Ministers' Meetings

Met NFI Group & Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL)

Met with Paul Sobry (President and Chief Executive Officer) of NFI Group, along with Paul Davies (President and Managing Director), and Debbie McCreath (Group Marketing Director) from Alexander Dennis Limited, along with Ian Murray (Secretary of State for Scotland) to discuss bus manufacturing in the UK.

Met E3G

To discuss climate finance solutions

Met Ethical Trading Initiative

To discuss human rights and governance issues

Met Universities UK; Oxford University; Royal College of Art; European Council on Foreign Relations; British Council; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; Football Association; Professor Steve Smith; Times Higher Education; Scotland International Committee; Ulster University; College Wales; English UK; Independent Schools Council; Chartered Management Institute; Pearson UK; The King's Trust; Education Endowment Foundation; Midlands Innovation

To discuss International Education Strategy

Met Lloyds Banking Group

To discuss new fraud strategy with key banking stakeholder.

Met Universities UK

To discuss Immigration White Paper

Met Urban Transport Group (UTG)

Meeting to discuss Airport Expansion, Surface Acess, Freight and Maritime Investment

Met Federation of Small Businesses

To discuss export support

Met Universities UK, Historic England, Oriel College (Oxford University), Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), The Illuminated River Foundation, Civic Future, Ashmolean Museum, MeiraGTx, Forward Publishing, WPP plc, The Landmark Trust, Children and the Arts, Soho Theatre, Royal College of Art, University of the West of England, Department for Education, Baillie Gifford Prize, Care Leaver Covenant, Saga plc, Arts Council England, ITV, Royal Television Society, Endemol, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), BBH, Holocaust Memorial Foundation, European Council on Foreign Relations, US Library of Congress, Centre for European Reform, Foreign Policy Centre, Demos, World Economic Forum (WEF), British Council, University Alliance, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, English Football Association (FA), Visa Europe, comparethemarket.com, White Stuff, and John Williams Heating Services Ltd

To discuss the soft power strategy and foreign policy

Met KPMG, CIPR, CMI, Oliver Wyman, ACCA, ICAEW, Law Society of England and Wales, Law Society of Scotland, TCUK, REC, Arup, BSA, QPC, Mazars, PwC, Capgemini, EY, Hymans Robertson, MCA, RIBA, and Capgemini.

To update the PBSC on the PBS sector plan

Met Storegga

To discuss investment into Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage, and current operations in the UK

Met Unison

To discuss school support staff

Met Pallavi Mahajan/Nick McKeown

To discuss the National Data Library

Met Non-consensual Intimate Image (NCII) Abuse Campaigners

To discuss intimate image abuse, HMG plans to tackle this harm and what more HMG could do in this space

Met Roundtable with stakeholders about School Food

To discuss updating the School Food Standards and engage with opinion on the challenges and opportunities that updating the Standards will bring

Met British International Investment (BII)

To discuss aligning British International Investment's BII’s climate-focused investment strategy with UK development goals and exploring opportunities for greater impact and collaboration

Met EnBW

To discuss Offshore Wind

Met Edelman, Deliveroo, Mars Petcare, HP Inc., People's Postcode Lottery, Siemens, Orsted, British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, BT Group. Sky, Arup, Airbus, Ferrero, Associated British Food, Barclays

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill, productivity, growth and regulatory frameworks

Met Social Impact Investing Advisory Group

To discuss HMG work in establishing a credible framework for impact investing

Met Estee Lauder

To discuss the role of innovation and AI integration, regulation, and investment in the beauty sector

Met Mission 44, Oasis Charitable Trust, CAPE, The Education Alliance, Chartered College of Teaching, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, The Grange Academy, Co-op Academy Leeds, Reach Foundation, Fair Education Alliance, Sky

Roundtable to discuss the power of education to improve life chances for young people

Met Salmon Scotland AGM Interview

Recorded interview for Salmon Scotland AGM

Met Barclays

To discuss the Willow Review

Met Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

To discuss the UK life sciences commerical environment and HMG/ABPI collaboration in attracting investment

Met British Medical Association General Practice Committee

To discuss general practice.

Met Dr Camilla Kingdon

To discuss the independent review of children's hearing services.

Met Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

Confederation of British Industry (CBI) President's Committee Roundtable meeting discussing the industrial strategy, investment in clean energy, Great British Energy (GBE) and industrial energy prices

Met Gemma Oaten - SEED

To discuss Eating Disorders and the support offered by NHS Services

Met Palantir

To discuss digitsation and health

Met Too Good to Go, Fareshare, Pepsico, Food and Drink Federation, Local Government, Authority, Marks and Spencer, Biffa, Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology, Institute of Grocery Distributors, Mars, Tesco, Again, Bioelectric, Felix Project, UK Hospitality, Food Standards Agency, Eden Labs, British Retail Consortium, Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association, Association of Convenience Stores, Waste Resource Action Programme

A roundtable to discuss the agri-food sector's opinions on directions for the Circular Economy Strategy and their input to the Circular Economy Taskforce

Met BioIndustry Association

To discuss innovation within the UK health system

Met BioIndustry Association

Annual Parliament Day meeting

Met West Yorkshire Mayoral Authority, Wakefield Council

Visit a Careers Fair and discuss how the current service can be improved.

Met TheCityUK, A&O Shearman, Accenture, Addleshaw Goddard LLP, American International Group UK Limited, Association for Financial Markets in Europe, Aviva, AXA XL, Baker McKenzie, Bank of America, Barclays, BlackRock, Bloomberg Europe, BNP Paribas, BNY, Boston Consulting Group, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, Credit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse International, Deloitte LLP Deutsche Bank DLA Piper Euroclear UK & International EY Fidelity International, Financial Services Skills Commission, Freshfields, Goldman Sachs International Guernsey Finance, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells, Howden Group, HSBC, ICE Futures Europe, Invesco, J.P. Morgan, Jersey Finance, KPMG, Legal & General, Linklaters LLP, Lloyd’s of London, Lloyds Banking Group, Lockton International, London Stock Exchange Group, M&G, Marsh, Monzo Bank, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Nasdaq, Netcompany, Nomura International, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, Odgers Berndtson, Phoenix Group, PwC, Robinhood, Rothschild & Co, Santander UK, Simmons & Simmons, Slaughter and May, Société Générale, St. James’s Place, Standard Chartered, Starling Bank, State Street, The Investment Association, UK Finance, Vontobel, XTX Markets

Meeting of TheCityUK Leadership Council to discuss with financial services firms trade agreements, growth and the Financial Services Growth & Competitiveness Strategy

Met Make UK

To discuss tax options to incentivise business investment

Met CBI, BCC, FSB, MakeUK, Institute of Directors

To discuss priorites ahead of the Spending Review, jointly with the Chancellor

Met Confederation of British Industry; British Chambers of Commerce; Institute of Directors; The Federation of Small Businesses; Make UK

A roundtable for business engagement ahead of Spending Review

Met Margaret Snowdon

To discuss their voluntary work within the pensions industry

Met Deputy Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner

A discussion on the development of Greater Manchester Youth Justice Coordination/Support and Complex Safeguarding

Met North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)

To discuss recent updates, stakeholder views, and the relationship between HMG and the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)

Met Charles Warren Academy

To discuss solar panels and Great British Energy (GBE)

Met Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution

To discuss the organisations existing work programmes

Met University of Oxford

Meeting to discuss Health Data Research Service

Met Grenfell Community

To discuss issues of concern to the Grenfell community

Met Grenfell United

To discuss support relating to Grenfell

Met FirstGroup Plc (FirstBus)

Meeting at FirstGroup's Bristol Bus Depot to see the launch of new Zero Emission Buses (ZEB).

Met Shell

Discussion of growth and investment opportunities in the UK.

Met Trade Union Congress

To attend the Trade Union Congress Disabled Workers Conference, and to share the breadth of work being undertaken by the Government to improve the lives of disabled workers. This included discussing how the Make Work Pay agenda would support disabled workers in the labour market

Met Father of veteran

Veterans support - aggrieved father courtesy meeting

Met Army Families Federation

Service personnel and families support