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| − | '''Corin Taylor''' is a director at the oil and gas industry's [[UK Onshore Operators Group]]. He is a former | + | '''Corin Taylor''' is a director at the oil and gas industry's [[UK Onshore Operators Group]]. He is a former senior policy adviser at the [[Institute of Directors]] (IoD) and was research director of the [[Taxpayers Alliance]] think tank for several years.<ref>Taxpayers Alliance, [http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/who-we-are.html Who We Are], Taxpayers Alliance, Accessed 20-August-2010</ref> |
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In October 2013 Taylor was appointed head of communications research at oil and gas production and power generation company [[Centrica Energy]], <ref> Jonathan Tilley, [http://www.prweek.com/article/1215538/centrica-energy-appoints-corin-taylor-head-comms-research#ctW4xMaPSxE59wYq.99 Centrica Energy], ''PR Week'', 9 October 2013 </ref> which bought 25 per cent of fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]] that same year. | In October 2013 Taylor was appointed head of communications research at oil and gas production and power generation company [[Centrica Energy]], <ref> Jonathan Tilley, [http://www.prweek.com/article/1215538/centrica-energy-appoints-corin-taylor-head-comms-research#ctW4xMaPSxE59wYq.99 Centrica Energy], ''PR Week'', 9 October 2013 </ref> which bought 25 per cent of fracking firm [[Cuadrilla Resources]] that same year. | ||
| − | In 2014 Taylor was seconded to UKOOG as a senior adviser [[UKOOG]]. | + | In 2014 Taylor was seconded to UKOOG from Centrica as a senior adviser [[UKOOG]]. |
==Conferences== | ==Conferences== | ||
Revision as of 07:28, 24 August 2016
Corin Taylor is a director at the oil and gas industry's UK Onshore Operators Group. He is a former senior policy adviser at the Institute of Directors (IoD) and was research director of the Taxpayers Alliance think tank for several years.[1]
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Authored IoD shale gas report sponsored by Cuadrilla
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In 2013 Taylor authored a report for the IoD on the prospects for shale gas exploration in the UK, which was sponsored by fracking firm Cuadrilla Resources.
In October 2013 Taylor was appointed head of communications research at oil and gas production and power generation company Centrica Energy, [2] which bought 25 per cent of fracking firm Cuadrilla Resources that same year.
In 2014 Taylor was seconded to UKOOG from Centrica as a senior adviser UKOOG.
Conferences
- ShaleWorld UK conference held in London in 2015
- Institute for Economic Affairs, Lessons from the US: what is the best framework for exploiting shale gas in the UK?, 2014 Beesley Lecture on the potential of shale gas. Held 9 October 2014 at the IEA in Pall Mall.
Affiliations
Taylor sits on the Social Return on Investment Steering Group at the Centre for Social Justice and is a senior fellow at the Economic Policy Centre. He was previously a member of the Economic Dependency Working Group at the Centre for Social Justice, research director at the Taxpayers’ Alliance, political secretary at the Tax Reform Commission and economics research officer at the think tank Reform. He has also written for the Centre for Policy Studies, Civitas and Policy Exchange think tanks on a freelance basis.
Taylor was a co-author of the Taxpayers Alliance report into benefit reform.[3]
Taxpayers Alliance | Institute of Directors | Centre for Social Justice | Economic Policy Centre | Centre for Social Justice | Tax Reform Commission | Reform | Centre for Policy Studies | Civitas | Policy Exchange
Notes
- ↑ Taxpayers Alliance, Who We Are, Taxpayers Alliance, Accessed 20-August-2010
- ↑ Jonathan Tilley, Centrica Energy, PR Week, 9 October 2013
- ↑ Taylor et al., Welfare reform in tough fiscal times, The Taxpayers Alliance, 2010
