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  • Welcome to Scotland Portal on [[Powerbase:About|Powerbase]] - your guide to networks of power, lobbying a ...h as Scotland is that big companies can exert a disproportionate influence on the political system. They have colossal lobbying influence and produce inf
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  • The company grew to be one of the largest independent PR businesses in Scotland and, until a scandal related to the lobbying side ...ack was going to leave us. (Observer transcript 1999: 2). Concern centred on the probity of such an overtly political appointment given the history of s
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  • ...l [[Sourcewatch:Think tanks|think tank]] that proclaims that: "Politically independent, our work bridges thinking and practice to provide innovative and practical In the SCF's policy research work, equality does not feature very highly on the agenda as an aim in itself; at best marked disparities are seen as econ
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  • ...ried member of the PI, joined the PI in May 2003 'to run the institute on a more full-time basis'. He formerly worked for the [[IEA]] in an admin ...cotland". The PI is a multi-issue think-tank that concentrates exclusively on Scotland's economy, public services, environmental and agricultural pol
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  • ...] we get our act together and write a code which will allow us to regulate on our own... There is a golden opportunity for us to influence the CSG. We sh ...ng that the politicians you are dealing with have a lot of people knocking on their door. You need to be clear that they know who you are representing...
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  • ...#39;generous grant' from British Petroleum ([[BP]]). Today, the IFF is independent from the SCF and tries to bring together so-called 'deep thinkers' ...ly and thereby revive and foster a culture of human aspiration'. Based on this view of today's world, the IFF seeks to create a new 'paradigm
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  • ...think tank providing a focus for imaginative and innovative policy debate on the key issues facing Scotland.<ref>"[http://www.cspp.org.uk/ Homepage]", C ...January 2009</ref>. As of 2009 Hassan is working with think-tank [[Demos]] on the Scotland 2020 project<ref>"[http://www.demos.co.uk/people/gerryhassan G
    12 KB (1,723 words) - 23:19, 6 September 2009
  • According to David Miller in an article on Spinwatch: ...to parties, lobbying, PR, the creation and use of front groups, seemingly independent institutes and apparently enlightened business networks. One such that has
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  • ...ague tables for financial communications consultancies. It advises clients on public affairs, media and investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, com On public affairs, Brunswick says:
    33 KB (4,695 words) - 11:35, 27 January 2017
  • '''Aims of Industry''' was founded in 1942 as an independent free enterprise corporate lobby group by business leaders in industry. It c ...n by Aims of Industry to prevent the nationalisation of the sugar industry on behalf of Tate and Lyle]]
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  • ...1672.html Occupiers Spend Millions on Private Army of Security Men], ''The Independent'', March 28, 2004</ref> ...e says that Phoenix-trained personnel are highly sought after and deployed on a wide variety of close protection assignments throughout the world (wherev
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  • ...ement Profiles], accessed 12 April 2008.</ref><ref>Peter Roberts 'Comments on Article and Reasons for Amendment', modified 9 September 10:26, attached to ...iles.asp?Corporate> retrieved from the Internet Archive dated 6 April 2008 on 1 October 2009</ref><ref>Antony Barnett & Patrick Smith, [http://observer.g
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  • Koch is a former official of the [[South African Committee on Genetic Experimentation]] (SAGENE). [[SAGENE]] became South Africa's offici ...Council which is the final decision making body, heavy reliance is placed on the Advisory Committee to furnish expert scientific and technical advice. A
    10 KB (1,606 words) - 00:17, 12 June 2009
  • ...rgest biotechnology company and Syngenta directors occupy 3 of the 5 seats on the Syngenta Foundation's board. ...nal Development]] (DFID) where he directly advised UK government ministers on issues like environmental protection and sustainable development.
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  • ..., policies, people and process that drive decisions. We advise our clients on what to say, how to say to it, who to and when." <ref>Bell Pottinger Public ...o the told the [[House of Commons]] Public Administration Select Committee on Lobbying: Access and Influence in Whitehall (PASC) Bell Pottinger Public Af
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  • ...al think-tank the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]] and was spun-off as an independent think-tank in 2000. <ref>Internet Archive, [http://web.archive.org/web/2000 ...ion. <ref>''Tory! Tory! Tory!'', broadcast Friday, 10 August from 2340 BST on BBC Four. See also Brian Wheeler, '[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/
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  • ...ogramme's 'theory of change', however, acknowledges that its success hangs on a number of 'external factors' including: 'local and regional policy and re DfID has financialy supported a network of organisations that are focused on promoting private sector involvement in health and education through: polic
    26 KB (3,751 words) - 10:03, 4 September 2017
  • ...has a history of work in the European Parliament on financial services and on biotechnology. He also has direct financial interests in both industries. ...o 'own initiative' reports, one on financial services and one on biotech. On 17 March 2005, he made an additional declaration in the Register of members
    31 KB (4,326 words) - 20:40, 21 May 2012
  • ...e [[Battle of Ideas]] events since 2005, where he has appeared every year, on 17 panels as of 10th December 2014, including a number of discussion topics ...). This is confirmed in an article written by [[Don Milligan]], reflecting on his time as a workplace activist, branch organiser and as the party’s typ
    119 KB (16,177 words) - 08:21, 6 November 2021
  • ...at 'the Food Standards Agency... is very much an independent agency and an independent voice in government'. 'Putting consumers first' and 'being independent' are, in fact, listed as 2 of the FSA's 3 'guiding principles'. The Agency
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