Responsibilities
As of 2023, the Minister has the following areas of regulation and governance within their portfolio: • small business and enterprise • scale up strategy • access to finance • labour market and employment rights (including National Minimum Wage) • postal services (including Royal Mail) • consumer and competition policy (including subsidy control) • mutual recognition of professional qualifications • Office for Product Safety and Standards • levelling up and regional growth • corporate governance and transparency • audit and insolvency • hospitality • retail • consumer goods • personal care • Post Office Limited • British Business Bank • Low Pay Commission • ACAS • Small Business Commissioner • Companies House • Competition & Markets Authority • Competition Service • The Insolvency Service • Competition Appeal Tribunal • Central Arbitration Committee • Certification Officer • Office of Manpower Economics • Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies • Groceries Code Adjudicator • Pub Code Adjudicator • British Hallmarking Council • Financial Reporting Council • Regulatory Policy Committee == List of ministers ==