Difference between revisions of "Patrick Barbour"
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According to his profile on the [[Young Britons' Foundation]] website Barbour spent 40 years building the companies [[Barbour Index Plc]] and [[Microgen Plc]].<ref>Patrick Barbour, [http://www.ybf.org.uk/2010/11/17/ybf7-speaker-patrick-barbour/ YBF7 Speaker: Patrick Barbour], ''Young Britons' Foundation'', Accessed 13-April-2011</ref> He is also a foundaing director of [[Barbour Logic]].<ref>Barbour Logic, [http://www.barbourlogic.co.uk/pages/about-us/directors.htm Founding Directors], ''Barbour Logic'', Accessed 13-April-2011</ref> He sold Barbour Index for £22 million in 1999.<ref>The Independent, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/barbour-index-founders-pounds-22m-1080256.html Barbour Index founder's pounds 22m], ''the Independent'', 13-March-1999</ref> | According to his profile on the [[Young Britons' Foundation]] website Barbour spent 40 years building the companies [[Barbour Index Plc]] and [[Microgen Plc]].<ref>Patrick Barbour, [http://www.ybf.org.uk/2010/11/17/ybf7-speaker-patrick-barbour/ YBF7 Speaker: Patrick Barbour], ''Young Britons' Foundation'', Accessed 13-April-2011</ref> He is also a foundaing director of [[Barbour Logic]].<ref>Barbour Logic, [http://www.barbourlogic.co.uk/pages/about-us/directors.htm Founding Directors], ''Barbour Logic'', Accessed 13-April-2011</ref> He sold Barbour Index for £22 million in 1999.<ref>The Independent, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/barbour-index-founders-pounds-22m-1080256.html Barbour Index founder's pounds 22m], ''the Independent'', 13-March-1999</ref> | ||
| − | [[Image:Barbour-index.jpg|thumb|right| | + | [[Image:Barbour-index.jpg|thumb|right|450px|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>]] |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 22:02, 13 April 2011
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'.[1] Barbour has also made donations to the Stockholm Network and is a business supporter of Global Vision.[2] He is a trustee of the Politics and Economics Research Trust which is the research wing of the Taxpayers' Alliance.[3]
According to his profile on the Young Britons' Foundation website Barbour spent 40 years building the companies Barbour Index Plc and Microgen Plc.[4] He is also a foundaing director of Barbour Logic.[5] He sold Barbour Index for £22 million in 1999.[6]
Affiliations
Civitas | Stockholm Network | Global Vision | Reform | Politics and Economics Research Trust | Taxpayers' Alliance | Young Britons' Foundation
Notes
- ↑ Patrick Barbour, Patrick Barbour: Political management has failed the victims of C-Diff, Conservative Home, 18-October-2007
- ↑ Global Vision Support from Business, accessed 18 November 2010
- ↑ Politics & Economics Research Trust, Charity Commission Report, Charity Commission, Accessed 13-April-2011
- ↑ Patrick Barbour, YBF7 Speaker: Patrick Barbour, Young Britons' Foundation, Accessed 13-April-2011
- ↑ Barbour Logic, Founding Directors, Barbour Logic, Accessed 13-April-2011
- ↑ The Independent, Barbour Index founder's pounds 22m, the Independent, 13-March-1999
- ↑ 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
