Airbus
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Airbus logo, Source: Airbus
Airbus SAS is a European aircraft and weapons manufacturing company. It is a subsidiary of EADS.[1]
Lobbying firms retained
- Hanover Communications registered Airbus as a client in 2016 on the UK register of consultant lobbyists[2]
Subsidiaries
- Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd (SSTL)
- Airbus Defence - hired former Air Vice-Marshal Peter Ewen as 'head of air' in 2015
Political donations
- Donated £7,508.50 on 21 April 2016 to Britain Stronger in Europe, the main pro-EU group campaigning for UK voters to choose to remain in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016. [3]
Recorded by the Electoral Commission:
| Date | Name of donor | Amount | Donated to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26/11/2007 | Airbus UK Ltd | £5,000.00 | Conservative and Unionist Party |
| 25/02/2009 | Airbus UK Limited | £7,000.00 | Labour Party |
| 10/09/2009 | Airbus UK Limited | £4,750.00 | Labour Party |
| 26/10/2009 | Airbus Operations Limited | £5,000.00 | Conservative and Unionist Party |
| 24/12/2014 | Airbus Group Ltd | £20,000.00 | Conservative and Unionist Party |
| 10/12/2015 | Airbus Group Ltd | £20,000.00 | Conservative and Unionist Party |
| 21/04/2016 | Airbus Group Ltd | £7,508.50 | Britain Stronger in Europe |
Notes
- ↑ Company, Airbus, accessed 21 May 2011.
- ↑ Hanover Communications profile 2016, Register of consultant lobbyists, accessed 25 April 2016
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Donor search EU referendum, accessed 13 May 2016
- ↑ Electoral Commission, Airbus Donation Search, accessed 22 June 2016
