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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]] | + | It was established in 1991 when co-founders [[Terence Mordaunt]] and [[David Ord]] bought 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|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 company's trading name. | [[First Corporate Shipping]] is the company's trading name. | ||
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==Donations== | ==Donations== | ||
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===2019=== | ===2019=== | ||
*£25,000 each for 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], OpenDemocracy and ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019 </ref> | *£25,000 each for 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], OpenDemocracy and ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019 </ref> | ||
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| + | * Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram, [https://thebristolcable.org/2016/05/exclusive-fracking-risks-hidden-by-mayor-from-councillors-and-public/ Exclusive: Fracking risks hidden by Mayor from Councillors and public], Bristol Cable, 3 May, 2016 | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| − | [[Category: Brexit]] [[Category: UK]][[Category:Brexit ‘leave’ donor]] | + | [[Category: Brexit]] [[Category: UK]][[Category:Brexit ‘leave’ donor]][[Category:Fracking]] |
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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 co-founders Terence Mordaunt and David Ord bought 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 company's trading name.
Donations
2016
- 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 each for the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson according to the register of MPs’ interests. [4]
=External resources
- Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram, Exclusive: Fracking risks hidden by Mayor from Councillors and public, Bristol Cable, 3 May, 2016
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, OpenDemocracy and The Ferret, 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019
