Overview
Lobbying Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Financial year: Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
52
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
BT Group plc (BT)
EU Transparency Register
00919034091-89 First registered on 30 Aug 2010
Goals / Remit
BT Group is the UK’s leading telecommunications and network provider and a leading provider of global communications services and solutions, serving customers in 180 countries. Its principal activities in the UK include the provision of fixed voice, mobile, broadband and TV (including Sport) and a range of products and services over converged fixed and mobile networks to consumer, business and public sector customers. For its global customers, BT provides managed services, security and network and IT infrastructure services to support their operations all over the world.
British Telecommunications plc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
For the year ended 31 March 2021, BT Group’s reported revenue was £21,331m with reported profit before taxation of £1,804m.Main EU files targeted
Our main focus is on the digital policy agenda, including the European data strategy, telecommunications, data protection, artificial intelligence, intellectual property, cyber security, consumer policy and internet governance.
We also follow wider EU policies covering the Internal Market, competition, innovation and trade.
As a company head quartered in the UK and with a European-wide footprint serving businesses and governmental institutions with ICT solutions, we take a strong interest in the future EU-UK relationship and related negotiations.
Given BT’s commitment to reduce its own and its customers’ CO2 emissions we take an active interest in the European energy and sustainability agenda.
We further follow policies and activities to support digital skills and TechLiteracy.Address
Head Office
BT Braham Street
London E1 8EE
UNITED KINGDOMEU Office
BT Braham Street
London E1 8EE
UNITED KINGDOMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 02 Oct 2023
Name Start date End Date Mr Tilmann KUPFER 17 Jan 2020 01 Feb 2021 Mr Henk Mannekens 17 Oct 2019 17 Oct 2020 Mr Adrian WHITCHURCH 25 May 2019 23 May 2020 Mr Tilmann KUPFER 16 Jan 2019 21 Dec 2019 Mr Henk Mannekens 19 Apr 2018 19 Apr 2019 Mr Adrian WHITCHURCH 03 Mar 2018 02 Mar 2019 Mr Tilmann KUPFER 05 Dec 2017 02 Dec 2018 Mr Laurence STONE 22 Mar 2017 21 Mar 2018 Mr Adrian WHITCHURCH 23 Jan 2017 12 Jan 2018 Mr Tilmann KUPFER 10 Nov 2016 09 Nov 2017 Mr Larry STONE 06 Apr 2016 30 Mar 2017 Mr Adrian WHITCHURCH 22 Jan 2016 21 Jan 2017 Mr Tilmann KUPFER 10 Oct 2015 08 Oct 2016 Mr Henk Mannekens 13 Mar 2015 11 Mar 2016 Mr Larry STONE 21 Feb 2015 18 Feb 2016 Mr Adrian WHITCHURCH 05 Dec 2014 03 Dec 2015 Mr Tilmann KUPFER 08 Oct 2014 03 Oct 2015 Mr Adrian WHITCHURCH 15 Nov 2013 14 Nov 2014 Mr Tilmann KUPFER 18 Sep 2013 17 Sep 2014 Mr Tilmann KUPFER 18 Dec 2012 12 Sep 2013 Tilmann KUPFER 15 Mar 2012 01 Oct 2012 Mr Adrian WHITCHURCH 07 Feb 2012 01 Mar 2013 Mrs Cécile PLAIDY 24 Jan 2012 01 Oct 2012 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
In 2021-2022, BT has been a member of the following organisations relevant to its European affairs and European regulatory work:
British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium (BCCB)
Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
European Internet Forum (EIF)
European Policy Centre (EPC)
European Services Forum (ESF)
European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association (ETNO)
GSM AssociationMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
900,000€ - 999,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
None declaredIntermediaries for current year
None declaredClosed year Costs
900,000€ - 999,999€
Other financial info
These details and figures will be updated soon
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
European Internet ForumOther activities
For further information on our BT’s regulatory and policy work please go to:
https://www.btplc.com/Thegroup/Policyandregulation/index.htm
Meetings
Meetings
52 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't publish information about such meetings. All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 18 Nov 2020 Location Brussels Subject Digital Markets Act Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jun 2019 Location Brussels Subject 5G and security of supply chains Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2019 Location Brussels Subject Security issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julian King (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject Telecoms developments in UK, such as fibre, USO and 5G Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Feb 2018 Location Barcelona Subject Code, ePrivacy, Net neutrality Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
- Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Dec 2017 Location Brussels Subject Data Flows in Trade Agreements Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Kaius Kristian Hedberg (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2017 Location Brussels Subject digital and telecom single market; broadband; cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Eric Peters (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Sep 2017 Location Brussels Subject Meeting with British Telecom concerning digital transformation of industry Attending - Lowri Evans (Director-General)
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Date 21 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Telecom Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Severine Wernert (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Trade in Telecommunications, the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC), and regulatory issues Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
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Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Cybersecurity Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julian King (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Trade in general, making the case for trade and fighting protectionism Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
- Jon Nyman (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject UK and EU electronic communications review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 20 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject BT presenting their approach to innovation and R&D Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Alfredo Sousa De Jesus (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2017 Location Davos Subject Outlook for the EU Cabinet Cabinet of First Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights Attending - Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President)
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Date 30 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject BT Group's education and apprenticeship activities Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics Portfolio Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Attending - Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Skills and pensions Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Consummer law Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2016 Location BXL Subject DSM Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject telecom policy Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Oct 2016 Location Brussels Subject The meeting covered topics related to Telecomm and to ICT (in particular IT skills, 5G, and big data). Attending - Lowri Evans (Director-General)
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Date 27 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Telecom review, portability, DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 27 Sep 2016 Location Brussels Subject Working lunch on Telecom reforms and roaming Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Telecom review framework - UK regulatory developments - Content portability - US access Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 05 Jul 2016 Location Brussels Subject Telecom review framework - UK regulatory developments - Content portability - US access Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 24 May 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Skills Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
- Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject telecom policy Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Apr 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject EU Telecoms Framework legislation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Kevin O'Connell (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Telco review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2016 Location Lech Subject telecom review Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 15 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jan 2016 Location Davos Subject Competitiveness, digital single market, retail financial services, CMU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
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Date 21 Jan 2016 Location Davos Subject DSM Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 13 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Copyright, portability, EU telecoms review Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
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Date 24 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Commission's new trade strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Christian Burgsmueller (Cabinet member)
- Maria Asenius (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Oct 2015 Location Brussels Subject Skills, Apprenticeships Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen Portfolio Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility Attending - Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)
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Date 01 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject NIS, TSM, UK telco market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject Telecommunications Policy Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM and H2020 Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 09 Jul 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM and H2020 Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 27 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM Attending - Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
- Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM, TSM, review of access regulation, consolidation of the telcoms sector Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, Juncker Priorities Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Key trade dossiers, including TTIP and TISA Attending - Jean-Luc Demarty (Director-General)
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Date 10 Mar 2015 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market, Juncker Priorities Attending - Robert Madelin (Director-General)
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Date 24 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 04 Feb 2015 Location BXL Subject DSM Attending - Anna Herold (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Feb 2015 Location Belgium, Brussels, BERL Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Sebastian Kuck (Cabinet member)
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Date 29 Jan 2015 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jan 2015 Location Davos, Switzerland Subject Investment plan Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President)
- Edward Bannerman (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Digital Single Market Attending - Michael Hager (Cabinet member)
- Eric Mamer (Cabinet member)
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