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==Support for the Conservatives== | ==Support for the Conservatives== | ||
| − | On | + | On 1 April 2015 Bilimoria was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 1 April 2015.</ref> |
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
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*[[London Business School]] | *[[London Business School]] | ||
*[[Harvard University| Harvard Business School]].<ref name="LB"/> | *[[Harvard University| Harvard Business School]].<ref name="LB"/> | ||
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| + | Recorded by the Electoral Commission:<ref> Electoral Commission, [https://pefonline.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/CommonReturnsSearch.aspx?type=basicDonationSearch Donation Search], accessed 2 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th> | ||
| + | <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th> | ||
| + | <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Amount</th> | ||
| + | <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Donated to</th> | ||
| + | <th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Subsidiary (parties only)</th> | ||
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| + | <td align="center">30/09/2003</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">Cobra Beer Ltd, 72 Fielding Rd</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">£1,392.00</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">Central Party</td> | ||
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| + | <td align="center">15/05/2003</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">Cobra Beer Ltd, 72 Fielding Rd</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">£384.00</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">Central Party</td> | ||
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| + | <td align="center">15/05/2003</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">Cobra Beer Ltd, 72 Fielding Rd</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">£7,480.00</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td> | ||
| + | <td align="center">Central Party</td> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| − | [[Category:House of Lords|Bilimoria, Karan]][[Category:Alcohol Industry|Bilimoria, Karan]][[Category:Cambridge alumni|Bilimoria, Karan]][[Category:Harvard alumni|Bilimoria, Karan]] | + | [[Category:House of Lords|Bilimoria, Karan]][[Category:Alcohol Industry|Bilimoria, Karan]][[Category:Cambridge alumni|Bilimoria, Karan]][[Category:Harvard alumni|Bilimoria, Karan]][[Category:Telegraph Letter General Election 2015|Bilimoria, Karan]][[[[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Bilimoria, Karan]] |
Latest revision as of 16:21, 7 April 2015
Karan Bilimoria is the founder of Cobra Beer and chairman of Cobra Beer Partnership Limited.
He became a crossbench member of the House of Lords on 24 July 2006.[1]
Career
Bilimoria founded Cobra Beer in 1989 and is currently the chairman of the Cobra Beer Partnership Limited and of Molson Coors Cobra India - both ventures with the global brewers Molson Coors.[2]
He is the founding chairman of the UK India Business Council; the chancellor of Birmingham University; and a founding member of the Prime Minister of India's Global Advisory Council.[3]
Support for the Conservatives
On 1 April 2015 Bilimoria was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[4]
Education
- Chartered accountant, Ernst & Young
- Degree in Law, Cambridge University
- Cranfield School of Management
- London Business School
- Harvard Business School.[3]
Political donations
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:[5]
| Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to | Subsidiary (parties only) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2003 | Cobra Beer Ltd, 72 Fielding Rd | £1,392.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 15/05/2003 | Cobra Beer Ltd, 72 Fielding Rd | £384.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
| 15/05/2003 | Cobra Beer Ltd, 72 Fielding Rd | £7,480.00 | Conservative Party | Central Party |
Notes
- ↑ Parliament.UK Lord Bilimoria, accessed 1 April 2015.
- ↑ Cobra Beer About, accessed 1 April 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lord Bilimoria Biography, accessed 1 April 2015.
- ↑ Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 1 April 2015.
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 2 April 2015.
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