Sponsors
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Argent Group supported the 2007 seminar on 'Creative Ways Forward' which tied in with the reopening of St Pancras as the main eurostar station. Argent are very involved in the whole redevelopment of the Kings Cross area for business and creative industries. |
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BAE Systems provided support to the 2006 and 2010 seminars on Defence. |
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The Bank of England kindly hosted the 1996 seminar which debated The Future for Funding Pensions in Britain and France. |
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BNP Paribas provided the FBC with funding in 2000 to enable the production of the report entitled 'A Day in June; Britain and de Gaulle 1940', a collection of essays to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of de Gaulle's Appel du 18 juin 1940. |
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The support of the British Academy was crucial to the production of an important and popular FBC pamphlet 'Crossing the Channel; promoting academic mobility' in 2001. |
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The FBC is grateful to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for providing core funding. In addition support in kind is offered every two years when the FCO hosts the biennial plenary meeting. |
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Chatham House has kindly provided support in kind by allowing the FBC to use their meeting rooms. |
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City Jet supported the 2007-2008 Short Story Prize by providing return air tickets to Paris for the lucky winners. |
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The CRC's role is to provide well-informed, independent advice to government and ensure that policies reflect the real needs of people living and working in rural England, with a particular focus on tackling disadvantage. |
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A report examining how Britain and France portray each other on television was supported by the Daily Mail in 1997. |
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Eurostar have acted as main sponsors for our short story prize for many years. We are delighted that in 2012 they have agreed to provide sufficient tickets to enable a whole class of children from a school near St Pancras to spend a day in Paris. Mary Walsh, Director of Communications, sits on the Passage to Paris Prize jury. |
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The launch of Cross Channel Currents, a collection of essays commemorating 100 years of the Entente Cordiale, was sponsored in 2004 by Eurotunnel. |
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The French Embassy is a constant source of support to the FBC, British Section, in London. In particular they have worked with the FBC on the series of New Generations seminars in 2004 and 2006. |
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The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) kindly gave a generous grant towards the organisation of the Beyond GDP seminar in the summer of 2011. |
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The institut francais has provided strong support for the the work of the FBC over the years. Examples include providing a venue for events such as a bilateral seminar on Publishing, the debate linked to the Cross Channel Currents book and an event to celebrate the work of Honorary member, Professor Douglas Johnson. |
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The Leeds Castle foundation has provided support in kind for several FBC seminars including 'Local/Regional Government andthe EU' and Non-Governmental Organisations in france and the UK'. |
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MARC Fine Wines are a small, independent merchant providing wines and a service geared specifically towards the needs of the on-trade and other wine merchants. They have generously donated wine for many seminars as well as the 2009 and 2011 Plenary lectures. |
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The ground breaking 'Challenges of Diversity in France and the UK' seminar held in 2006 would not have been possible without the kind support of the PR organisation Outside Organisation. |
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Funding was provided in 1996 for a seminar on Pre-School Education |
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Royal and Sun Alliance funded the report on the 'Control and financing of health costs in France and the UK' in 1998. |
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In 1997, SOLACE provided funding for the report on 'Local/regional government and the EU'. |
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Somerset House kindly hosted the seminars on Diversity in 2010 and Beyond GDP in the summer of 2011. |
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Starbucks kindly supplied tea, coffee, pastries and biscuits at our seminar DIVERSITY 2.0 at Somerset House on January 20th 2010 |
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The seminar on 'Health Funding in France and the UK' in 1998 was held in the Wellcome Trust building. |
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The lunch at the Scottish Parliament and report for the Public Service Reform seminar in Edinburgh in 2008 was sponsored by Veolia Environnement plc. |