Ministers' Meetings

Met South West Grid for Learning & Internet Watch Foundation

Models for taking down and blocking nonconsensual intimate image abuse

Met Cambridge City Council

To discuss local government reorganisation

Met Mastercard

To discuss making the UK a good business destination, AI training, the Industrial Strategy

Met United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

To discuss UK government - United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) collaboration

Met Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Sat next to each other at a United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)-organised lunch, discussed climate priorities

Met Local Trust

To discuss local growth

Met Korea Investment Corporation

To discuss the UK investment environment and KIC's investment presence in the UK

Met LS Cable & System

To discuss LS Cable & System's investment aspirations in the UK and cabling technologies

Met Hana Bank

To discuss Hana Bank's investment plans in the UK following their investment commitment in 2023

Met National Pension Service

To discuss the National Pension Service's investment ambitions in the UK

Met SeAH Steel

To discuss an ongoing investment project and the UK's Industrial Strategy

Met Association of Business Mentors; ScaleUp Institute

Meeting to discuss mentoring in the UK, including supporting SMEs accessing mentoring.

Met A former postmaster

Meeting to discuss a member of former postmaster's experience of the Horizon IT scandal.

Met Answer Digital; Wuva; Twin Sciences and Robotics; Gerald Mcdonald and Company; Purple Goat Agency; Disability Horizon; Martha Brook; Creative Nature; EXEAT; Porotech; Inkfire; Jomas Associates; OLIO; Ozone API; Pall Mall Barbers.

Meeting to discuss the Small Business Plan.

Met Industrial Strategy Advisory Council: University of Manchester, Software NI, University of Cambridge, University of Warwick Innovation District, Octopus Energy, LSE, Associated British Ports, TUC, Community Trade Union

Brief drop in to regular meeting of the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council. All attendees attended in their role as Council members, rather than on behalf of their organisations.

Met Can't Buy My Silence

To discuss the Employment Rights Bill and non-disclosure agreements

Met Car Wash Association

To discuss worker exploitation and non-compliance in the hand car wash sector

Met Nissan

To discuss UK operations and the global automotive business environment

Met Business roundtable (Answer Digital, Wuva, Twin Sciences and Robotics, Gerald McDonald and Co., Purple Goat Agency, Martha Brook, Creative Nature, EXEAT, Porotech, Inkfire, Jomas Associates)

To discuss the upcoming Plan for SMEs

Met CWU

To discuss Royal Mail

Met Airbus

To discuss UK operations and global aerospace business environment

Met Energy UK

To discuss the Government's review of Ofgem, smart meters, and heat networks

Met Google Deepmind

To discuss modelling applications

Met Professor Dieter Helm

Meeting to discuss water reform

Met Hetti Barkworth-Nanton & Diana Parkes

Sentencing Bill Engagement

Met BioNTech

To discuss the Life Sciences Sector Plan

Met Boeing

To discuss US trade

Met Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

To discuss US-UK financial services and US relations

Met RSA Insurance

To discuss insurance sector priorities

Met Paragon Bank

To discuss bank capital requirements

Met Maria Laine - Boeing - President of Boeing in the United Kingdom and the Nordic region

To discuss the Trade Strategy and the impact of the US deal on the aerospace industry

Met John Harrison - Airbus - General Counsel and Head of Airbus Public Affairs at Airbus

To discuss the Trade Strategy and the impact of the US deal on the aerospace industry

Met Phoenix Group Holdings, Jeremy Hunt

Meeting to discuss the Pension Review

Met Caroline Waterston, Editor, and Lizzy Buchan, Political Editor, The Mirror

Routine media engagement

Met Youth Employment

To discuss their campaign to improve awareness of different careers in the NHS

Met Wellcome Leap

To discuss human health

Met Commercial Bank of Kuwait

Roundtable at the Commercial Bank of Kuwait

Met Kuwait Diplomatic Institute

Meeting young diplomats

Met Empowering Deaf Society

Street Party for local Deaf Community

Met Meeting with Syrian female-run food microbusinesses

Meeting with Syrian businesses supported by the UK 'Building Local Resilience in Syria' programme

Met Meeting with young Syrians

To discuss social cohesion and Syrian identity

Met White Helmets

Tour of the White Helmets HQ in Damascus

Met Health Data Research UK

To discuss HDRS

Met REAch2 Academy Trust

To discuss Best Start in Life announcement

Met Dingley's Promise

To discuss Best Start in Life announcement

Met London Early Years Foundation

To discuss Best Start in Life announcement

Met Early Education and Childcare Coalition

To discuss Best Start in Life announcement

Met Coram Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY)

To discuss Best Start in Life announcement

Met Association of Directors of Children's Services

To discuss the Best Start in Life Strategy

Met Local Government Association

To discussthe Best Start in Life Strategy