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[[IM Group]] is a car-import business chaired by [[Robert Edmiston]], a multi-millionaire businessman.<ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref> Edmiston helps to fund the [[Conservative Party]], the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] and the [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] and is a member of the [[Midlands Industrial Council]].<ref>Robert Booth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-conservative-pressure-group Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance], ''The Guardian'', 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011</ref><ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref><ref>Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, ''the Sunday Times'', 15-October-2006</ref> | [[IM Group]] is a car-import business chaired by [[Robert Edmiston]], a multi-millionaire businessman.<ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref> Edmiston helps to fund the [[Conservative Party]], the [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] and the [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] and is a member of the [[Midlands Industrial Council]].<ref>Robert Booth, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-conservative-pressure-group Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance], ''The Guardian'', 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011</ref><ref>Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, ''Birmingham Post'', 1-August-2007</ref><ref>Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, ''the Sunday Times'', 15-October-2006</ref> | ||
− | IM | + | IM is registered by the Electoral Commission as having donated £50,000 on 8 February 2016 to [[Grassroots Out]], one of the campaigns trying to persuade voters to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June 2016. <ref name="EC">Electoral Commission, [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/Search/Donations?currentPage=5&rows=10&sort=Value&order=desc&tab=1&open=filter&et=perpar&date=Reported&from=2016-04-01&to=2016-05-03&prePoll=true&postPoll=false&optCols=AccountingUnitsAsCentralParty&optCols=IsSponsorship&optCols=RegulatedDoneeType&optCols=CompanyRegistrationNumber&optCols=Postcode&optCols=NatureOfDonation&optCols=PurposeOfVisit&optCols=DonationAction&optCols=ReportedDate&optCols=IsReportedPrePoll&optCols=ReportingPeriodName&optCols=IsBequest&optCols=IsAggregation Grassroots Out Donor Search], accessed 12 May 2016</ref> |
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+ | <td align="center">25/04/2016</td> | ||
+ | <td align="center">IM Group Limited</td> | ||
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==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
[[Robert Edmiston]] | [[Conservative Party]] | [[Midlands Industrial Council]] | [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] | [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] | [[Robert Edmiston]] | [[Conservative Party]] | [[Midlands Industrial Council]] | [[Taxpayers' Alliance]] | [[West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance]] | ||
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+ | ==Notes== | ||
− | + | [[Category: Conservative Party Donors]] [[Category: Brexit]] [[Category: UK]][[Category:Brexit ‘leave’ donor]] | |
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IM Group, Source: IM Group
IM Group is a car-import business chaired by Robert Edmiston, a multi-millionaire businessman.[1] Edmiston helps to fund the Conservative Party, the Taxpayers' Alliance and the West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance and is a member of the Midlands Industrial Council.[2][3][4]
IM is registered by the Electoral Commission as having donated £50,000 on 8 February 2016 to Grassroots Out, one of the campaigns trying to persuade voters to leave the EU in the referendum on 23 June 2016. [5]
Donations
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to |
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29/08/2008 | IM Group Limited | £2,000.00 | Mr Andrew Mitchell MP |
17/02/2009 | IM Group Limited | £7,500.00 | Ms Philippa Stroud |
04/02/2013 | IM Group Limited | £20,000.00 | Conservative Christian Fellowship |
22/10/2013 | IM Group Limited | £25,000.00 | Conservative Christian Fellowship |
04/11/2014 | IM Group Limited | £25,000.00 | Conservative Christian Fellowship |
20/01/2015 | IM Group Limited | £250,000.00 | Conservative and Unionist Party |
14/04/2015 | IM Group Limited | £10,000.00 | Conservative and Unionist Party |
08/02/2016 | IM Group Limited | £50,000.00 | Grassroots Out |
08/02/2016 | IM Group Limited | £50,000.00 | Grassroots Out |
26/04/2016 | IM Group Limited | £100,000.00 | Grassroots Out |
25/04/2016 | IM Group Limited | £850,000.00 | Vote Leave |
Affiliations
Robert Edmiston | Conservative Party | Midlands Industrial Council | Taxpayers' Alliance | West Midlands Taxpayers' Alliance
- ↑ Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, Birmingham Post, 1-August-2007
- ↑ Robert Booth, Who is behind the Taxpayers Alliance, The Guardian, 9-October-2009, Accessed 24-January-2011
- ↑ Birmingham Post, Figureheads back group calling for lower taxes, Birmingham Post, 1-August-2007
- ↑ Robert Winnett and Holly Watt, Tories forced to name club of millionaire supporters, the Sunday Times, 15-October-2006
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Electoral Commission, Grassroots Out Donor Search, accessed 12 May 2016