith, Recyclus, JSW Group / JSW Energy, Shell Energy India, ACME, Suzlon Energy, Apraava Energy, Waaree Energies, Adani Power, K Raheja Corporation, Sembcorp Industries, KEC International

Roundtable during the Prime Minister's visit to India to discuss construction, infrastructure and clean energy sectors with British and Indian businesses

Met Small Business Britain, Federation of Small Businesses, Latent Labs, Cornish Lithium, Microbira, Oomph EV, Occuity, Recyclus, Scrumconnect, Universal Simulation, DigiLab, Water Offsets, The Great Outdoor Gym Company

Small Business roundtable during visit to India to discuss how the Government's international trade deals help support small businesses to trade in new markets.

Met Brighton and Hove City Council, East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council

To discuss devolution in Sussex and Brighton

Met Isle of Wight Council, Portsmouth City Council, Southampton City Council, Hampshire County Council

To discuss devolution in Hampshire and the Solent

Met Uber

A meeting on wider taxi and PHV policy reforms.

Met Storegga

Introductory meeting to discuss priorities and government expectations

Met British Airways

To discuss business opportunities in India

Met Roundtable with Standard Chartered, Arup, Rolls Royce, BP, BT, Diageo, LSEG, NatWest, British Airways, Virgin, WPP

To discuss UK business opportunities in Maharashtra linked to the India FTA. Joined by the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Met Roundtable with Airbus, Gate 7 Limited, Group Rhodes, PG Paper Company, Nyobolt, Cornish Lithium, British Airways, MBDA UK, Virgin, Oxford Space Systems, MakeUK, Oomph EV, Rolls Royce, Cornish Lithium, Agratas, Acron Aviation, JCB India, Helical, Otter Controls, Ace Micromatic, Carborundum Universal Limited, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Autocomp Systems, Impact Robotics, Bajaj Auto, Lohum, Godrej Boyce, Bhukhanwala Industries, Forbes Marshall, JSW Group

To discuss UK-India cooperation in Advanced Manufacturing

Met Roundtable with Lohum, Lionstead Ventures, Agratas Energy, Attero, Hindalco, TATA Steel, Reliance, ISM Dhanbad, IIT Bombay, CSIR-IMMT, Cornish Lithium, Imperial College London, Altilium, Nyobolt, Recyclus Group, University of Southampton, University of Birmingham, LiNa Energy, UCL, University of Cambridge, Ceres Power

To discuss UK-India cooperation on Critical Minerals

Met BMW

Discussion on challenges facing BMW's business in the UK.

Met Academy of Medical Sciences

To discuss the Academy's upcoming priorities.

Met Roundtable with COP29 Sponsors

To discuss importance of clean energy and COP30 strategy