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==Career==
 
==Career==
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Having saved £750,000.00 at his job in Russia with sugar traders [[Glencore]], Jenkins started gift card company [[Moonpig]] in 1999<ref> Sara Rizk [http://startups.co.uk/moonpig-nick-jenkins/ Moonpig: Nick Jenkins] ''Startups'', 13 October 2009, accessed 3 April 2015 </ref> with the help of £2 million from 18 angel investors. By 2011 the company were employing 100 staff and were selling 12 million cards, so Jenkins sold the company for £100 million.<ref> How did they do it [http://howdidtheydoit.net/extra/extra-qa-nick-jenkins-founder-moonpig-com/ Q&A: Nick Jenkins, Moonpig.com], accessed 3 April 2015.</ref>
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Having saved £750,000.00 at his job in Russia with sugar traders [[Glencore]], Jenkins started gift card company [[Moonpig]] in 1999<ref> Sara Rizk [http://startups.co.uk/moonpig-nick-jenkins/ Moonpig: Nick Jenkins] ''Startups'', 13 October 2009, accessed 3 April 2015 </ref> with the help of £2 million from 18 angel investors.  
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By 2011 the company were employing 100 staff and selling 12 million cards a year, Jenkins sold the company for £100 million.<ref> How did they do it [http://howdidtheydoit.net/extra/extra-qa-nick-jenkins-founder-moonpig-com/ Q&A: Nick Jenkins, Moonpig.com], accessed 3 April 2015.</ref>
  
 
==Letter to the Telegraph==
 
==Letter to the Telegraph==
 
On 1 April 2015 Jenkins 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'', 3 April 2015.</ref>
 
On 1 April 2015 Jenkins 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'', 3 April 2015.</ref>
  
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Recorded by the Electoral Commission:<ref> Electoral Commission, [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=30&query=Jenkins&sort=AcceptedDate&order=desc&tab=1&et=pp&et=ppm&et=tp&et=perpar&et=rd&prePoll=false&postPoll=true Donation Search], accessed 9 April 2015 </ref>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Amount</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Donated to</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Subsidiary (parties only)</th>
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<td align="center">05/03/2009</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£2,500.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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<td align="center">Hammersmith</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">30/06/2009</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£2,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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<td align="center">Central Party</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">22/03/2011</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas D Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£20,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[No Campaign]] Limited</td>
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<td align="center"></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td align="center">26/04/2011</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas D Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£2,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[No Campaign]] Limited</td>
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<td align="center"></td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">30/06/2011</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas D Jenkins </td>
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<td align="center">£102,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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<td align="center">Central Party</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">20/09/2011</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas D Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£10,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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<td align="center">Central Party</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">07/12/2011</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas D Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£5,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]]</td>
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<td align="center">Central Party</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">10/02/2012</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas D Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£10,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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<td align="center">Central party</td>
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</tr>
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<td align="center">28/11/2012</td>
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<td align="center">Nicholas D Jenkins</td>
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<td align="center">£25,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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<td align="center">Central Party</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Telegraph Letter General Election 2015|Jenkins, Nick]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Jenkins, Nick]]

Revision as of 09:37, 9 April 2015

Nick Jenkins is the founder of Moonpig.

Career

Having saved £750,000.00 at his job in Russia with sugar traders Glencore, Jenkins started gift card company Moonpig in 1999[1] with the help of £2 million from 18 angel investors.

By 2011 the company were employing 100 staff and selling 12 million cards a year, Jenkins sold the company for £100 million.[2]

Letter to the Telegraph

On 1 April 2015 Jenkins 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.[3]

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:[4]

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to Subsidiary (parties only)
05/03/2009 Nicholas Jenkins £2,500.00 Conservative Party Hammersmith
30/06/2009 Nicholas Jenkins £2,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
22/03/2011 Nicholas D Jenkins £20,000.00 No Campaign Limited
26/04/2011 Nicholas D Jenkins £2,000.00 No Campaign Limited
30/06/2011 Nicholas D Jenkins £102,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
20/09/2011 Nicholas D Jenkins £10,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party
07/12/2011 Nicholas D Jenkins £5,000.00 Conservative Party] Central Party
10/02/2012 Nicholas D Jenkins £10,000.00 Conservative Party Central party
28/11/2012 Nicholas D Jenkins £25,000.00 Conservative Party Central Party

Notes

  1. ↑ Sara Rizk Moonpig: Nick Jenkins Startups, 13 October 2009, accessed 3 April 2015
  2. ↑ How did they do it Q&A: Nick Jenkins, Moonpig.com, accessed 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 3 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 9 April 2015
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