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National Farmers' Union: Structure

==Structure==
The NFU has 1000 staff based in 310 offices across England and Wales (NFU Cymru). It has close links with its ‘sister’ organisations, the NFU Scotland and the Ulster Farmers' Union. There are 450 ‘group secretaries’ based around the country who work for the NFU, and also work as agents for the NFU Mutual - backed up by specialist staff at the Mutual's regional offices and its Stratford-upon-Avon head office.
There are 160 staff members based at the NFU's London HQ building in Shaftesbury Avenue. They work in policy, services, membership and finance and administration. Each section has a Director who reports to the Director General.
Attention has been drawn to lavish expenditure at the NFU’s London premises (see, for example article "Try Telling Farmers That Spending £20 Million On An Office Is A Good Idea").14
On the European stage, members are represented by NFU staff based at the union's Brussels office, the Bureau de l'Agriculture Britannique, which it shares with NFU Scotland and the Ulster Farmers' Union.
The Council and elected officials
County branches, in part, elect the ninety two (the figure varies) members of the national Council. Although the majority are still not the result of a membership election. There are 30 members of the Council from NFU Cymru. The Council members approve matters relating to policy, strategy and finance. These Council members also elect the four national 'office holders'.
The four 'office holders' are the President, currently Ben Gill on his third two-year term (See appendix 1 for a list of recent presidents); the Deputy President - Tim Bennett; the Vice President - Michael Paske, and the Treasurer. The Director-General of the NFU is appointed and is currently Richard MacDonald CBE. Welsh members are led by the President of the NFU Cymru.
Numerous HQ committees handle policy in specific areas, from milk and dairy produce, livestock and cereals to legal, taxation and technical services. Each has its own chairman who reports directly to Council and to committee members at grassroots level in the regions.
Some committees are more open about their members than others, which is reflected in the minutes made available on the member's section of the NFU website. Reading through the minutes, the same names keep cropping up on committees, and therefore its not surprising that policies on issues such as genetic engineering seem to follow the same line.
The Organic Working Group, chaired by Oliver Dowding, is possibly the only group within the NFU that has elected representatives and declared interests.
This structure will, however, be changing in the forthcoming overhaul. See 'NFU overhaul?'.
The regions themselves also have a strong committee structure, whose chairmen form the regional advisory board.
==References==
# "Try Telling Farmers That Spending £20 Million On An Office Is A Good Idea" by Nick Mathiason The Observer, 17/12/00
	 	
 
Category:Food Industry lobby groups
National Forum Foundation

The National Forum Foundation is now known as the Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation.
According to the latter :
:In 1997, by mutual agreement James became Executive Director of the Freedoms Foundation, and Jeremiah came out of retirement and resumed the Presidency of NFF. James took the European programs he had started with NFF to Freedoms Foundation. Jeremiah immediately made TRANSFORM the first new program of NFF, and in 2000 introduced the One Nation under God program. In January 2004, the name of the National Forum Foundation was changed to the Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation (AJDF). That year was also the first year that AJDF became a member of the "Combined Federal Campaign".
==Resources==
*National Forum Foundation, extract from The "Terrorism" Industry
==Notes==
RECIPIENT GRANTS National Forum Foundation Washington, DC Media Transparency: The money behind conservative media
Category:Terrorism Industry
National Front

|250px|thumb|right|[http://www.britishnationalfront.net/ National Front logo
For the French based political party originally called Front National see National Front (France).
The National Front (often known as the NF) is a far-right British political party whose major political activities were during the 1970s and 1980s"1975: National Front rallies against Europe", BBC, Accessed 1 March 2007. It is widely considered a racist group, and the British prison service and police services forbid membership of the National Front (as well as the British National Party and Combat 18).Staff Membership of Racist Groups and Organisations, HM Prison Service, 28 Aug 2001. Accessed 19 Jan 2009 The National Front states that it is not a Nazi party, as it is considered to be by many people, and that it is a democratic political movement. 'We believe in Social Justice, National Freedom and the introduction of a Bill of Rights for everyone.'National Front - 100 questions and answers - The Faqs, National Front website, version placed in web archive 1 Feb 2004, accessed in web archive 4 Nov 2009 
==History==
==People==
Nick Griffin | Patrick Harrington |
==Resources==
*Larry O'Hara, From the Underground: British Fascism 1974-92, Lobster, no.s 23-29, 1992-1995.
==Notes==
Category:Political Party
Category:Political Party in UK
Category:Far Right
National Humanities Center

==Background==
The National Humanities Center describes itself as 'the only major independent American institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities' National Humanities Center About the Center Accessed 12th February 2008. 
The Center opened in 1978 and claims to be 'governed by a distinguished board of trustees from academic, professional, and public life'. 
: 'It provides a national focus for the best work in the liberal arts, drawing attention to the enduring value of ancient and modern history, language and literature, ethical and moral reflection, artistic and cultural traditions, and critical thought in every area of humanistic investigation. By encouraging excellence in scholarship, the Center seeks to insure the continuing strength of the liberal arts and to affirm the importance of the humanities in American life'ibid.
==People==
Frances D Fergusson is reported to be on the Board of Trustees for the National Humanities Center Wyeth Frances D Fergusson Accessed 6th February 2008. She is also on the Board of Directors of Wyeth pharmaceutical company, President Emeritus at Vassar College, on the board of Overseers of Harvard University (from 6 years commencing 2002) and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Foreign Policy Association and on the Board of Trustees of Isamu Noguchi Foundation and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Fergusson is also Director of HSBC Bank USA (since 1990). Fergusson's previous involvements include serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ford Foundation (1989-2001) and the Mayo Foundation (Mayo Clinic) (1988-2002 - she was also the chair of its board 1998-2002). She also served on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the New York Commission in Independent Colleges and Universities and the board of the Society of Architectural Historians of the United States. Fergusson previously served as Director for CH Energy Inc. (1993-2002) and the the United Way of Dutchess County and was on the Board of Trustees of Historic Hudson (1990-1999).
==References==
National Institute for Clinical Excellence

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) is an independent organisation responsible for providing national guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health.
==History==
==Activities==
===Kidney Cancer Medicines===
NICE has been in deliberations about four kidney cancer medicines since 2008. It initially rejected all four - Sutent by Pfizer, Avastin by Roche, Nexavar by Bayer and Torisel by Wyeth - claiming they would only save lives by up to six months and the NHS money would be better spent elsewhere.Hawkes, N. 35,000-a-year kidney cancer drug too costly NHS The Times. Accessed 27 August 2009. After criticism, it made an 'end-of-life' cost benefit appraisal and recommended Sutent after Pfizer agreed to offer the first cycle of treatments for free in England. Timmins, N. Only One Cancer Drug Approved. Financial Times. Accessed 27 August 2009. In August 2009, NICE announced it had revised its guidelines for 'end-of-life' drugs and the three other kidney cancer meds were still rejected. The announcement was once again criticised, this time by Roche's UK CEO John Melville who said the decision was 'entirely illogical'.Reuters. UK's NICE attacked as cancer drugs again rebuffed Accessed 27 August 2009.
==People==
==Contact==
:Address: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
:MidCity Place
:71 High Holborn
:London
:WC1V 6NA
	
:Telephone: +44 (0)845 003 7780
:Fax: +44 (0)845 003 7784
	
:Email: nice@nice.org.uk
:Website: http://www.nice.org.uk/
==Resources==
* Nice Guidance
==Notes==
Category:Pharma
Category:Pharmaceutical Industry
National Institute for Health Research

National Institute for Health Research(NIHR) is funded through the Department of Health to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. It is a large, multi-faceted and nationally distributed organisation. About NIHR National Institute for Health Research, accessed 7 November 2014 
NIHR funds leading-edge scientific research, 'driving faster translation of basic science discoveries into tangible benefits for patients and the public'. vision/mission/aims National Institue for Health Research, accessed 7 November 2014 
==Affiliations== 
The NIHR is a donor to the Science Media Centre. SMC, Funding, accessed 29 September 2013. See also Science Media Centre - Funding
==Notes==
Category:Science Media CentreCategory:Health
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. about NICE, accessed 6 November 2014 
Since 1999 NICE has provided the NHS with an increasing range of advice on effective, good value healthcare, and says it has 'gained a reputation for rigor, independence and objectivity.' 
In April 2013 it gained further responsibilities which included providing guidance for those working in social care. what we do NICE, accessed 6 November 2014 
==Affiliations== 
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is a donor to the Science Media Centre. SMC, Funding, accessed 29 September 2013. See also Science Media Centre - Funding
==Notes==
Category:Science Media CentreCategory:Health
National Institute of Economic and Social Research

A corporate funded research organisation. It claims:
:The National Institute of Economic and Social Research is Britain’s longest established independent economic research institute with over sixty years experience of applying academic excellence to the needs of business and policy makers. The Institute's objective is to promote, through quantitative research, a deeper understanding of the interaction of economic and social forces that affect people's lives so that they may be improved.
Of course, the second sentence is undermined by the first since the pursuit of the 'needs' of business allow a deeper understanding of issues so that people lives can be subordinated to business interests.
The NIESR has since 2001 run the Westminster Economic Forum jointly with the publicly funded Economic and Social Research Council.
==Council of Management==
 	 
===President===
*Lord Burns Appointed November 2003; Chairman, Abbey plc
*Sir Brian Corby (former President). Appointed November 1994; formerly Chairman of Prudential Corporation plc
===Chairman of Council===
*Professor Stephen Nickell Appointed November 2002; Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, Professor of Economics, LSE, and former member of the Monetary Policy Committee
===Institute Director===
Dr Martin Weale, CBE
	 
 	 
===Company Secretary===
Gill Clisham, FRSA
Appointed January 2001; formerly External Relations Officer, NIESR
	 
===Council Members===
* Nicholas C. F. Barber
* Kate Barker - Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England
* Professor Charles Bean - Chief Economist, Bank of England
* Colette Bowe - Statistics Commission
* Professor Willem H. Buiter - LSE, Former Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
* Bronwyn Curtis - Former Head of European Broadcasting, Bloomberg
* Professor John Ermisch - Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
* Professor Charles Goodhart - Professor of Banking and Finance, London School of Economics
* Hans Liesner - Former Deputy Chairman, Monopolies and Mergers Commission
* Sir Peter Middleton - Group Chairman, Barclays Bank plc
* Sir Nicholas Monck - Former Permanent Secretary, Employment Department
* Adair Lord Turner of Ecchinswell - Vice chairman of Merrill Lynch Europe
* Lord Turnbull
* Dr Sushil Wadhwani - Former member, Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee
==Notes==
# About the National Institute of Economic and Social Research National Institute of Economic and Social Research website, October 2006.
National Institutes of Health

==Background==
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research in the U.S. National Institutes of Health NIH Overview Accessed 12th February 2008. 
The NIH describes how it 'annually invests over $28 billion in medical research. More than 83% of the NIH's funding is awarded through almost 50,000 competitive grants to more than 325,000 researchers at over 3,000 universities, medical schools, and other research institutions in every state and around the world'ibid.
==People==
Mary Lake Polan, Board of Directors member for Wyeth pharmaceutical company is reported to have also served on a committee for the National Institutes of HealthWyeth Mary Lake Polan Accessed 6th February 2008. Polan is also a Director of Quidel Corporation and Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and 'a member of many professional societies' who's names are not disclosed. Polan's biography goes on to describe how she 'has served on numerous medical and health committees, including the Council of the Institute of Medicine, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protection (SACHRP) for the Department of Health and Human Services'.
==References==
Category:Health
National Intelligence Service (South Africa)

The National Intelligence Service was a South African intelligence agency which operated prior to 1994, when it amalgamated with intelligence services of the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress and the former homeland governments of Bophuthatswana, Venda and the Transkei.Historical Perspective of SASS, South African Secret Service, accessed 15 June 2009.
==Notes==
Category:SpooksCategory:South Africa
National Jewish Democratic Council

The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) works as a liaison group between America's Jewish community and the Democratic Party.
This is how the Philadelphia Jewish Voice describes the NJDC:
:Founded in 1990, the National Jewish Democratic Council is the national voice of Jewish Democrats. Informed by our commitment to those values shared by the Democratic Party and the vast majority of American Jews - including the separation of church and state, a strong US-Israel relationship, and reproductive freedom.'Links - Official Partisan Websites', The Philadelphia Jewish Voice, accessed 31 March, 2009.
==Activities==
NJDC channels PAC funds to candidates of its choice. In a fundraising letter in which it recommends certain candidates for election to the Congress of 2006, it describes the NJDC "core issues" as "a women's [sic] right to choose, a strong U.S.-Israel relationship, and the separation of church and state".NJDC letter, archived at University of Cork Computer Science Dept website, accessed April 1 2009
==Principals==
*Ira N. Forman Executive Director NJDC website, 1 August, 2008. (Accessed 31 March, 2009)
==Contact==
:Website www.njdc.org
==Notes==
Category:Middle East Watch
National Joint Utilities Group

==Introduction==
WHAT IS NJUG?
"UK’s only Trade Association for street works issues Promotes best practice, self regulation and a two-way relationship with Government and other relevant stake holders". 
WHAT ARE NJUG'S AIMS AND OBJECTIVES? 
*To promote best practice among members
*To foster the industry’s image in Government and Parliament
*To positively influence the development of legislation and regulations affecting the industry
*To provide a forum for discussion on the issues
*To produce NJUG policy and act collectively on issues of importance NJUG About NJUG, Accessed 5 December 2008, 
==Members==
Full Members 
*Virgin Media
*Water UK
*Open reach BT
*Thus Cable and Wirless
*Energy Networks Association
*National Grid 
 
Associate Members
*Carillion
*Morgan Est
*Morrison Utilities
*Balfour Beatty NJUG Our Members, Accessed 5 December 2008, 
==Lobbying firms==
===Former lobbying firms===
*Political Intelligence Register Entry for 1 March 2008 to 31 May 2008 APPC, accessed 28 January 2015 
==References==
Category:Water
Category:Water: UK Actors
National Nuclear Laboratory

==Background==
The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) describes itself as 'the leading nuclear technology services provider in the UK'. 
NNL has expertise across the full range of nuclear technology, including waste management, nuclear safety and non-proliferation, materials and corrosion and plant inspection. 
It is run by a partnership between the University of Manchester and Battelle and Serco.
==Activities==
===Joining the PM on his 2012 Far East trade lobbying tour===
In April 2012, a National Nuclear Laboratory representative joined UK prime minister David Cameron on his travels to Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia as part of a four-day tour of east and south-east Asia with a 40-strong delegation of business representatives to boost trade opportunities for the UK. Nicholas Watt, David Cameron seeks slice of Japanese defence contracts on Tokyo trip, The Guardian, Tuesday 10 April 2012, accessed 3 September 2012 The group included six defence contractors, along with representatives from the International Nuclear Services, the National Nuclear Laboratory, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, as well as the government's Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington. Prime Minister's Trip to South East Asia, pdf list Cameron was pushing Britain's expertise in nuclear decommissioning, as Japan continued its clean-up at Fukushima. He explained:
:Looking to the future, we want to continue to support the Japanese as they reconstruct the Tohoku region and tackle the challenges of the nuclear clean-up. British companies have significant expertise in nuclear decommissioning and clean-up, with 19 nuclear sites in the UK currently being managed through the process. I really think that concrete experience can be of direct benefit to Japan.' 'Konichiwa Dave': Cameron flies flag for Britain as he arrives in Japan on first stop of South East Asian trade mission, Daily Mail, 10 April 2012 | UPDATED: 12:15 GMT, 10 April 2012 
==Affiliations==
*Nuclear Industry Council - Professor Paul Howarth attended the high-level NIC meeting in July 2013
*National Nuclear Laboratory is a donor to the Science Media Centre. SMC, Funding, accessed 29 September 2013. See also Science Media Centre - Funding
==Contact, Resources and Notes==
===Contact===
:Website:
===Resources===
===Notes===
Category:Nuclear Spin
Category:Civil nuclear industry
Category:Nuclear: UK
Category:Pro-nuclear companies
Category:Pro-nuclear organisations
Category:Pro-nuclear organisations in the UK
Category:Science Media Centre
National Organisation of Revolutionary Communist Students

The National Organisation of Revolutionary Communist Students was the umbrella body for student members of the Revolutionary Communist Party. On campus it went by the name of Revolutionary Communist Students.
It appears to have had some existence as early as 1979 in that an RCP publication of that year was listed as being authored by the group as part of a series of Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets.
* National Organisation of Revolutionary Communist Students Higher Education : Fight the Cuts Defend Overseas Students, Revolutionary Communist Pamphlets, No.6. Junius Publications, London 1979, 1st edition., October 1979. Pamphlet. Octavo. 12 pages.
==Notes==
National Planning Association

William Domhoff writes:
:The National Planning Association, for example, is a small policy-discussion group which took its present form in 1942 as part of the concern with postwar planning. It has a more liberal outlook than the CED, but has been very close to it. In the mid-1950's the two organizations considered a merger, but decided against it because the NPA has a distinctive role to play in that both its leadership and study groups include representatives from labor and agriculture: 'NPA did not want to lose the frankness and open interchange it achieved through labor participation, and CED felt it had acquired a reputation for objectivity and did not wish to dilute this good will toward an avowedly business organization by bringing in other groups.'
==References==
# Eakins, op. cit., p. 479.)
# G. William Domhoff, (1967) Who Rules America, Spectrum Books, pp. 76
National Review

|300px|thumb|right|The National Review masthead, Credit: [http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ National Review] 
The National Review is a U.S. Conservative magazine launched in 1955 by William F. Buckley, Jr.Douglas Martin, William F. Buckley Jr. Is Dead at 82, New York Times, 27 February 2008.
In the magazine's founding mission statement, Buckley attacked the predominant liberalism of post-war America:
::There never was an age of conformity quite like this one, or a camaraderie quite like the Liberals’. Drop a little itching powder in Jimmy Wechsler’s bath and before he has scratched himself for the third time, Arthur Schlesinger will have denounced you in a dozen books and speeches, Archibald MacLeish will have written ten heroic cantos about our age of terror, Harper’s will have published them, and everyone in sight will have been nominated for a Freedom Award. Conservatives in this country — at least those who have not made their peace with the New Deal, and there is serious question whether there are others — are non-licensed nonconformists; and this is dangerous business in a Liberal world, as every editor of this magazine can readily show by pointing to his scars.William F. Buckley, Jr., Our Mission Statement, National Review, 19 November 1955.
==People==
*Jack Fowler - publisher. Member of the board of governors of the Gatestone Institute from 2015
*John O'Sullivan former editor-at-large
==Articles==
==Contact==
*Website http://www.nationalreview.com/
==Notes==
 
Category:Magazines