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  • ...n Hill]]. On 10 September 2014, Hill was chosen by [[David Cameron]] to be Britain’s next European Commissioner in charge of financial services regulation. ...is is best done behind the scenes. At other times, the situation will call for a high-profile campaign, where we help clients influence opinion through th
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  • ...al gas to homes and business around the United Kingdom and generates power for supply to the grid. It owns '''[[PPM Energy]]''' in the United States and i ...ution and supply basis, which survived the privatisation to become a model for the rest of the United Kingdom (previously the UK government had privatised
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  • ...he [[Centre for European Reform]] which has acted as a gateway into Europe for several neoconservative figures such as its 2003, October 30, Public debate ...s a formidable intellect with great charm."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4837538.stm</ref>
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  • ...a British propagandist and conservative politician. He was Director of the business propaganda group the [[Economic League]] from 1926 to 1945 and acted as a P ...rector of the [[Economic League]] for nineteen years and Publicity adviser for another twenty five, Conservative MP (Canterbury 1945-53) and chair of a [[
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  • ...ntrol climate change, stating, ‘Science no longer provides justification for any rush to pass drastic global warming legislation’.<ref name="Michaels" ...January 2011 </ref>. He has debunked climate change at a press conference for [[Consumer Alert]] along with other known climate sceptics.
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  • ...d long-standing nuclear critic - as “the propaganda wing and trade group for the American nuclear industry [which] spends millions of dollars annually t ...the board serve on the executive committee, which is responsible for NEI's business and policy affairs.
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  • ...ear Admiral [[Reginald Hall|William Reginald Hall]]. Hall had been elected for a Liverpool constituency in the hastily called post-war election. {{ref|1}} ...Conservative MP [[John Gretton]] (Chairman of the Bass Brewery and member for the brewing town of Burton in Staffordshire) who was presumably already a r
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  • The two main bodies which argued the case for protective tariffs were the [[Tariff Reform League]] and the [[Tariff Commi ...Committee was most closely associated with Sir [[Edward Carson]], Tory MP for Dublin University and leader of the [[Ulster Unionists]] {{ref|6}}.
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  • ...n, a Trustee of Asia House, a Governor of the London Business School and a Council member of City University. In addition to his role as Trustee of The Royal ...Space Health Club, and also acquired The Groucho Club in Soho. Joel worked for ten years as a Vice President of The Imperial Cancer Research Fund and is a
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  • ...[[Institute for the Study of Conflict]], to form the [[Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism]]. ...rom the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/ShowCharity/Registe
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  • It was accused by the [[Research Foundation for the Study of Terrorism]] of encouraging attacks on corporate leaders. .... This recession shows clearly what's good for the ruling class is no good for us.
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  • ...dvisor to the Thatcher government, Scottish Tory Party treasurer, Scottish Business in the Community and director of Grampian Holdings. ...1975 by Willie Ross) from a child of Wilsonian Corporatism, into a vehicle for promoting Thatcherism. Perhaps too, he would have said something about the
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  • ...was the Unionist M.P. for Acton from 1918 to 1929, but he is chiefly noted for his vast range of voluntary activities, his writing and his travelling. The ...ir Harry became Director of numerous daily and weekly newspapers and other business concerns. He was president of the [[British International Association of Jo
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  • Following the listing of some issues of major importance for Bayer, an (by no means complete) overview of the most important lobby group ...reation of new, strict so-called social regulation); minimising liability (for their committed crimes, see crime section).
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  • ...allow them to understand and bridge the differences in the two countries' business cultures.' The Forum is run by a senior array of business and political leaders, including a significant component of those active in
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  • Denmark's [[Group 4 Falck]] and Britain's [[Securicor]] both security companies merged to form [[G4S]] in 2004.<ref ...Nattevagt]]’(1901), and [[Sophus Falck]] established ‘[[Redningskorpet for København og Fredriksberg A/S]]’ (1906).
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  • ...ture he gave at Strathclyde University, "How far is it sensible to explore for and develop new hydrocarbon reserves, given that the atmosphere may not be ...growth target to 3 per-cent, but Mr. Watts refused to be drawn on a figure for longer- term production growth[69].
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  • The Economic Research Council is a right wing economics think tank. ...poverty around them in the midst of plenty, started questioning the use in Britain of a monetary system that had failed the nation in the past and was liable
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  • ...rector of the [[Economic League]] for nineteen years and Publicity adviser for another twenty five, Conservative MP (Canterbury 1945-53) and chair of a [[ ..., White also published four important autobiographical books - ''It's Gone For Good'', ''The Big Lie'', ''Sabotage Is Suspected'' and ''True Blue''. They
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  • ...rganisations and their interlocking directorates. Arrangements are in hand for a permanent clearing house of information in connection with alien organisa ...at the War Office from 1914-1916 then sat as a Unionist MP for Basingstoke for just three years between 1917 and 1920 during which time he was Minister of
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