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[[IM Group]] is a car-import business chaired by [[Robert Edmiston]], a multi-millionaire businessman.<ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref> Edmiston helps to fund the [[Conservative Party]], the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] and the [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] and is a member of the [[Midlands Industrial Council]].<ref>Robert Booth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-conservative-pressure-group Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance], ''The Guardian'', 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011</ref><ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref><ref>Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, ''the Sunday Times'', 15-October-2006</ref> | [[IM Group]] is a car-import business chaired by [[Robert Edmiston]], a multi-millionaire businessman.<ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref> Edmiston helps to fund the [[Conservative Party]], the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] and the [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] and is a member of the [[Midlands Industrial Council]].<ref>Robert Booth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-conservative-pressure-group Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance], ''The Guardian'', 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011</ref><ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref><ref>Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, ''the Sunday Times'', 15-October-2006</ref> | ||
| − | IM are registered by the Electoral Commission as having donated £50,000 | + | IM are registered by the Electoral Commission as having donated £50,000 on 8 February 2016 to [[Grassroots Out]], one of the campaigns trying to persuade voters to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June 2016. <ref name="EC">Electoral Commission, [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=5&rows=10&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&open=filter&et=perpar&date=Reported&from=2016-04-01&to=2016-05-03&prePoll=true&postPoll=false&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Grassroots Out Donor Search], accessed 12 May 2016</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:57, 7 June 2016
IM Group is a car-import business chaired by Robert Edmiston, a multi-millionaire businessman.[1] Edmiston helps to fund the Conservative Party, the Taxpayers' Alliance and the West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance and is a member of the Midlands Industrial Council.[2][3][4]
IM are registered by the Electoral Commission as having donated £50,000 on 8 February 2016 to Grassroots Out, one of the campaigns trying to persuade voters to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June 2016. [5]
Affiliations
Robert Edmiston | Conservative Party | Midlands Industrial Council | Taxpayers' Alliance | West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance
Notes
- ↑ Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, Birmingham Post, 1-August-2007
- ↑ Robert Booth, Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance, The Guardian, 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011
- ↑ Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, Birmingham Post, 1-August-2007
- ↑ Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, the Sunday Times, 15-October-2006
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Grassroots Out Donor Search, accessed 12 May 2016
