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[[Image:Barbour-index.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Barbour Index promotional picture from 1967<ref>Lucy Granville, [http://lucygranville.com/2010/09/08/lifestyle-for-a-1960s-independent-woman/ Mini’s and mini skirts: Barbour Index was a job for an independent woman in the 1960′s]], ''LucyGranville.com'', 8-September-2010, Accessed 13-April-2011</ref>]]
 
[[Image:Barbour-index.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Barbour Index promotional picture from 1967<ref>Lucy Granville, [http://lucygranville.com/2010/09/08/lifestyle-for-a-1960s-independent-woman/ Mini’s and mini skirts: Barbour Index was a job for an independent woman in the 1960′s]], ''LucyGranville.com'', 8-September-2010, Accessed 13-April-2011</ref>]]
[[Patrick Barbour]] is a trustee of [[Civitas]], and was one of the three founders of [[Reform]]. He is also the author of the position paper for the [[Taxpayers Alliance]]'s 'Better Government Campaign'.<ref>Patrick Barbour, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2007/10/patrick-barbour.html Patrick Barbour: Political management has failed the victims of C-Diff], Conservative Home, 18-October-2007</ref> Barbour has also made donations to the [[Stockholm Network]] and is a business supporter of [[Global Vision]].<ref name="support">Global Vision [http://www.global-vision.net/supportbusiness.asp# Support from Business], accessed 18 November 2010</ref> He is a trustee of the [[Politics and Economics Research Trust]] which is the research wing of the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]].<ref>Politics & Economics Research Trust, [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/PrintReport.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1121849&ReportType=COLOUR Charity Commission Report], ''Charity Commission'', Accessed 13-April-2011</ref>  
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[[Patrick Barbour]] is a trustee of [[Civitas]], and was one of the three founders of [[Reform]]. He is also the author of the position paper for the [[Taxpayers Alliance]]'s 'Better Government Campaign'.<ref>Patrick Barbour, [http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2007/10/patrick-barbour.html Patrick Barbour: Political management has failed the victims of C-Diff], Conservative Home, 18-October-2007</ref> Barbour has also made donations to the [[Stockholm Network]]<ref>Stockholm Network, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0607 Annual Report 2006-07], ISSU, Accessed 20-April-2010</ref> <ref>Stockholm Network, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/sn_ar_singles Annual Report 2007-08], ISSU, Accessed 20-April-2010</ref>. and is a business supporter of [[Global Vision]].<ref name="support">Global Vision [http://www.global-vision.net/supportbusiness.asp# Support from Business], accessed 18 November 2010</ref> He is a trustee of the [[Politics and Economics Research Trust]] which is the research wing of the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]].<ref>Politics & Economics Research Trust, [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/PrintReport.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1121849&ReportType=COLOUR Charity Commission Report], ''Charity Commission'', Accessed 13-April-2011</ref>  
  
  

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Barbour Index promotional picture from 1967[1]

Patrick Barbour is a trustee of Civitas, and was one of the three founders of Reform. He is also the author of the position paper for the Taxpayers Alliance's 'Better Government Campaign'.[2] Barbour has also made donations to the Stockholm Network[3] [4]. and is a business supporter of Global Vision.[5] He is a trustee of the Politics and Economics Research Trust which is the research wing of the Taxpayers' Alliance.[6]


According to his profile on the Young Britons' Foundation website Barbour spent 40 years building the companies Barbour Index Plc and Microgen Plc.[7] He is also a foundaing director of Barbour Logic.[8] He sold Barbour Index for £22 million in 1999.[9]

Affiliations

Civitas | Stockholm Network | Global Vision | Reform | Politics and Economics Research Trust | Taxpayers' Alliance | Young Britons' Foundation

Notes

  1. Lucy Granville, Mini’s and mini skirts: Barbour Index was a job for an independent woman in the 1960′s], LucyGranville.com, 8-September-2010, Accessed 13-April-2011
  2. Patrick Barbour, Patrick Barbour: Political management has failed the victims of C-Diff, Conservative Home, 18-October-2007
  3. Stockholm Network, Annual Report 2006-07, ISSU, Accessed 20-April-2010
  4. Stockholm Network, Annual Report 2007-08, ISSU, Accessed 20-April-2010
  5. Global Vision Support from Business, accessed 18 November 2010
  6. Politics & Economics Research Trust, Charity Commission Report, Charity Commission, Accessed 13-April-2011
  7. Patrick Barbour, YBF7 Speaker: Patrick Barbour, Young Britons' Foundation, Accessed 13-April-2011
  8. Barbour Logic, Founding Directors, Barbour Logic, Accessed 13-April-2011
  9. The Independent, Barbour Index founder's pounds 22m, the Independent, 13-March-1999