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  • ...health, well being and sustainable development. It was superseded in 2000, for local government, by the Best Value regime, which aims to overcome the more ...project is then contracted to run the building typically for 30 years paid for by the public purse. Introduced by the Tories in 1992, it has since been ex
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  • ...on Mobil]] conducts business in almost 200 countries worldwide. {{ref|16}} For information on the different ExxonMobil companies and affiliates, see http: ...nteractive map on their web site at http://www.esso.com/eaff/essouk/glance/britain.html. Their main locations are in Leatherhead, West London, Abingdon, Fareh
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  • ...eas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. By doing so, business, as a primary agent driving globalization, can help ensure that markets, co * Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world
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  • .... The think-tank is unusual in that it is directly supported by individual business leaders, and claims to refuse money from 'EU institutions, governments or b ...mpaign-launched-for-referendum-on-EU-superstate.html New campaign launched for referendum on EU ‘superstate’], “Telegraph”, 18 May 2003.</ref> Vot
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  • ...the University of Reading, and on his retirement took up a half-time post for a few years at York University, Toronto. <ref>‘FLEW, Prof. Antony Garrard ...tanks that emerged from the mid-70s onwards advocating the deregulation of business, the cutting of public services and the curtailment of trade union power, a
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  • ...enants, check your gun-powder and mass your forces. The battle was on now, for sure, and the only weapons that counted were technology, strategy and sheer ...the Tory right in the nineties. Hart's organisation, Committee for a Free Britain, published two periodicals, the Cold War bulletin World Briefing, which was
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  • ...esent includes around 90% of the manufacturers, factors and franchisors of Britain’s soft drinks. ...ociation of Soft Drinks Manufacturers]] (NASDM), the [[British Soft Drinks Council]] (BSDC), the [[Scottish Soft Drinks Association]] (SSDA) and the [[Soft Dr
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  • ...01), Chief executive of Lloyds [[TSB Group plc]] for 13 years and chairman for four years, non-executive chairman of Next Plc (1998 – 2002). Non-executi ...il (1987 – 1988), the Arts Council of Great Britain (1994 – 1997), the Council Royal Holloway College London (1992 – 1997), trustee of BBC World Service
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  • :The School Food Trust was established by the [[Department for Education and Skills]] in September 2005. Its remit is to transform school * Ensure all schools meet the food based and nutrient based standards for lunch and non-lunch food
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  • ...ical, intellectual, and business leaders gathered to debate the new agenda for transatlantic relations."<ref>http://www.aei.org/research/nai/about/project ...ansparency.org/allinonesearchresults.php</ref>in 1995, via the [[Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies]] (IEDSS) and then in 1996 via a "tr
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  • It also has a significant lobbying business. Its lobbying income in the US in 2016 was $6.7m (2015 income was $9.5m).<r ..., have influence. DLA Piper is one with a significant lobbying practice in Britain. Its areas of practice include the following:
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  • ...ystems and has held this role since July 2004. He was awarded a knighthood for turning the company around.<ref> Mark Wembridge [http://www.ft.com/intl/cms ...s made Chief of Staff to the Chairman of BP and Head of Corporate Strategy for the BP Group in May 1990. In April 1992 he became Chief Executive, BP Explo
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  • ...etter to Prime Minister Blair calling for more support from the government for GM crops, said he had some regrets about signing the letter: ...nt of Science meeting in Dublin in 2005 to criticize scientific colleagues for “overhyping the potential clinical benefits of embryonic stem cell resear
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  • Foulkes admitted that his 36 days’ work a year for the top tier firm involved introducing its clients to chairmen and members ...d with him selling another house for a £400,000 profit and buying a third for £600,000 without a mortgage'. <ref name="row"/>
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  • ...RTICIFATE OF RECOGNITION by the International Public Relations Association for his work in creating this major cultural initiative." ...nternational newspapers and magazines from 1988-1998. Eligo say they work for the [http://www.eligo.net/why-list1.htm Foreign and Commonwealth Office]).
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  • ...by [[John Lehal]], a former parliamentary candidate and campaign director for both [[Andy Burnham]] and [[Owen Smith]] in their bids to become Labour lea ...income in 2016 in the region of £3.5 million. It specialises in lobbying for healthcare companies.
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  • *[[Einir Williams]], Managing Director, Four Communications. She has worked for, among others, [[Shell]] during the Brent Spar crisis; [[Mars]] Confectione ...the 2001 General election and was the agent in his local area in the 2002 council elections.
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  • ...a licensed trade association representing 56 whisky producers who account for 95 per cent of Scotch whisky producers. ...sky worldwide, promote responsible attitudes to alcohol consumption, fight for fair tax and access to international markets, and to represent the industry
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  • ....<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/18/politics/18CHAL.html THE STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ: ALLIANCES; U.S. to Halt Payments to Iraqi Group Headed by a Onetime P ...zed the CIA to spend a hundred million dollars to “create the conditions for removal of Saddam Hussein from power". The hope was that members of the Ira
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  • ...nd the launch of ''Parallel Lives? Poverty among ethnic minority groups in Britain'' — at a a sumptuous reception at the House of Lords. ...penses] to politicians in various business promotions. The Hindu Forum of Britain also collaborates with the Conservative Parliamentary Friends of India and
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