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The inaugural meeting of the group took place on 26 June 2025. A communique for the meeting was published too late for inclusion in the Q2 intergovernmental activity update.
(Response number 4, SS ID: 191207876) 26 It was considered by some respondents that the Commissioner should learn from the ‘ground up’ rather than from the ‘top down’ in order to engage with a wide range of people.
However, it also presents some significant opportunities for new businesses to prosper across Scotland, as well as new business models, new technology and regulatory innovations that are pioneered here to be exported around the world.
It also links back to alignment with the EU, because it is being brought in with the latest version of the CAP. Moving money around is an area in which tensions can and do develop.