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'''The Bristol Port Company''' provides cargo handling services.
 
'''The Bristol Port Company''' provides cargo handling services.
  
It was established in 1991 when founders [[Terence Mordaunt]] and [[David Ord]] purchased the Port of Bristol from [[Bristol City Council]]. <ref>[https://www.bristolport.co.uk/about-us/bristol-port-company-today 'Bristol Port Company'], ''Bristolport.co.uk'', accessed 19 May 2016</ref>  Both men are [[Conservative Party Donors|Conservative Party Donors]].  Mordaunt is also a director of the [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]]<ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019 </ref>
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It was established in 1991 when co-founders [[Terence Mordaunt]] and [[David Ord]] bought the Port of Bristol from [[Bristol City Council]]. <ref>[https://www.bristolport.co.uk/about-us/bristol-port-company-today 'Bristol Port Company'], ''Bristolport.co.uk'', accessed 19 May 2016</ref>  Both men are [[Conservative Party Donors|Conservative Party Donors]].  Mordaunt is also a director of the [[Global Warming Policy Foundation]]<ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019 </ref>
  
 
[[First Corporate Shipping]] is the company's trading name.
 
[[First Corporate Shipping]] is the company's trading name.
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==Donations==
 
==Donations==
 
===2016===
 
===2016===
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===2019===
 
===2019===
 
*£25,000 each for the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both [[Jeremy Hunt]] and [[Boris Johnson]] according to the register of MPs’ interests. <ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], OpenDemocracy and ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019 </ref>
 
*£25,000 each for the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both [[Jeremy Hunt]] and [[Boris Johnson]] according to the register of MPs’ interests. <ref> Peter Geoghegan, [https://theferret.scot/boris-johnson-jeremey-hunt-climate-change/ Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt], OpenDemocracy and ''The Ferret'', 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019 </ref>
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==External resources==
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* Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram, [https://thebristolcable.org/2016/05/exclusive-fracking-risks-hidden-by-mayor-from-councillors-and-public/ Exclusive: Fracking risks hidden by Mayor from Councillors and public], Bristol Cable, 3 May, 2016
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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  [[Category: Brexit]] [[Category: UK]][[Category:Brexit ‘leave’ donor]]
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Latest revision as of 04:00, 24 July 2019

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Bristol Port Company logo, Source: Port of Bristol FC

The Bristol Port Company provides cargo handling services.

It was established in 1991 when co-founders Terence Mordaunt and David Ord bought the Port of Bristol from Bristol City Council. [1] Both men are Conservative Party Donors. Mordaunt is also a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation[2]

First Corporate Shipping is the company's trading name.

Donations

2016

  • Vote Leave - donated £50,000 on 17 March 2016 to the leading anti-EU group for the UK's EU membership referendum on 23 June 2016. [3]

2019

  • £25,000 each for the 2019 Conservative leadership campaigns of both Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson according to the register of MPs’ interests. [4]

External resources

Notes

  1. 'Bristol Port Company', Bristolport.co.uk, accessed 19 May 2016
  2. Peter Geoghegan, Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, The Ferret, 12 June 2019
  3. Electoral Commission, Donation Search, accessed 12 May 2016
  4. Peter Geoghegan, Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, OpenDemocracy and The Ferret, 12 June 2019. last accessed 24 July 2019