Ethnic Minority Business Owners APPG

First Registered: 23/03/2022 • Last updated on: 20/11/2024

The APPG for Ethnic Minority Business Owners aims to promote the advancement of businesses owned by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people to reduce barriers and unlock their potential for the overall benefit of the UK’s economy.

Note: All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal, cross-party groups formed by MPs and Members of the House of Lords who share a common interest in a particular policy area, region or country. APPGs have no official status within Parliament.
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4 Current APPG Officers
Rupa Huq Portrait
Rupa Huq
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 20th November 2024
Baroness Verma Portrait
Baroness Verma
Co-Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 8th April 2024
Sarah Olney Portrait
Sarah Olney
Co-Chair
Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Dan Aldridge Portrait
Dan Aldridge
Co-Chair
Labour - Weston-super-Mare
Joined: 20th November 2024
Contact Details

Registered Contact:

Dr Rupa Huq MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6865.

Email: rupa.huq.mp@parliament.uk

Public Enquiry Point:

Diana Chrouch, Ethnic Minority Business Network. Tel: 07445 978 902

Email: secretariat@embnetwork.co.uk

Secretariat:

Ethnic Minority Business Network acts as the group's secretariat.

Group's Website:

https://www.appgethnicbusiness.co.uk/

Date
23 Oct 2024
Source
Ethnic Minority Business Network
Description
Secretariat   From : 23/10/2024 To : 22/10/2025
Value
£10,501
Date
11 Feb 2023
Source
Chrouch Consulting
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2023 To : 10/02/2024
Value
£10,501
Date
22 Nov 2022
Source
Chrouch Consulting
Description
Event
Value
£1,501
Date
11 Feb 2022
Source
Chrouch Consulting
Description
Secretariat   From : 11/02/2022 To : 10/02/2023
Value
£10,501

No direct financial benefits are on record for the Ethnic Minority Business Owners APPG

Former APPG Officers
Peter Bottomley Portrait
Peter Bottomley
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Worthing West
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Abena Oppong-Asare Portrait
Abena Oppong-Asare
Co-Chair
Labour - Erith and Thamesmead
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 30th May 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Lord Dholakia Portrait
Lord Dholakia
Deputy Chair
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Kate Hollern Portrait
Kate Hollern
Treasurer
Labour - Former Member for Blackburn
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Florence Eshalomi Portrait
Florence Eshalomi
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Tim Farron Portrait
Tim Farron
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale
Joined: 5th April 2023
Departed: 6th March 2024
Mark Logan Portrait
Mark Logan
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Chi Onwurah Portrait
Chi Onwurah
Officer
Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 6th March 2024
4 APPG Memberships
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Christine Jardine Portrait
Christine Jardine
Treasurer
Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
Baroness Benjamin Portrait
Baroness Benjamin
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Life peer
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
1 APPG Membership
Caribbean
Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Officer
Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston
Joined: 23rd March 2022
Departed: 22nd February 2023
No other APPG Memberships