Sentences with phrase «as public organisations»

Not exact matches

Usually tax exemptions are given to charitable organisations, as such establishments provide some kind of public service and are beneficial to the community as a whole.

I spent decades as a Personnel Manager in large organisations and the public service.

As the national marriage equality postal survey entered its final week, the leading organisation behind the «no» campaign, the Australian Christian Lobby's NSW director wrote to councillors asking them to re-evaluate the use of public money for LGBTI groups.

I think the CEO of 2 large tax exempt Christian organisations (which is what Franklin now is as heir apparent to Billy) should be politically neutral in public whatever their personal views.

In January 2013 the non-governmental organisation Sustain, supported by 61 health organisations, called for a 20 pence per litre excise duty on sugar sweetened drinks.4 In February, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges called for a 20 % tax on sugar sweetened drinks as part of its enquiry into clinical and public health solutions to the obesity epidemic.1 Although the UK government has indicated a preference for voluntary approaches to the control of obesity, it has not ruled out fiscal measures.14 Clearly, the idea of a sugar sweetened drink tax is gaining traction in the UK, but its effect on health remains uncertain.

Meanwhile, there was almost unanimous support for traffic lights from a wide range of public health, medical and consumer organisations, as well as state government agencies.

Public Health organisations are investigating alternative antimicrobial strategies to fight this alarming increasing trend, especially as there are no new emerging antibiotic drugs.

ACCC commissioner, Roger Featherston, said that the ACCC considers that the coordination, which allows Jetstar branded airlines to operate as a single fully integrated organisation in relation to things like scheduling, sales, marketing and pricing, is likely to result in public benefits and is likely to result in «little, if any» detriment due to a lessening of competition.

President Akufo - Addo's address which was intended to bring closure on the heated public sentiment against the pact seem to have done little if not fuel the controversy as more civil society organisations speak up against the deal.

President Buhari urged public, private organisations and well - meaning Nigerians to continue to assist the Super Eagles as the team heads for a sixth appearance at the summit of football competition.

«As Director of Media and Publicity of the Jonathan / Sambo Campaign organisation I received money on behalf of the Directorate of Media and Publicity which I headed from private individuals and companies during the election campaigns but these were not public funds but rather private contributions specifically for the Presidential and other campaigns.

This is the case as much in the financial economy as in the organisation and structure of public services.

According to his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said he was not among those Nigerians that can be cowed by anyone, asking; «Now that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki has come out to openly say that categorization of IPOB as a «terrorist organisation» by the military is unconstitutional, is the APC also going to accuse him of sponsoring IPOB?»

Standards in public life are in the gutter when Tory activists, councillors and at least one MP, Tim Loughton, a juvenile former children's minister, are prepared to assert falsely that they «support the aims and values of the Labour Party» and are «not a supporter of any organisation opposed to it» to make an unwitting # 3 donation when they're rumbled as registered supporters.

These categories are important as a statement of public policy because being a registered charity makes an organisation eligible for Gift Aid.

None of the elite organisations like Unlock Democracy or the UCL Constitution Unit have ever proposed anything as definite as the «Plan for the Establishment of a National Bank» published posthumously so long ago as 1824 by the icon of laissez - faire capitalism, David Ricardo, who reasoned that the stock of money would be best originated by a public institution.

Following the path beaten out by the Plain English Campaign (now in its 30th year) and their Golden Bull Awards, organisations such as the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) have been expressing their frustration at the proliferation of gobbledegook in public life.At the end of 2007, the LGA released a list of 100 words local authorities should not use, such as conditionality, coterminosity and contestability.

Having been a public body up until 2011, CDF re-emerged as a charity and social enterprise and continues to be the leading national organisation in community development.

Soon after the new IPAct was introduced, Liberty, a British organisation concerned with human rights protection, requested a judicial review to the High Court.Liberty argued that some powers protected by the Act such as the interception of communication, acquisition of communication history and the creation of bulk personal datasets breached the public's rights.

The Minister David Willets MP added: «Making the most of large and complex data is a huge priority for government as it has the potential to transform public and private sector organisations, drive research and development, increase productivity and innovation, and enable market - changing products and services.

Did the leaders of non-state organisations (I think of figures like Lech Wałęsa, co-founder of the Solidarity movement in Poland), or the mental maps of broader publics play as important a role, or were they less critical to the course of international politics?

While public awareness of charities is dominated by big organisations such as Cancer Research UK, NSPCC and Oxfam, organisations such as these with trained professional fundraising staff are in the minority.

Evaluating the Public Health Responsibility Deal for Alcohol surveys the evidence on the Government's flagship public health programme, which was launched in 2011 as a voluntary partnership with commercial organisations, public bodies, academics and NGOs to promote public health Public Health Responsibility Deal for Alcohol surveys the evidence on the Government's flagship public health programme, which was launched in 2011 as a voluntary partnership with commercial organisations, public bodies, academics and NGOs to promote public health public health programme, which was launched in 2011 as a voluntary partnership with commercial organisations, public bodies, academics and NGOs to promote public health public bodies, academics and NGOs to promote public health public health goals.

But there are «the small achievements that are really important», such as stopping public service organisations from using 0845 numbers.

According to President Buhari, «In 2017 alone, we saw significant commitments and agreements by major global organisations in infrastructure projects such as: the proposed USD 9 billion Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical complex in Lagos; the completed USD 600 million Lafarge Plant in Calabar; the proposed rail stock; the proposed USD 1.3 billion public private partnership with General Electric on Rail Track Development and the proposed ENI / Agip rehabilitation of Port Harcourt Refinery.

Several organisations and individuals were invited to put forward suggestions as to what form this new framework should take and a draft document is to be put out for public consultation later in 2011.

He had served at various organisations as Public Relations Officer and Press Secretary including Delta State Govt House, Asaba; Ministry of Information, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), National Press Centre, and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

«Anybody who had headed any organisation in the country, whether as a Minister of State or Chief Executive of a public institution would have taken hundreds of decisions which could easily make one a subject of investigations whether legitimately or otherwise but this should not necessarily warrant placement in the public domain since we are all clear about its near irredeemable effect on reputations.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto recognised the need to support vocational education and invest in apprenticeships, as well as calling for public sector organisations becoming living wage employers.

In addition to its founders, a number of prominent public figures have endorsed the movement's launch so far, with the following being listed as the organisation's Convenors: [12]

Young people, the public and youth organisations were consulted to form the research, which looked into issues such as youth citizenship and lowering the legal voting age.

As the BIT takes new steps to become a profit - making joint venture, like - minded private sector organisations will soon be able to turn to the BIT as well for ways to work with the public and private sector to find areas of mutual benefAs the BIT takes new steps to become a profit - making joint venture, like - minded private sector organisations will soon be able to turn to the BIT as well for ways to work with the public and private sector to find areas of mutual benefas well for ways to work with the public and private sector to find areas of mutual benefit

The deal, which is intended to establish voluntary agreements on issues such as labelling and advertising in the alcohol industry, will still go ahead but without the conferred legitimacy of public health organisations.

Provide public reporting of organisations» device prevalence to assist in reducing device use and shortening duration of use, as recommended from the English point prevalence survey

Given Britain's involvement in an international research consortium formed to create the most detailed and medically useful picture of human genetic variation to date, tonight's other discussion points include the scientific value of the information and the regulatory implications of providing public access to personal genome data through academic research projects, as well as through commercial organisations.

Ed Miliband does have a strategic sense of where he wishes to take the party, but needs to build on his arguments about the squeezed middle to articulate how he believes the party's public argument, as well as its organisation, should change.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said housing associations will be reclassified as private sector organisations «freed from the shackles of public sector bureaucracy.»

But public sector organisations, including the Chartered Institute of Punlic Finance and Accounting (CIPFA) have criticised the accounting method used to produce the liability figure as an exaggeration of the official figure, due to be reported next year.

A public body, often referred to as a quango, is an organisation that delivers a public service, is not a government department and operates at arm's length from ministers.

«This would include working for organisations that seek to influence government policy such as trades unions and industry bodies; work for campaigning organisations and pressure groups who are seeking to influence government; and work for agencies working in the field of public affairs or government relations who try to influence government on behalf of their clients,» he wrote.

It stated, «Characterising IPOB as a terrorist organisation will likely incite hatred and antagonism against its members, and instigate security and law enforcement agencies to launch and inflict violence against them, while conditioning some members of the public to think that all members of IPOB are indeed defined by that characterisation.

The organisation further described Umeh's action as a propaganda calculated at deceiving the general public that Ekwunife had been disqualified by the Appeal Court from contesting the senatorial election for Anambra Central district.

In the letter dated 14 July 2017 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organisation said that, «Public interest is not well served when government officials such as former governors, deputies supplement their emoluments in their current positions with life pensions and emoluments drawn from their states» meagre resources and thereby prioritising their private or personal interests over and above the greatest happiness of the greatest number.»

Mr Barber's latest attack on the government comes as his organisation prepares for the «TUC Day of Action» on November 30th when up to three million workers will take part in stoppages, meetings and rallies in protest over the government's decision to cut public sector pensions.

As Alberto Soriano Maldonado, primary author of the study, explains: «Health professionals traditionally insisted that eating eggs increased cholesterol levels, so in recent decades there has been a tendency to restrict intake championed by various public health organisations.»

The organisation had just undergone a reform process, and the new president clearly viewed public relations as having an important role to play.

Given our limited resources (our unit has 18 staff), our activities concentrate on the so - called «information relays», such as the media, professional organisations, etc, although we do enjoy some direct contact with the public and in particular the young (whose declining interest to science studies and careers is worrying) through presentations, visits, open days, etc..

As a result, many (government) organisations encourage healthy eating habits among the general public by providing information on healthy diets.

Anonymous has always described itself as a «leaderless, decentralised organisation», but it appeared to be precisely the opposite in 2011 when a few outspoken and highly skilled hackers with a flair for the dramatic captured the public's attention.

For now, Green Cross employs only about 20 people, as it searches for public and private sponsors, says Andreas Eggenberg, the organisation's deputy director.