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Houston Consulting Europe

Houston Consulting is an EU PR and lobbying firm run by John Houston the chair of the European Public Affairs Consultants Association, the lobbyists' lobby group. 
Houston and his firm were nominated for the 2005 Worst Lobbying Awards, for their role 'role running the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum (EPFSF). The EPFSF brings together Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and lobbyists from Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Société Générale and numerous other financial services giants. Their success was quoted in the Wall Street Journal, who describe how banking lobbyists used the EPFSF to water down the EU Money Laundering Directive, voted on in May this year'.
==People==
*John Houston
*Mike Vercnocke -appointed Director at Houston Consulting Europe in 2002, joined the City of London Corporation's City Office in Brussels in 2007.
==Notes==
#Houston Consulting Website Home Page
#Politics, Business Mix Freely In Europe Parliament Patent-Law Reversal Shows How Members' Outside Jobs May Aid Corporate Interests By MARY JACOBY and GLENN R. SIMPSON Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 5, 2005; Page A10 BRUSSELS.
# EU Lobby Awards, 2005, Houston Consulting Europe, Nominated for arranging marriage between big banking lobbyists and Members of the European Parliament
# Glenn R. Simpson In Europe, Finance Lobby Sways Terror-Funding Law Legislators With Close Ties To Industry Water Down Money-Laundering Rules Wall Street Journal, May 24 2005.
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How to Check VAT Registrations

==Where the business has quoted a VAT registration number==
If a company has quoted a VAT registration number you can check that it is valid here:
*VIES VAT number validation (covers UK and all other EU countries)
==Where you have the name and address of the business==
Unfortunately, there is no online register/directory to find the VAT number when you know the name and address of the company and want to check if it is VAT registered. If you ring up HMRC it will not give out a VAT registration number or even confirm that a company is VAT registered if you do not quote the VAT registratiom number.Secret life of the VAT number: Finding out whether a company is registered to collect excise tax proves to be far from simple, Independent You can make a complaint to HMRC if you suspect a company is not registered for VAT when you believe it ought to be but you will not be told what the outcome of the compliant is. HMRC is not required to supply VAT registration information about individual companies under the Freedom of Information Act 2000."When HMRC was created in April 2005, Parliament decided that any information held for an HMRC function that identifies a 'person', (including legal entities such as limited companies), or which would enable their identity to be deduced, is exempt from disclosure under the FOI regime", Information we will not disclose under FOI 
A VAT invoice must show a company's VAT registration number.What a VAT invoice must show, HMRC Companies are required to provide a VAT invoice when supplying goods or services to another VAT registered customer"If you are registered for VAT you must give any VAT-registered customers a VAT invoice for any standard-rated or reduced-rated goods or services you sell them." When a VAT invoice must not be issued Unfortunately, an ordinary member of the public cannot insist on a VAT invoice when making a purchase.
Writing to the business in question and asking for the VAT registration number is always an option. In many cases business will publish the VAT numbers on their own websites.
==References==
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How to find owners of domain names

*networksolutions.com
*whois.net
*allwhois.com
*whois.sc
*whois-search.com
*samspade.org 
*For .uk domains: nominet.org.uk
*Reverse DNS (IP Address) lookup. remote.12dt.com
Monitor changes in websites: http://www.changedetection.com/monitor.html
Or: http://www.changedetect.com/
Statistical Information on the net: useful database of Statistical Information – based in US. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
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Howard-English Report

The Howard-English Report was the result of an independent investigation of the armed forces educational and training institutions by Michael Howard and Cyril English. Submitted in July 1966, the report suggested that the intellectual broadening of non-technical officers should occur through the establishment of a “Royal Defence Academy” in Shrivenham where recruits would spend two years in prior service and then be enrolled in a 1-3 year program. It proposed to separate academic study from purely military study by providing a 3 year break from military service to be devoted to education. P.H. Partridge, Educating for the Profession of Arms, Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence no. 5 (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1969), 8-9 The changes were rejected by the military and Howard called the report a "complete waste of time". Michael Howard, Captain Professor The Memoirs of Sir Michael Howard (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006) pp.187
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Howard Davies (economist)

Sir Howard Davies (born 12 February 1951) is a British economist and the former Director of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), from 2003 to May 2011. He resigned from this position in March 2011 in the wake of controversy over the LSE's decision to accept funding from a foundation controlled by the Libyan leader's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, and over the LSE's Libyan links. 
Davies previously served as the first chairman of the Financial Services Authority, among many other high-profile roles.
==Affiliations==
*Confederation of British Industry, Director General (1992-1995)
*Bank of England, Deputy Governor (1995-1997)Prudential, "Howard Davies and Paul Manduca to join the Board of Prudential plc as non-executive directors," Group News Releases 15 October 2010, accessed 28 February 2011.
*GKN plc, Non-executive Director (1990-1995)
*Audit Commission, Controller (1987-1992)LSE, Meet the Director, last updated 16 December 2010, accessed 28 February 2011.
*McKinsey & Company, (1982-1987)
*HM Treasury, Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1985-1986)
*Tate Foundation, Trustee
*Royal Academy of Music, Member of Governing Body
*London School of Economics, Director (September 2003- )
*Morgan Stanley, Non-executive Director (2004- )
*Paternoster, Non-executive Director (2006-2010)
*Financial Services Authority, Executive Chairman (July 1997-September 2003)
*Government Investment Corporation of Singapore, Advisor (2009- )
*Prudential, Non-executive Director (November 2010- )
==Record and Controversies==
===Revolving Door===
*Before joining the FSA, Davies worked at the Foreign Office and the Treasury. He worked at the management consultants McKinsey & Co. Inc. (1982–1987) and was a Director of GKN plc (1990–1995). From 1992 to 1995 he was Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, a Director of Business in the Community and a member of the International Advisory Board of NatWest. He subsequently joined Morgan Stanley Inc. in 2004 and Paternoster Ltd in 2006.Who's Who 2009, Davies, (Sir) Howard (John), online edn, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 March 2009.
==Publications==
*Davies, Howard, (Ed.) The Chancellors' Tales, Polity Press (2006) - on British economic policy from 1975 to 2000.
*Davies, Howard, and David Green, Global Financial Regulation: The Essential Guide, Polity Press (2008).
*Davies, Howard, and David Green, Banking on the Future: The Fall and Rise of Central Banking, Princeton University Press (2010).
*Davies, Howard, The Financial Crisis: Who is to Blame?, Polity Press (2010).
==Resources==
*LSE, Meet the Director, last updated 16 December 2010, accessed 28 February 2011.
*Prudential, "Howard Davies and Paul Manduca to join the Board of Prudential plc as non-executive directors," Group News Releases 15 October 2010, accessed 28 February 2011.
*Who's Who 2009, Davies, (Sir) Howard (John), online edn, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 March 2009.
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Howard Flight

Howard Flight (Lord Flight) is a Conservative Party member of the British House of Lords.Lord Flight, www.parliament.uk, accessed 13 April 2013.
Flight holds senior roles with a number of financial institutions and regularly participates in Lords debates on laws regarding finance; in one such debate he gave advice on money-laundering saying he was wearing 'a hat as a banker'. 
With regards to his chairmanship of the EIS Association and consultancy role with the Tax Incentivised Savings Association, Brittan says they do not involve lobbying or the provision of government or parliamentary advice. House of Lords Wall Street Journal, 10 November 2014, accessed 10 December 2014 
==Registered interests==
*Trustee, IAM Pension Fund Lord Flight Parliament.UK, accessed 10 December 2014 
*Consultant, Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) 
*Chairman, EIS Association
*Member Investment Committee, Guinness Renewable Energy EIS Fund
*Chairman, Aurora Investment Trust plc
*Chairman, Flight & Partners Limited
*Director, Investec Asset Management Limited
*Chairman, CIM Investment Management Limited
*Chairman, Downing Structured Opportunities VCT1 plc
*Director, Metro Bank plc
*Director, Marechale Capital
*Director, Investec Asset Management Holdings (Pty) Ltd
*Member of advisory board, Praesidian Capital check dates 
==Think tanks==
*Member of advisory board, Centre for Policy Studies
*Member of advisory board, Institute of Economic Affairs
*Member of advisory board, Financial Services Forum
==External resources==
*Peter Walker, Tory peer Howard Flight apologises over poor people 'breeding' comments, guardian.co.uk, 14 April 2013.
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Howard Leigh

Howard Leigh is a senior partner in Cavendish Corporate FinanceHoward Leigh, Cavendish Corporate Finance, accessed 8 September 2012., the former Treasurer of the UK Conservative PartyMartin Bright, Tories solicited cash for Werritty, TheJC.com, 18 October 2011 and a Conservative peer in the House of Lords, having joined on the 16 September 2013. Working peerages announced, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, press release, 1 August 2013 
==Leader's Group==
Leigh is chairman of The Leader's Group, a Tory fundraising vehicle whereby anyone donating £50,000 plus is automatically 'invited to join David Cameron and other senior figures from the Conservative Party at dinners, post-PMQ lunches, drinks receptions, election result events and important campaign launches'. Donor Clubs, Conservative Party website, accessed 2 April 2012 
==Dinner at Chequers==
See Chequers Dinner Guest List released March 2012
==Directorships==
*Designated LLP Member, Cavendish Capital Advisors LLP
*Director, Cavendish Corporate Finance (UK) Limited
*Director, Cavendish Corporate Investments Limited
*Director, City and Suburban Investments Limited
*Director, Craig & Company (Properties) Limited
*Director and Company Secretary, Dennis Reed Limited
*Director and Company Secretary, Dependable Homes Limited
*Director and Company Secretary, Dependable Investments Limited
*Director, Dependable Properties Limited
*Director, Station Court (Wembley) Management Company Limited
*Director, Marlow Retail Ltd (fashion retail) Lord Leigh of Hurley Parliament.UK, accessed 19 December 2014 
==Affiliations==
*Former Chairman and current President of Westminster Synagogue
*Former Trustee of Jewish Care and current Chairman of Jewish Care’s Business Group
*Appointed chairman of the Jerusalem Foundation in the UK in January 2016, formerly a trusteeMarcus Dysch, The peer raising millions for Jerusalem, The Jewish Chronicle, 25 January 2016
==External resources==
*Howard Leigh, Jewish Leadership Council.
*Richard Kay, The Cameron crony behind Sam's payout, Mailonline, 18 December 2009.
*Martin Bright, Tories solicited cash for Werritty, TheJC.com, 18 October 2011.
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Howard Panter

Sir Howard Panter is a theatre operator and was founder, join-chief executive, director and co-owner of the Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd, until stepping down from such a central role with the company. 
Alongside artistic partner Rosemary Squire he has acquired Trafalgar Studios from ATG. 'Howard Panter Rosemary Squire ATG Step Down', Whatsonstage, accessed 29 June 2016 
He is recorded by the The Electoral Commission as having donated to The In Campaign, the pro-EU campaign in the UK's referendum of June 2016. 
==Donations==
Donated £30,000 on 19 May 2016 to Britain Stronger in Europe, the pro-EU campaign which failed to deliver a 'Remain' vote in the UK's EU referendum on 23 June 2016. 
Electoral Commission, Britain Stronger in Europe Donations, accessed 28 June 2016
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Howard Paster

Howard Paster is a former Executive Director of WPP Group plc. He retired in June 2006 after three and a half years on the Board. He was previously Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hill & Knowlton Inc. He joined WPP in August 2002, overseeing WPP's portfolio of public relations and public affairs businesses. He was also the director responsible for the Company's Corporate Social Responsibility policy. Prior to joining Hill & Knowlton Inc., he served as Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. He is a member of the board of trustees of Tuskegee University, president of the Little League Foundation and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
== References ==
# WPP 2006, Annual Report 2006
# WPP 2005, Annual Report 2005
Howard Shore

Howard Shore is the executive chairman of boutique investment bank Shore Capital, which he founded in 1985.
Shore, through Shore Capital, is a member of The Leader's Group, the premier Conservative Party supporter group. By giving an annual contribution of £50,000 donors are able to secure access to leading members of the Tory party.
==Background==
According to Shore Capital's website:
:He began his career in private client discretionary fund management with Grieveson Grant & Co (now part of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein). After a degree in Economics from Cambridge, he worked as a financial futures broker when LIFFE was being established. He is responsible for the strategy and asset allocation of the Group. He is director of Puma Brandenburg. Who we are, Shore Capital website, acc 16 Feb 2015 
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Howard Stoate

Dr Howard Stoate was the Labour Party MP for DartfordHoward Stoate homepage] Accessed 30 November 2007 from 1997 until he stood down in April 2010. They Work for You, Howard Stoate, Former Labour MP for Dartford A practising GP, he had announced his intention to quit politics after new rules about MPs registering the time they spent on second jobs were adopted in the wake of the MPs expenses scandal. BBC News, MP to quit over second job rules, 28 July 2009 
==Affiliations== 
Stoate was a patron of the Men's Health Forum.Men's Health Forum website Accessed 4th December 2007
*Westminster Diet and Health Forum 
===All Party Parliamentary Groups===
Stoate acted as Chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men's HealthUK Parliament Accessed 30th November 2007 as well as Chair for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on PharmacyUK Parliament Accessed 30th November 2007, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Patient Safety UK Parliament Accessed 30th November 2007, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity. 
The 2006 House of Commons Register of Interests records that Stoate received occasional income from 'Westminster Experience' training health professionals - (Up to £5,000). He was a speaker (in his role with the APPG on Pharmacy) at UniChems annual Conference in Brazil, with transport and accommodation provided by UniChem. House of Commons Register of Interests Accessed 30th November 2007
==References==
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Howard Stringer

Sir Howard Stringer is the former chairman, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of the Sony Corporation.
==Career==
Stringer was an executive producer of the CBS Reports, a section on CBS News, from 1976 to 1981; executive producer of the CBS Evening News from 1981 to 1984; president of CBS News from 1986 to 1988; and president of CBS from 1988 to 1995.
He joined Sony in May 1997 and was named chairman and CEO of the Sony Corporation of America in 1998, responsible for Sony's entertainment companies, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, and Sony Music Publishing. 
Stringer retired from Sony in June 2013. BBC Howard Stringer, last updated April 2015, accessed 14 April 2015.
==Affiliations==
*TalkTalk, board of directors
*Time Inc, board of directors
*Said Business School, Oxford University, chair of the school board
*American Film Institute, chair of the board of trustees
*Department of Opthalmology, Columbia University Medical Centre, chairman of board of advisors
*BBC's Executive Board, non-executive director
===Former affiliations===
*Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group
==Education==
*B.A. and an M.A. in Modern History from Oxford University
==Notes==
Howard Warshawsky

Howard Warshawsky is a trustee of Friends of Beis Yisroel Trust, a British charity. According to its page at the UK Charity Commission the charity provides assistance to the Beis Yisroel Yeshiva Talmudical College of Jerusalem. Charity Commission Website Charity Framework. Accessed 6 July 2015. The latter institution is in fact based in the illegal settlement of Neve Yaakov in occupied East Jerusalem.Only Simchas Website Bais Yisroel Yeshiva in Israel Opens the New Zman with LOTS of SIMCHAS!. Accessed 6 July 2015. B'Tselem Website Settlements. Accessed 6 July 2015.
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Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation

The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation is a private grant-making organisation established by Howard and Geraldine Polinger in 1968. Today, the Foundation consists of Geraldine, Howard and Geraldine's four children, as well as five of their grandchildren.
On their website, it states:
:'The mission of the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation is to improve the quality of life for families and their communities through support of innovative projects and successful ongoing programs.
:The Trustees are particularly interested in programs that preserve and strengthen Jewish life and the Jewish People, provide access to and appreciation of performing arts, and enhance the well-being of families.' Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation: Mission and History, Foundation Center, accessed 1 December 2016. 
==Affiliations==
*Investigative Project on Terrorism
==Grants==
===2010===
*CAMERA: $3,000
*Hasbara Fellowships: $2,500
*Joint Distribution Committee: $3,000
*Investigative Project on Terrorism: $4,000
*Israel Project: $35,000 Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation, 990 Form, 2010 
===2011===
*Joint Distribution Committee: $66,050
*Anti-Defamation League: $10,000
*CAMERA: $3,000
*Friends of the IDF: $8,000
*Hasbara Fellowships: $2,500
*Israel Project: $35,000 Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation, 990 Form, 2011 
===2012===
*Joint Distribution Committee: $43,000
*Hasbara Fellowships: $2,500
*CAMERA: $3,000
*Friends of the IDF: $8,000
*Israel Project: $10,000 Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation, 990 Form, 2012 
===2013===
*Joint Distribution Committee: $86,000
*CAMERA: $2,000
*Israel Project: $10,000 Howard and Geraldine Polinger Foundation, 990 Form, 2013 
==Staff==
*Lorre Polinger: President
*Rebecca Goldman: Associate Director
*Sarah Kirschenbaum: Program Associate
*Erica Pressman: Senior Program Consultant, Washington DC
==Contact==
E-mail: info@polingerfoundation.org 
Website: http://foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/polinger/index.html 
Address: 5530 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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Hubert Deluyker

Hubert Deluyker is Director of Science Strategy and Coordination at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).EFSA (2013) Hubert Deluyker, acc 5 Mar 2013
Immediately before taking up his post at EFSA he was a clinical research scientist in the field of animal health from 1989 to 2004 for Pfizer Belgium.EFSA (2013) Hubert Deluyker, acc 5 Mar 2013 Pfizer Inc. merged with Pharmacia Corp in 2003. Pharmacia was the product of a merger between Pharmacia & Upjohn and Monsanto and Searle.Pfizer (2013) 2003: Pfizer and Pharmacia Merger, acc 5 Mar 2013
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Hubert H. Humphrey Jr.

Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. (1911-1978) was a US Senator for Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He ran unsuccessfully for President in 1968. He returned to the Senate in 1971, where he served until his death.HUMPHREY, Hubert Horatio, Jr., (1911 - 1978), Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress, accessed 21 April 2013.
==Affiliations==
*Americans for Democratic Action
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Hubert O'Bryan Tear

Hubert Louis O'Bryan Tear (Born 9 December 1918) was an MI6 officer.Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.270.
O'Bryan Tear joined HM Forces in 1940.Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.270. He went on to serve in the French RF section of the Special Operations Executive.Stephen Dorril, MI6, Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, p.242. 
O'Bryan Tear joined the Foreign Office in 1947. He was posted to the Control Commission for Germany in 1950.Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.270.
Around this time, he worked under Harold Gibson on Operation INTEGRAL, a project within MI6's Northern Division to send agents into Ukraine.Stephen Dorril, MI6, Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, p.242. 
He was posted to Moscow as 3rd Secretary in 1952, returning to the Foreign Office in 1954. In 1956, he was posted to Stockholm, initially as 2nd Secretary and later as 1st Secretary.Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.270.
In 1960, he was posted to Aden.Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.270. In September 1962, when Nasserist officers took power in North Yemen, O'Bryan Tear was, according to historian Stephen Dorril, "not well informed about the situation, having been surprised by the coup, and knew little about Egyptian activities.Stephen Dorril, MI6, Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, p.679. Dorril describes O'Bryan Tear, whose cover post was Assistant Political Advisor to the Middle East Command in Aden, as "an experienced intelligence officer but with no knowledge of the Arabs." He was appointed to head an MI6 task force supporting a deniable British covert operation to assist the Saudi-backed royalists in North Yemen. He was supported in London by Desmond Harney and Dennis Womersley.Stephen Dorril, MI6, Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, p.679.
According to authors Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, however, O'Bryan Tear was posted back to the Foreign Office in 1962, and thence to Manila in 1963, and Singapore in 1965. He was returned to London again 1967, before being posted to the political residency in Bahrain later that year. He served in Berne from 1972 to 1977.Jonathan Bloch and Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action, Brandon, 1983, p.270.
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