Ministers' Meetings

Met London Stock Exchange Group

To discuss UK capital markets

Met Assosciation of YOT Managers

Meeting on youth offending teams

Met Roundtable with COP29 Sponsors

To discuss importance of clean energy and COP30 strategy

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 Grantham Research Institute

Introductory meeting and relationship building

Met Police Leaders

To discuss Police Protest Powers

Met Softbank

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Academy of Medical Sciences

To discuss the Academy's upcoming priorities.

Met Storegga

Introductory meeting to discuss priorities and government expectations

Met IKEA

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

Met Groq

To discuss AI infrastructure

Met Fractile

To discuss AI infrastructure

Met Center for AI Safety

To discuss AI Safety & online safety

Met Viz.Ai

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Greylock Partners

To discuss the UK's AI ecosystem

Met Cerebras.ai

To discuss AI infrastructure

Met Southend-on Sea City Council, Thurrock Council, Essex County Council

To discuss devolution in the Greater Essex

Met City of Glasgow College

To discuss skills in Scotland

Met Scottish Power

To discuss clean energy in Scotland

Met Early Years Alliance

Meeting to discuss the impact of early years reforms on the sector

Met Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP)

To discuss Public Private Partnerships

Met Glasgow College Maritime Campus

To discuss skills policy.

Met Early Education and Childcare Coalition

Meeting to discuss the impact of early years reforms on the sector

Met UNISON

Political call with General Secretary of UNISON

Met Barclays

Meeting to discuss the UK economy and business environment

Met J. P. Morgan

Meeting to discuss investment and growth opportunities

Met Oracle

To discuss the use of digital technologies in the health service

Met Jaguar Land Rover / Banking Roundtable: NatWest, Cynergy, Barclays, Lloyds, HSBC, Santander, UK Finance

Meeting with banks to discuss JLR cyber attack

Met Construction Leadership Council: Builders Merchants Federation, Mace Group, Construction Product Association, Home Builders Federation, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Build UK, British Property Federation, National Federation of Builders, Construction Industry Training Board, Health and Safety Executive, Federation of Master Builders, Construction Industry Council, Atkins Global, Infrastructure and Projects Authority, Transport for London, National Centre for Excellence in Housing, Association for Consultancy and Engineering, Berkeley Group, Scape Group

Introductory meeting with the Construction Leadership Council Board members.

Met Research Independent, NEL Fund Managers, North Star Ventures, Atom Bank, Sage, Darlington Building Society

A roundtable to discuss investment and growth in the North East

Met NatWest, Scottish Financial Enterprise, Shepherd & Wedderburn, Bank of China UK, BlackRock UK, PWC, ScottishPower, Ocean Winds, Scottish Widows, Roslin CT, Nomura Asset Management, FNZ, KES Group, JP Morgan

Roundtable to discuss start-ups, investment, and growth

Met Legal & General

Asset Management Client Conference

Met Uber

Meeting about VAT

Met Loan Charge Review

Meeting about the Loan Charge Review

Met Ted Verity, Editor, Daily Mail

Routine Media engagement ahead of Autumn Budget

Met CitiBank

Meeting to discuss invstment in the UK

Met Microsoft

introductory meeting to discuss UK Tech landscape

Met CFC Insurance, Straling Bank, OakNorth, Tru Potential, Waterstones / Barnes and Noble, Gymshark, David Lloyd, Goldman Sachs

Roundtable to discuss the UK business environment and investibility

Met Global Scottish Investment Summit

To discuss growth in Scotland

Met Google

To discuss technology policy with President of Global Affairs and chief legal officer of Google, Kent Walker

Met Microsoft

To discuss technology policy with vice chair and president of Microsoft, Brad Smith

Met Andrew Quinn, Westminster Correspondent, Scotsman Interview

To discuss the government's priorities in Scotland

Met Microsoft, Microsoft UK and Ireland

To discuss Microsoft's recent investment in the UK and the use of Artificial Intelligence in public services

Met London Early Years Foundation

Meeting to discuss the role of voluntary organisations in the early years sector

Met Former Assistant Commissioner for Met Operations in the Metropolitan Police

Discussion on delivering manifesto commitments and informative discussion on ongoing work

Met His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary

To discuss Police Performance and policing reforms

Met Chair of the National Police Chiefs Council`

To discuss various issues across the Policing landscape

Met College of Policing CEO

To discuss the work of the College

Met Microsoft

Meeting to discuss recent investments and growth opportunities

Met Chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners

To discuss Police Reforms and Policing Governance