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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]] 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> | [[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> | ||
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> | ||
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Revision as of 22:03, 13 April 2011
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 and is a business supporter of Global Vision.[3] He is a trustee of the Politics and Economics Research Trust which is the research wing of the Taxpayers' Alliance.[4]
According to his profile on the Young Britons' Foundation website Barbour spent 40 years building the companies Barbour Index Plc and Microgen Plc.[5] He is also a foundaing director of Barbour Logic.[6] He sold Barbour Index for £22 million in 1999.[7]
Affiliations
Civitas | Stockholm Network | Global Vision | Reform | Politics and Economics Research Trust | Taxpayers' Alliance | Young Britons' Foundation
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
