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  • ...d for the Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) Social Justice Commission Report (1994), which was important for the Labour Party's Third Way con ...olds to get more value for their money. In order to "enjoy the benefits of competition" more commitment from government to functioning markets and a clearer chall
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  • ...owntree Foundation and has provided advice to the World Bank, the European Commission and the European Parliament<ref>[http://www.scothomes.gov.uk/annualreport98 ...ion|Scottish Water Commission]]: 19 April 2006 - "Balancing regulation and competition in the water business in Scotland"
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  • ...he IFF how it could combine the challenge of adjusting the plant to global competition bearing on mind the responsibility of BP to all local stakeholders <ref>'He ...ion Minister, President of [[Grupo Forum]], Portugal, UNESCO International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century
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  • ...rm plan but it was ratified by the Knesset and he believes it created more competition that 'greatly improved the performance of [Israeli] capital markets'.<ref>[ ...Financial Statements 2007], Lewis Family Charitable Trust via the Charity Commission, accessed 13 August 2012</ref>
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  • ...on public affairs, media and investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, competition and regulatory issues, crisis management, international communications and ...diplomat based in Brussels representing the UK Government on industry and competition issues.<ref> [http://www.brunswickgroup.com/people/directory/richard-jacque
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  • Haarmann & Reimer has recently been fined by the European Commission for participating in a price-fixing and market-sharing cartel in citric aci ...opean Commission]], the [[US Federal Trade Commission]] and the [[Canadian Competition Bureau]] have started investigations into Bayer's proposal to purchase ACS.
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  • ...eral sphere. She has written numerous books and articles.<ref>Competition Commission Website, [http://www.mmc.gov.uk/our_peop/members/all_members/biogs/dianecoy
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  • ...Teacher, former resources and communications manager, [[Debating Matters]] Competition), discussing ‘Is the NHS institutionally ageist?’, at the [[Battle of I ...n a panel with: [[Roger Howard]] (former chief executive, [[UK Drug Policy Commission]]; chair, [[Build on Belief]]), Professor [[Neil McKeaganey]] (director, [[
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  • ...in July 2008. He continues to sit on a six member organising team for this competition alongside [[Mayur Porwal]], [[Arnab Banerjee]], [[Debanjan Chakrabati]], [[ ...lland". This presence largely relates to promotion of the Debating Matters competition and surveys carried out by the Institute of Ideas. One such survey reported
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  • ...he intellectual battering ram" for the government in campaigns to increase competition in public services. Other controversial proposals from the SMF include the ...and Skills]] | [[Detica]] | [[E.On]] | [[Edexcel]] | [[EDF]] | [[Electoral Commission]] | [[General Teaching Council]] | [[GlaxoSmithKline]] | [[Go-Ahead Group]]
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  • ...of [[ChildLine]]. Williams is currently a Commissioner with the [[Charity Commission]], as one of the five non-executive Commissioners responsible for the regul ...th a clean bill of health. For [[William Hill]], we helped to persuade the competition authorities and the Trade & Industry Secretary to block the proposed merger
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  • report which is submitted to the US President and EU Commission President, along with a recommendations, working together with the European Commission and US
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  • ...nd distinctive and complementary service. However, when the BBC started to commission for ‘BBC jam’, we saw that this was not going to be the case. Our lobby ...three government departments (DCMS, DfES, DTI) to clarify our position on competition and negotiate a way forward. We met with Tessa Jowell - then at DCMS - and
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  • ...p chiefly wanted government protection of British industry against foreign competition, but, to quote Hannon, they also 'wanted the largest measure of freedom in ...investment, productivity, fiscal stability, trade measurement, industrial competition, free labour unions etc.'(30)
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  • ....uk/contracts/competition/dounreay/index.cfm Dounreay Site Restoration PBO Competition], Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 2nd April 2012, accessed August 2012 an ...s on impacts from shale gas, and are currently working with the [[European Commission]] to assess the need for a risk management framework for policies around un
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  • ...which the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA) (French Atomic Energy Commission) owns 73.03 per cent. The French State (or Erap) owns 10.17 per cent. <ref> ...uld be used to make nuclear weapons) and to meet the European Commission's competition requirements, a new company [[ETC]] ([[Enrichment Technology Company]]) was
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  • ...had commissioned an independent review of the project, known as the Morse Commission. According to Carrasco and Guernsey: :The Commission’s report revealed that the Bank had pervasively failed to follow its own
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  • ...f> In February 2013 all four firms were criticised by the [[UK Competition Commission]] for being "insufficiently independent" of the City.
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  • ...ecially when it came to brokering a deal with the European commission over competition issues.
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  • ...minister at number 10 to urge the government to “change the test used by competition authorities so that it can open up new space to compete directly with Tesco *grown unchecked by the competition authorities and aided by a planning system which has not been robust enough
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  • ...of the [[Competition Commission]] (formerly the UK Monopolies and Mergers Commission), and a member of the [[Listing Authorities Committee]] of The London Stock
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  • ...a number of government QUANGOs: the Learning & Skills Council, Competition Commission, DTI Advisory Panel on Photovoltaics, Council for Science & Technology, Com
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  • The '''Office of Fair Trading (OFT)''' is the UK's consumer and competition authority and is a non-ministerial government department established by sta *encouraging businesses to comply with competition and consumer law and to improve their trading practices through self-regula
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  • In April 2015 it emerged that Shell had successfully lobbied the European Commission to 'undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a key agreement on ...herlands to develop oil fields in Asia. By 1896, Royal Dutch was in strife competition against the British with its own tanker fleet. In 1907 the two companies jo
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  • ...stacles from multinational companies in the food and drink industries. The Commission, whose members are unelected, has come under criticism for allegedly suppor ==The Role of the European Commission==
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  • # Scrapping of the [[Commission for Racial Equality]] and Community Relations Councils. * Messina, Anthony M., ''Race and Party Competition in Britain'', Clarendon Press, 1989, p.138, ISBN 0-19-827534-X
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  • ...Development (USAID) through multi-year core grants. In 2004, through open competition, the Foundation received two major non-core awards from USAID to implement *[[Peter Derby]] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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  • ...Four weeks later Fraser hired Bagier as a consultant at £500 a year plus commission for any new clients he was able to secure for the lobbying company. ...lected representatives spend their time recruiting clients in exchange for commission fees. Russell has found, much to his astonishment, that many of his competi
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  • ...ncreasingly reliant on the good will of the D TI. Licences are awarded and competition policy is monitored by that department. Consequently, as the stakes are hig # {{note|50}} Report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission by Blue Arrow PLC, May 1989.
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  • ...or quality, labour rights or the environment are squeezed out in favour of competition based simply upon who can offer the lowest price.<ref>56 'Sourcing strategy ...reweries competing for top position.69 As well as their ability to buy out competition in the form of smaller national companies, this stranglehold may also in pa
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  • ...ission has launched an enquiry into the CropScience purchase claiming that competition may be significantly reduced in the areas of insecticides, herbicides, fung
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  • *[[Keith Boyfield]] is a consultant economist who specialises in competition and regulatory issues. He advises a range of multinational companies, trade ...m Smith Institute]], a leading influential think tank promoting choice and competition in the delivery of services. After graduating from the University of Aberde
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  • ...Guardian'', 24-February-2011</ref> Since 2011, when the resultant Charity Commission report was published, the Trust has continued to pump money into the Allian ...1849_ac_20081231_e_c.pdf Politics and Economics Research Trust], ''Charity Commission'', Accessed 15-April-2011</ref> Barbour is also involved with a range of co
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  • ...in Geneva as personal assistant to the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe. ...ial Reorganisation Corporation]] (2) as Director-General of the [[European Commission]] in Brussels (3) as Executive Chairman of the [[South Bank Arts Centre]] i
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  • ...welfare area, but also new programs dedicated to intellectual property and competition, and energy and the environment.<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockh ...tion]].<ref>Heritage Foundation Reports, AN OECD PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE TAX COMPETITION WOULD MEAN HIGHER TAXES AND LESS PRIVACY, BACKGROUNDER; No. 1395; Pg. 1, 18
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  • ...Economic Thinking]].<ref name="CC">Charity Commission [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCh *The Limits to Tax: Efficiency, Equity and International Competition, Irwin Stelzer, December 2006
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  • ...rst industry lobby groups to systematically monitor and influence European Commission policy making. Pfizer, Boeing, Du Pont, Exxon, General Motors, McDonald’s ...ional level, and maintaining close links with EU institutions (Parliament, Commission, Council, Economic & Social Committee), regulatory authorities (EMEA), heal
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  • ...ary and Counsel to the Board of [[BP]] p.l.c., Member of the [[Competition Commission]], the [[Takeover Panel]] and the Listing Authority Advisory Committee to t
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  • *Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The ...gic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of t
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  • ...ary and Counsel to the Board of [[BP]] p.l.c., Member of the [[Competition Commission]], the [[Takeover Panel]] and the Listing Authority Advisory Committee to t
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  • ...groups. Although Leon Brittan is officially no longer part of the European Commission, his strong ties with Brussels must be very convenient for Unilever. ...as a broad customer base that includes UK government departments, European Commission, research councils, industry and consumer groups.
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  • ...ce in many, if not all sectors of the economy, one cannot speak of ‘fair competition’). ...(Unilever is committing £250,000 a year until 2004 to enable the Tate to commission new works of art.)
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  • ...d with the French Ministry of Education, Council of State and the European Commission. He was also Official representative to the Government´s Secretariat, Head ...imon, former Chairman of BP, was appointed Minister for European Trade and Competition by Tony Blair in May 1997. When he was appointed Minister he resigned from
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  • ...al & Regulatory: [[Denise Kingsmill]] CBE, deputy chairman, Competition Commission ...d Marketing for [[Choice FM]], a member of the Women's Committee for the [[Commission for Racial Equality]], vice president of the [[Small Business Bureau]] and
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  • The Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS) is the economic regulator of water in Scotland. It is ...d. With the act now giving statutory powers to the newly formed six person commission to set charges for customers and the budget for the capital investment prog
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  • ...sor Simpson’s vision of independence is one based on limited government, competition and free-markets. The implications for Scottish Water in such a vision are David Simpson is now a member of the [[Water Industry Commission]] (WIC), the economic regulator for the Water Industry in Scotland. They h
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  • ...reby the Scottish Executive set Ministerial Objectives, the Water Industry Commission sets the budget to deliver these objectives and Scottish Water carries out ...te intervention, little public investment and more private involvement and competition. In fact, even though it is still a publicly owned utility Scottish Water
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  • ...sh Water wrought by the strict regulatory pressure of the [[Water Industry Commission for Scotland]]. ...id Hume Institute]] by [[Sir Ian Byatt]], Chairman of the [[Water Industry Commission for Scotland]] and the subsequent paper by Sir Ian that we published. It wa
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  • ...ommission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1976_1979/fulltext/115c03.pdf Competition Commission profile] 1979
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  • ...th]] Memorial Mace, named after the former Labour leader and winner of the competition who died in 1994). Other winners of the universities mace include [[Charles *[[Leon Brittan]] (1961) - Vice-President of the European Commission
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