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  • ...fairs from June 2017 until July 2019, having been appointed to the role by former prime minister [[Theresa May]] in 11 June 2017. He is a former deputy editor of ''[[The Times]]'', and a columnist there. <ref> [https://w
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  • A former banker and Labour government adviser he had defected to the [[Conservative ...rmer-City-envoy-James-Sassoon-defects-to-Conservatives.html Gordon Brown's former City envoy James Sassoon defects to Conservatives] Daily Telegraph, Last Up
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  • ...l servants by ministers for a policy meeting. But in the discreet world of lobbying, 'prayers' has an altogether different connotation. Political lobbying is now big business. There are over fifty such firms, with an estimated total turnover of £10 million.[1] A survey in 1985 repo
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  • For the past decade, the Labour MP and former Cabinet minister [[Tony Benn]] has been valiantly trying to publish a Cabin .... The offence is more serious and the political stakes much higher. As the former Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, once told the Hous
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  • .../ref>. In the 1986 '[[Guinness]] Affair,' four people including Guinness' former Chief Executive [[Ernest Saunders]] were convicted for illegally boosting s ...the English [[Formula One]] racing star to help its campaign against the [[Scottish Government]]'s efforts to limit alcohol relatd harm. [[Rachael Robertson]],
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  • ...ment group [[Locate in Scotland]] and the former export promotion group, [[Scottish Trade International]]. ...the government, and is controlled by both the [[Scottish Executive]] and [[Scottish Enterprise]]. In order to best draw foreign investment to Scotland, SDI has
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  • ...d economic intelligence specialist avant la lettre, was founded in 1995 by former members of the British foreign secret service. In 2011 Hakluyt became a tra ...tics/top-stories/scottish-independence-pro-union-donors-revealed-1-3234090 Scottish independence: Pro-Union donors revealed], ''The Scotsman'', 16 December 201
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  • '''Cicero Consulting''' is a London-based financial services lobbying consultancy. *[[Jeremy Swan]], chief executive. Swan is a former vice president of both [[JP Morgan]] and [[Citigroup]] and has served as [[
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  • ...firms [[Shepherd and Wedderburn]] to target the Scottish Parliament and [[Scottish Executive]]. They were involved with the [[Scottish Parliament Business Exchange]].<ref>David Miller, [http://www.spinwatch.org
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  • [[Political Intelligence Ltd]] is a lobbying firm set up by [[Douglas Smith]] and [[Nicholas Lansman]]. Sectors where it has experience of lobbying include: Technology, Media and Telecommunications; Health & Pharmaceuticals
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  • Saxton Bampfylde is just one of several headhunters advising firms looking for political 'ambassadors'. As the average annual fee is £15,000 ...ht affect their business,' said [[Ian Ashworth]]. 'The amount of political lobbying done by companies is now huge. And that is the primary reason for putting a
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  • '''Parliamentary Monitoring Services Ltd''' is a lobbying firm based in Westminster. According to its website it 'is an independent :Monitoring services cover Westminster and Whitehall, the Scottish Parliament and Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, and the European Unio
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  • ...ociates''' is an Edinburgh-based lobbying firm. It says it specialises in 'Scottish public affairs, security issues, and media communications'. It was established in 1999, coinciding with the restoration of the [[Scottish Parliament]], which made Edinburgh once more the focal point for political
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  • ...ccessed 11 Nov 2009</ref> It also employs [[Alastair Campbell]], Blair’s former spin doctor. ==Brexit lobbying==
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  • ...bbying firm set up in 1998 to try to take advantage of the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. ...87715 Holyrood Strategy (Scotland) Limited, 11 January 2006</ref> However, former director [[Mark Whittet]] registered a company with the same name on 6 Augu
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  • '''PS Communications''' is (was) an Edinburgh based PR and lobbying company. ==Lobbying for lobbying==
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  • *[[BAe Systems: Influence/Lobbying]] ...rcraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation. State control over the arms trade didn't survive for very long un
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  • ...ed Company was a joint venture between Europe's largest aerospace and arms firms to manufacture a series of short-, medium- and long-range commercial aircra ...having been formerly on the boards of other engineering and manufacturing firms. Further information regarding the current Board of Directors may be found
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  • '''[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=Lobbying_Portal Back to Lobbying Portal]'''<br> ...slators and policy-makers to pursue corporate interests. It combinined the former [[Federation of British Industries]] (founded in 1916), [[British Employers
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  • ...water in Scotland. It is a non-departmental public body appointed by the Scottish Executive ...still ensuring that the Ministerial Objectives set for Scottish Water, by Scottish Executive Ministers, are achieved. This is a balancing act that places on
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