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'''The Bristol Port Company''' provides cargo handling services. | '''The Bristol Port Company''' provides cargo handling services. | ||
| − | It was established in 1991 when founders [[Terence Mordaunt]] and [[David Ord]] purchased the Port of Bristol from [[Bristol City Council]]. <ref>[https://www.bristolport.co.uk/about-us/bristol-port-company-today 'Bristol Port Company'], ''Bristolport.co.uk'', accessed 19 May 2016</ref> | + | It was established in 1991 when founders [[Terence Mordaunt]] and [[David Ord]] purchased the Port of Bristol from [[Bristol City Council]]. <ref>[https://www.bristolport.co.uk/about-us/bristol-port-company-today 'Bristol Port Company'], ''Bristolport.co.uk'', accessed 19 May 2016</ref> Both men are [[Conservative Party Donors]]. Mordaunt is also a director of the [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]]<ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019 </ref> |
| + | [[First Corporate Shipping]] is the trading name of the Bristol Port Company. | ||
==Donations== | ==Donations== | ||
*[[Vote Leave]] - donated £50,000 on 17 March 2016 to the leading anti-EU group for the UK's EU membership 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 Donation Search], accessed 12 May 2016</ref> | *[[Vote Leave]] - donated £50,000 on 17 March 2016 to the leading anti-EU group for the UK's EU membership 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 Donation Search], accessed 12 May 2016</ref> | ||
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| + | *£25,000 to the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both [[Jeremy Hunt]] and [[Boris Johnson]] according to the register of MPs’ interests. <ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019 </ref> | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 03:31, 24 July 2019
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Bristol Port Company logo, Source: Port of Bristol FC
The Bristol Port Company provides cargo handling services.
It was established in 1991 when founders Terence Mordaunt and David Ord purchased the Port of Bristol from Bristol City Council. [1] Both men are Conservative Party Donors. Mordaunt is also a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation[2]
First Corporate Shipping is the trading name of the Bristol Port Company.
Donations
- Vote Leave - donated £50,000 on 17 March 2016 to the leading anti-EU group for the UK's EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016. [3]
2019
- £25,000 to the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson according to the register of MPs’ interests. [4]
Notes
- ↑ 'Bristol Port Company', Bristolport.co.uk, accessed 19 May 2016
- ↑ Peter Geoghegan, Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, The Ferret, 12 June 2019
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 12 May 2016
- ↑ Peter Geoghegan, Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, The Ferret, 12 June 2019
