Difference between revisions of "John Elliott"

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==Letter to the Telegraph==
 
==Letter to the Telegraph==
 
On 1 April 2015 Elliott was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 2 April 2015.</ref>
 
On 1 April 2015 Elliott was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 2 April 2015.</ref>
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==Political donations==
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Recorded by the Electoral Commission:<ref> Electoral Commission, [http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Search/Donations?currentPage=1&rows=30&query=Elliott&sort=AcceptedDate&order=desc&tab=1&et=pp&et=ppm&et=tp&et=perpar&et=rd&prePoll=false&postPoll=true Donation Search], accessed 9 April 2015 </ref>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Date</th>
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<th bgcolor="goldenrod" width="20%">Name of donor</th>
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<td align="center">30/05/2001</td>
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<td align="center">John M Elliott</td>
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<td align="center">£2,500.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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<td align="center">04/01/2005</td>
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<td align="center">John M Elliott</td>
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<td align="center">£15,000.00</td>
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<td align="center">[[Conservative Party]]</td>
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Telegraph Letter General Election 2015|Elliott, John]][[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Elliott, John]]

Latest revision as of 09:21, 9 April 2015

John Elliott (born in 1943) is the chairman and founder of the leading bottled watercoolers and domestic dehumidifiers manufacturer Ebac Group.

Career

A draftsman by trade, Elliott became self-employed in the early 1970s and won a contract to produce industrial dehumidifiers for a national construction group, leading to the foundation of the Ebac Group in 1973. By 1979 the company reached its first £1 million turn-over.[1]

Letter to the Telegraph

On 1 April 2015 Elliott was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[2]

Political donations

Recorded by the Electoral Commission:[3]

Date Name of donor Amount Donated to Subsidiary (parties only)
30/05/2001 John M Elliott £2,500.00 Conservative Party Central party
04/01/2005 John M Elliott £15,000.00 Conservative Party Central party





Notes

  1. Ebac John Elliott, accessed 2 April 2015.
  2. Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 2 April 2015.
  3. Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 9 April 2015