View our Gifts and Hospitality Register for Board and Senior Leadership Team Members for 2025/26
| Date | Submitter Name | Description | Supplier / Organisation | Reason for G&E | G&H Type | Value / Cost | Accepted / Offered / Declined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/2025 | Ken Cooper (LEFT BBB) | Lunch | MMC Ventures | Maintaining existing relationship. | Hospitality | £30 | Accepted |
| 03/04/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Sunday Times | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 10/04/2025 | Richard Bearman | Lunch | HSBC | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £35 | Offered by BBB |
| 15/04/2025 | Ken Cooper (LEFT BBB) | Lunch | Edge Investments | Maintaining existing relationship. | Hospitality | £20 | Accepted |
| 17/04/2025 | Bernie Skivington | Chocolates and company branded items | Iwoca Limited | Appreciation gift for attending and presenting at an in-house event | Gift | £40 | Accepted |
| 23/04/2025 | Mike Ginnelly | Breakfast | EY | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £20 | Accepted |
| 24/04/2025 | Ian Connatty | Northern Tech Awards | GP Bullhound | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 27/04/2025 | Ken Cooper (LEFT BBB) | Lunch | Mercia | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £15 | Accepted |
| 29/04/2025 | Tony Greenham (LEFT BBB) | Lunch | Messier Holdings Limited | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £85 | Accepted |
| 29/04/2025 | Christine Hockley | Dinner | Intrepid Growth Partners | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 30/04/2025 | Ken Cooper (LEFT BBB) | Company visit and lunch | Dawn Capital | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £20 | Accepted |
| 01/05/2025 | Michael Strevens | Lunch | LE Capital | Maintaining existing relationship. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 06/05/2025 | Louis Taylor | Parliamentary Reception | BVCA | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 06/05/2025 | Ian Connatty | Parliamentary Reception | BVCA | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 06/05/2025 | Christine Hockley | Parliamentary Reception | BVCA | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 07/05/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Department for Business and Trade | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £120 | Accepted |
| 13/05/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | International Business and Diplomatic Exchange (IBDE) | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £25 | Accepted |
| 19/05/2025 | Ian Connatty | Chair’s Dinner | Invest Europe | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 19/05/2025 | Louis Taylor | RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gala Preview | EY | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £1,240 | Accepted |
| 20/05/2025 | Tony Greenham (LEFT BBB) | Dinner | GCM Grosvenor | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £95 | Accepted |
| 22/05/2025 | Michael Strevens | Dinner | Paragon Bank | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 02/06/2025 | Warren Ralls (LEFT BBB) | Dinner | London and Partners | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Declined |
| 02/06/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Department for Business and Trade | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 03/06/2025 | Ian Connatty | Breakfast at Super Venture Conference | Albion VC | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £25 | Accepted |
| 03/06/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | KfW | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 05/06/2025 | Mark Trick | Ticket for ODI Cricket | Dufrain | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £400 | Declined |
| 10/06/2025 | Ian Connatty | Breakfast | Rothschild & Co | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £25 | Accepted |
| 10/06/2025 | Louis Taylor | Summer Party | Startup Coalition | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Declined |
| 12/06/2025 | Louis Taylor | Anniversary Event | Founders Forum | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 12/06/2025 | Christine Hockley | Ballet and dinner | Quadrille Capital | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £150 | Declined |
| 17/06/2025 | Tony Greenham (LEFT BBB) | Dinner | Illumyn Impact | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 19/06/2025 | Ian Connatty | Presentation and lunch | Global Corporate Venturing | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 27/06/2025 | Mary Whenman | Bottle of Champagne | MHP / Next 15 | Congratulatory gift | Gift | £49.95 | Accepted |
| 30/06/2025 | Ian Connatty | Dinner | EY | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 30/06/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | EY | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 30/06/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | HM Treasury | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 02/09/2025 | Kristen McLeod | Dinner | KfW | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £1422 | Offered by BBB |
| 03/09/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Lord Mayor Alderman | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 09/09/2025 | Christine Hockley | Reception and dinner | Dawn Capital | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 09/09/2025 | Ian Connatty | Dinner | BVCA | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 11/09/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Quoted Companies Alliance | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Declined |
| 11/09/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | UK Finance | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Declined |
| 15/09/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | UKGI | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 16/09/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | DBT | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 16/09/2025 | Mary Whenman | Breakfast | MHP Group / Next 15 | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £25 | Accepted |
| 17/09/2025 | Ian Connatty | Dinner | Frame | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Declined |
| 17/09/2025 | Ian Connatty | Dinner | Local Globe / Phoenix Court | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 17/09/2025 | Richard Bearman | Lunch | Small Business Britain | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 18/09/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Nest Corporation | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 22/09/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Milton Keynes Council | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Declined |
| 22/09/2025 | Ian Connatty | Breakfast | Natwest Cushon | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £40 | Accepted |
| 24/09/2025 | Roxanne Howdle-Rowe (LEFT BBB) | Anniversary event | Randstad | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 26/09/2025 | Mary Whenman | Awards Ceremony | BME PR Pros | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £150 | Accepted |
| 28/09/2025 | Louis Taylor | Attendance at conference | Labour Party Conference | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Declined |
| 30/09/2025 | Richard Bearman | Dinner | Apposite Capital | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 02/10/2025 | Mary Whenman | Launch event | In Comms Magazine | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 02/10/2025 | Tara Reeves | Dinner | Balderton | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 06/10/2025 | Kristen McLeod | Dinner | Royal Academy of Engineering | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 07/10/2025 | Tara Reeves | Dinner | Primary Bid | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 09/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Fenchurch | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Declined |
| 10/10/2025 | Richard Bearman | Lunch | KPMG | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 13/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Baroness Blackwood | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 13/10/2025 | David Hourican | Awards Dinner | PWC | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 14/10/2025 | Mary Whenman | Concert tickets | Red Brick Road | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £300 | Declined |
| 14/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Roundtable | Oliver Wyman | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Declined |
| 16/10/2025 | Esi Eshun | Book | Baker McKenzie | Gift provided at event. | Gift | £10.99 | Accepted |
| 16/10/2025 | Esi Eshun | Voucher | Thomson Reuters | Gift provided at event. | Gift | £25 | Accepted |
| 20/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Mayor of the West Midlands | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 21/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Presentation and dinner | Innovate UK | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 22/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | The City of London | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 23/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Lunch | Global Success Partnership | Networking opportunity representing BBB | Hospitality | £60 | Declined |
| 28/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Briefing Circle | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 28/10/2025 | David Hourican | Dinner | Odgers Berndtson | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 28/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | UK Delegation High Tea, Future Investment Initiative | Standard Chartered | Networking opportunity representing BBB | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 28/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner, Future Investment Initiative | Quantexa | Networking opportunity representing BBB | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 29/10/2025 | Mary Whenman | Dinner | Ellwood Atfield | Networking Opportunity representing BBB | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 29/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Mubudala, UAE – UK Business Council | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 30/10/2025 | Wyndham North | Dinner | EY | Maintaining existing relationship. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 30/10/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | J&F Holdings | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 04/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Mercia | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 04/11/2025 | Tara Reeves | Dinner | Founders Forum | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 06/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Grow London | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Declined |
| 06/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | PWC | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Declined |
| 10/11/2025 | Esi Eshun | Reception | REAS / BritCham Guyana | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 11/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Drinks | Founders Forum | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Declined |
| 11/11/2025 | Ian Connatty | Conference | Gallos Tech | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £45 | Accepted |
| 12/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | International Business and Diplomatic Exchange (IBDE) | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Declined |
| 12/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Business party | Sunday Times / Alix Partners | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 12/11/2025 | Michael Strevens | Dinner | Lenvi | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £95 | Accepted |
| 12/11/2025 | Toni Mitchell | Breakfast | Appian Technologies | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 13/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Diversity Stocktake | City of London | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Declined |
| 14/11/2025 | Mary Whenman | Autumn party | Lansons Team Farmer | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 17/11/2025 | Ian Connatty | Breakfast | Salica Investments | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £45 | Accepted |
| 17/11/2025 | Stephen Welton | Dinner | Scaleup Institute | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £75 | Accepted |
| 18/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | UK Finance | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 19/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Presentation and lunch | UK BioIndustry Association | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 19/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Lazard | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 19/11/2025 | Louis Taylor | Investor Summit | Bioindustry.org | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 20/11/2025 | Barry Murphy | Dinner | Enterprise Ireland | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 20/11/2025 | Mark Trick | Lunch | Randstad | Maintaining existing relationship. | Hospitality | £40 | Accepted |
| 20/11/2025 | Stephen Welton | Dinner | The Times | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 25/11/2025 | Mark Trick | Reception | Oliver Wyman | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £40 | Accepted |
| 27/11/2025 | Mary Whenman | Executive Membership of Financial Narrative | Financial Narrative | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Gift | £755 | Accepted |
| 30/11/2025 | Stephen Welton | Summit and dinner | Wales Investment Summit | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £200 | Accepted |
| 02/12/2025 | Mike Ginnelly | Breakfast | Deloitte | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £30 | Declined |
| 03/12/2025 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | ETF Partners | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Declined |
| 09/12/2025 | Richard Bearman | Reception | Goldman Sachs | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £85 | Accepted |
| 09/12/2025 | Graeme Fisher | Reception | Goldman Sachs | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £85 | Accepted |
| 09/12/2025 | Toni Mitchell | Lunch | EY | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 09/12/2025 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Chancellor of the Exchequer | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £60 | Declined |
| 01/01/2026 | Roxanne Howdle-Rowe (LEFT BBB) | Vision Award | AIM Media | Gift | Gift | £0 | Accepted |
| 08/01/2026 | Toni Mitchell | Breakfast and round table | Randstad | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 12/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Breakfast | Airbus | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £30 | Accepted |
| 12/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Lunch | Lord Eatwell, House of Lords | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £45 | Accepted |
| 13/01/2026 | Ian Connatty | Dinner | Dame Anne Glover | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £80 | Accepted |
| 13/01/2026 | Adam Kelly | 3 bottles of non-alcoholic sparkling wine | Empirical Ventures | Christmas gift | Gift | £25 | Accepted |
| 13/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Dame Anne Glover | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £30 | Accepted |
| 13/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Theatre tickets | Royal Shakespeare Company | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £200 | Declined |
| 19/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | The Times | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 22/01/2026 | Ian Connatty | Breakfast | BVCA | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £40 | Accepted |
| 22/01/2026 | Ian Connatty | Dinner | City of London | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 27/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | ADS | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 27/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Chancellor of the Exchequer | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £20 | Accepted |
| 29/01/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | BioIndustry Association | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 24/02/2026 | Louis Taylor | Reception | HM Treasury | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £25 | Accepted |
| 26/02/2026 | Toni Mitchell | Breakfast | Appian | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £50 | Accepted |
| 26/02/2026 | Louis Taylor | Reception | Founders Forum | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £30 | Accepted |
| 02/03/2026 | Reinald de Monchy | Lunch | United Trust Bank | Maintaining existing relationship. | Hospitality | £40 | Accepted |
| 04/03/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | UK Private Capital | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 10/03/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Odgers | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 16/03/2026 | Bernard Skivington | Lunch | United Trust Bank | Maintaining existing relationship | Hospitality | £40 | Accepted |
| 18/03/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | City of London Corporation | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 19/03/2026 | Louis Taylor | Awards dinner | Santander | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Declined |
| 25/03/2026 | Louis Taylor | Dinner | Sunday Times | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £100 | Accepted |
| 31/03/2026 | Christine Hockley | Dinner | M&G | Networking opportunity representing BBB. | Hospitality | £150 | Accepted |