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How much do we really know about the brands we buy in the supermarkets? Are we aware that the jar of Patak’s curry sauce, the packet of Jordan’s cereal, the Maille Dijon mustard and the box of Silver Spoon Sugar in our shopping basket are all owned by one company: [[Associated British Foods plc]]? Do we know that many of the fashion and cosmetic brands we’ve grown up with and  take for granted — [[Clairol]], [[Max Factor]], [[Rimmel]], [[Burberry]], [[Calvin Klein]], [[Lacoste]] — belong to one conglomerate, [[JAB Holding Company Sarl]], owned by [[:Category:Private Wealth|one family]]? Would you be surprised to find out that this same company also owns numerous other leisure brands we see every day: Coffee ([[LavAzza]], [[Van Houtte]], [[Jacobs Douwe Egberts]], [[Green Mountain]]), snacks ([[Pret a Manger]], [[Krispy Kreme]]), drinks ([[7UP]], [[Snapple]], [[Schweppes]]) and many others?
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This website aims to show who really owns the products and services we use every day, and where their profits and taxes really end up. It also reveals the intimate, sometimes incestuous relationships between these companies and the politicians whose decisions shape our lives and society. Our aim is to be the go-to site for citizens, the media, or anyone who wants to shine a spotlight on the way that corporations and governments work together for their mutual benefit.'''
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Who ''really'' owns brand X? Where do their profits end up? Do they pay their fair share of tax?
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Do you know the exent to which private equity has distorted the market? We accept it as normal, but is it? And should we?
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How responsible is PE for the massive consolidation of industries we see going on world-wide? Does this work for citizens, or only for members of the Finance Industry? And to what extent are govt policies (free money) responsible?
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It is notable how rarely the extent to which PE manipulates companies behind the scenes is reported.
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{{em|Monopoly is the DNA of capitalism.}} Since Thatcher and Reagan let neoliberalism loose, and the rest of the world followed suit, we have seen market sectors become ever more concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Wherever you look, giant corporations with country-sized revenues are dictating to govts worldwide. Getting regulation passed in the face of their lobbying power is a non-trivial task: one example we are living with is [[Plastic Pollution|plastic pollution]]. Another is [[Environmental Policy|neonicotinoids]]; it took nearly 80% of our pollinators to die off before legislators reluctantly began to act.
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{{QuoteBox|width=25%|[[File:Extinction-Rebellion-horiz.svg|90x30px|right|link=Extinction Rebellion]] What is lawful, and what is right... they're not always the same thing.}} {{em|Corruption}} is commonplace; we are no longer shocked, or even surprised. Criminal bankers go scot-free; politicians abuse their positions to enrich themselves and their cronies, and direct their efforts to maintain the status quo, at the expense of the rest of us. Inequality is now at a level not seen for 100 years. Corporations and businessmen routinely avoid paying taxes, which shunts the burden onto citizens.
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{{Sources|{{Src|ref|date=Oct.2018|title=The Era of Corporate Consolidation and the End of Competition.|quote=Bayer-Monsanto, Dow-DuPont, and ChemChina-Syngenta|website=Haas Institute|name=Elsadig Elsheikh, Hossein Ayazi, |url=https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/haas_institute_shahidi-_era_of_corporate_consolidation_end_of_competition_publish.pdf}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.07.2019|title=Fightback against the billionaires: the radicals taking on the global elite.|website=The Guardian|name=Anand Giridharadas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rutger-bregman-winnie-byanyima-anand-giridharadas}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.06.2019|title=Worlds End.|website=Corporate Watch|url=https://issuu.com/corporatewatch/docs/worldsend_lores_copy}} &#9830; {{Src|ref|date=Feb.07.2019|title=The class pay gap: why it pays to be privileged.|quote=Within Britain’s elite occupations, the advantages of class are still mistaken for talent.|website=The Guardian|name=Sam Friedman, Daniel Laurison|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/07/the-class-pay-gap-why-it-pays-to-be-privileged}}
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<h2 class="yellow-sub-heads">Planning on having a Family?</h2>
 
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{{img|Counting-Toes.png|100|68}} {{em|b=1|Sperm counts}} have more than halved in the past 40 years, and are falling by around 1.4% a year,<ref name="guardian-2017.07.30"/> with Western countries seeing a 60% decline.<ref name="indy-2017.07.25"/> History is full of lessons about the links between environmental degradation and the collapse of civilisations &ndash; the decline of the Roman Empire is linked with its increasing use of lead pipes. A technology that benefited millions also brought damage to the brain and nervous system, the stomach and the kidneys, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure. Sound familiar?<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/>
Sperm counts have more than halved in the past 40 years, and are falling by around 1.4% a year. The [[World Health Organization]] also recognises the problem. History is full of lessons about the links between environmental degradation and the collapse of civilisations &ndash; the decline of the Roman Empire is linked with its increasing use of lead pipes. A technology that benefited millions also brought damage to the brain and nervous system, the stomach and the kidneys, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure. Sound familiar? [7]
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[[File:Corporate-Greed.png|left|83x140px]] The billionaires who profit from pollution use their wealth to protect themselves from its consequences - they don't plan to inhale or ingest those toxins. Pollution can be outsourced far from their homes; they can live in New Zealand and pollute in Mexico, they can live in Hawaii and pollute in Indonesia. Politicians collude, either because they are corrupt ($$s), or because they are powerless as a consequence of govt policies over the last ~40 years.
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The billionaires who profit from pollution use their wealth to protect themselves from its consequences. They won't be inhaling or ingesting those toxins. Pollution can be outsourced as far as possible from their homes; they can live in New Zealand and pollute in Mexico, they can live in Hawaii and pollute in Indonesia.
 
 
 
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{{em|b=1|Infertility:}} A wide variety of industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and the chemicals used to make them routinely find their way into our '''water'''. Agricultural pesticides and herbicides are washed into streams, rivers and lakes.<ref name="sikhnet-2014.05.06"/> The effects of these chemicals on all life are very serious: eg., if fish can't breed, then - no more fish.<ref name="ceh-2009.01.19"/><ref name="sd-2009.01.20"/><ref name="nhs-2009.01.20"/>
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[[File:Simon Glücklich Portrait eines Kleinkinds.jpg|right|100px]] {{em|b=1|Deformed Sperm:}} high levels of '''air pollution''' result in a lower number of poor quality, poorly-shaped sperm.<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/><ref name="guardian-2017.11.22"/><ref name="indy-2017.11.22"/> It also has an impact on babies in the womb, leading to low birth weight and millions of premature deaths.<ref name="opininato-2017.12.12"/> In particular, air pollution known as ''PM2.5'' is to blame; not only is it just as harmful to your lungs and heart as smoking, but it also affects male fertility.<ref name="inverse-2018.03.14"/><br/>
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[[Climate Change]] is bringing higher temperatures - which results in poor sperm production for up to two weeks after exposure.<ref name="inverse-2017.01.03"/><br/>
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Relying on {{em|b=1|IVF}} to solve the fertility problem won't help, because air pollution - particularly NO2 from car exhausts - means lower odds of success.<ref name="fert-road-2011.12.16"/>
  
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{{em|b=1|Miscarriages}} and many other fertility problems are being increasingly seen. Exposure to air pollutants are associated with low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, prematurity, neonatal death, and decreased fertility in males. Even a brief exposure to high levels of air pollution can result in a 2.6 fold increase in the risk of miscarriage.<ref name="sikhnet-2014.05.06"/>,
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[[File:Metsu, Gabriel - Sick Child, the.jpg|right|100px]] {{em|b=1|Birth Defects:}} Thousands of chemicals found in everyday items have never been tested to determine their effects on health and, of the few that have, only a tiny minority have been assessed for reproductive health effects. Birth defects are on the rise; eg. hypospadias, a condition in which the male urethra does not develop properly, have doubled since the 1970s. Learning disabilities have doubled since the 1970s; autism has increased ten-fold since the early 1990s.<ref name="arhp-2010.01"/><br/>
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{{em|b=1|DNA Damage and Your Child's Ability to Reproduce}} Endocrine-disrupting chemicals affect hormone-producing glands, such as the thyroid or pituitary, which in turn affect reproductive health. Phthalates, found in most products, change how reproductive organs develop in the womb, with knock-on reproductive effects across generations.<ref name="nyt-2020.08.25"/> Toxicants can exert negative reproductive effects through several mechanisms; some chemicals kill or damage cells. If these cells are oocytes or sperm cells, exposure can result in infertility. If they are other types of cells, developmental problems can occur. Other chemicals alter the structure of DNA, causing gene mutations. Depending on the genes affected, mutations can result in an inability to conceive or in birth defects in your offspring.<ref name="arhp-2010.01"/><ref name="pew-2010.06"/>
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{{Src|news|date=Mar.14.2018|title=Climate Scientists Reveal Alarming Explanation for Plunging Sperm Counts.|quote=|website=Inverse|name=Peter Hess|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/38642-sperm-count-air-pollution-pm2-5}}
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{{Src|news|date=[4] Dec.12.2017|title=The Link Between Air Pollution and Fertility.|quote=New study finds air pollution is associated with infertility – male infertility.|website=Opinionato|url=https://www.opionato.com/blog/the-link-between-air-pollution-and-fertility}}
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<ref name="inverse-2017.01.03">{{Src|ref|date=Jan.03.2017|title=Climate Change: Good for Sex, Bad for Sperm.|website=Inverse|name=Jacqueline Ronson|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/25464-climate-change-fertility-decline-sex-babies-sperm-global-warming}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[5] Dec.16.2011|title=Research Has Found Link Between Air Pollutants and IVF Failures.|quote=|website=Fertility Road|name=Tone Jarvis-Mack|url=https://fertilityroad.com/mind/research-has-found-link-between-air-pollutants-and-ivf-failures-2281/}}
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<ref name="indy-2017.07.25">{{Src|ref|date=Jul.25.2017|title=Sperm counts in the West plunge by 60% in 40 years as ‘modern life’ damages men’s health.|website=The Independent|name=Ian Johnston|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/sperm-count-west-men-health-drop-60-per-cent-years-modern-life-a7859491.html}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[07] Nov.23.2017|title=If air pollution is deforming sperm, will men finally take it seriously?|quote=Links between pollution and other conditions are already proven. Maybe the heterosexual men who run the world might pay attention this time.|website=The Guardian|name=[[Jenny Jones]], Green Party chair|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/23/air-pollution-deforming-sperm-men}}
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<ref name="guardian-2017.07.30">{{Src|ref|date=Jul.30.2017|title=The infertility crisis is beyond doubt. Now scientists must find the cause.|quote=News last week that sperm counts in western men have halved confirmed what experts already knew.|website=The Guardian|name=Robin McKie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/29/infertility-crisis-sperm-counts-halved}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[3] Nov.22.2017|title=Air pollution is associated with poorer quality sperm, finds study.|quote=Fine particulate matter in the air could impact fertility for a ‘significant number of couples’.|website=The Independent|name=Josh Gabbatiss|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/air-pollution-sperm-quality-poor-study-fertility-problems-men-a8067476.html}}
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<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23">{{Src|ref|date=Nov.23.2017|title=If air pollution is deforming sperm, will men finally take it seriously?|quote=Links between pollution and other conditions are already proven. Maybe the heterosexual men who run the world might pay attention this time.|website=The Guardian|name=[[Jenny Jones]], Green Party chair|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/23/air-pollution-deforming-sperm-men}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[2] Nov.22.2017|title=Poor sperm quality linked to air pollution.|quote=Study finds ‘strong association’ between high levels of fine particulate matter and abnormal sperm shape – but impact on wider fertility remains unclear.|website=The Guardian|name=Matthew Taylor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/22/air-pollution-linked-to-poor-sperm-quality}}
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<ref name="sd-2009.01.20">{{Src|ref|date=Jan.20.2009|title=Declining Male Fertility Linked To Water Pollution.|quote=New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems.|website=Science Daily|name=University of Exeter|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090118200636.htm}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=Jul30.2017|title=The infertility crisis is beyond doubt. Now scientists must find the cause.|quote=News last week that sperm counts in western men have halved confirmed what experts already knew. The real problem is that no one knows why.|website=The Guardian|name=Robin McKie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/29/infertility-crisis-sperm-counts-halved}}
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<ref name="ceh-2009.01.19">{{Src|ref|date=Jan.19.2009|title=New study links water pollution with declining male fertility.|quote=|website=Centre for Ecology & Hydrology|url=https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/new-study-links-water-pollution-declining-male-fertility}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[6] May.06.2014|title=Air Pollution & Infertility.|quote=New information is coming out increasingly, to show the relationship between air pollution and infertility. It is currently estimated by the CDC that 6.7 million women have impaired ability to get pregnant or to carry a baby to term. This represents 10.9% of women between the ages of 15 and 44. Now air pollution is getting linked to infertility. In men, air pollution has been linked to DNA damage, abnormal sperm morphology, and reduce sperm performance.|website=SikhNet.com|name=Dr Soram Khalsa M.D.|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/air-pollution-fertility}}
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<ref name="nhs-2009.01.20">{{Src|ref|Jan.20.2009|title=Something fishy in the water?|quote=The feminisation of fish in UK rivers is related to both anti-androgens and oestrogens, at effluent sites.|website=NHS|url=https://www.nhs.uk/news/pregnancy-and-child/something-fishy-in-the-water/}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[08] Nov.21.2013|title=Male fertility decline in China linked to air pollution.|quote=66% of donated semen failes to meet WHO standards. The infertility rate is now 15%, compared to 3% only 30 years ago. Sperm quality varies depending on the pollution levels in the locality.|website=China Dialogue|name=Luna Lin|url=https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6523-Male-fertility-decline-in-China-linked-to-air-pollution/en}}
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<ref name="guardian-2017.11.22">{{Src|ref|date=Nov.22.2017|title=Poor sperm quality linked to air pollution.|quote=Study finds ‘strong association’ between high levels of fine particulate matter and abnormal sperm shape.|website=The Guardian|name=Matthew Taylor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/22/air-pollution-linked-to-poor-sperm-quality}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[8] Jan.2010|title=Environmental Impacts on Reproductive Health.|quote=Of the 87,000 chemicals registered for commerce in the United States, only one-tenth have been tested for potential health effects. Of those that have been tested, only a portion have been assessed for reproductive health effects. Experts now are challenging the traditional assumptions about "safe" levels of toxicant exposures at a population level. Exposure during critical windows of susceptibility may have more significance. These windows vary somewhat depending on the particular toxicant and include periods during gestation, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Because these windows of susceptibility include very early pregnancy, clinicians should counsel women about exposures throughout their reproductive lives. Some chemicals have direct toxic effects on the reproductive system. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can exert effects on hormone-producing glands, such as the thyroid or pituitary, which in turn affect reproductive health. EDCs also may have direct effects on the reproductive system. Toxicants can exert negative reproductive effects through several mechanisms, as shown in Figure 4.21 Some chemicals kill or damage cells. If these cells are oocytes or sperm cells, exposure to the chemicals can result in infertility. If they are other types of cells, developmental problems can occur. Other chemicals alter the structure of DNA, causing gene mutations. Depending on the genes affected, mutations can result in an inability to conceive or in birth defects in the offspring.|website=ARHP|name=Assoc. of Reproductive Health Professionals|url=http://arhp.org/publications-and-resources/clinical-proceedings/RHE/Environmental-Exposures}}
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<ref name="indy-2017.11.22">{{Src|ref|date=Nov.22.2017|title=Air pollution is associated with poorer quality sperm, finds study.|quote=Fine particulate matter in the air could impact fertility for a ‘significant number of couples’.|website=The Independent|name=Josh Gabbatiss|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/air-pollution-sperm-quality-poor-study-fertility-problems-men-a8067476.html}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[1] Jan.20.2009|title=Declining Male Fertility Linked To Water Pollution.|quote=New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study shows for the first time how a group of testosterone-blocking chemicals is finding its way into UK rivers, affecting wildlife and potentially humans.|website=Science Daily|name=University of Exeter|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090118200636.htm}}
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<ref name="opininato-2017.12.12">{{Src|ref|date=Dec.12.2017|title=The Link Between Air Pollution and Fertility.|quote=New study finds air pollution is associated with infertility – male infertility.|website=Opinionato|url=https://www.opionato.com/blog/the-link-between-air-pollution-and-fertility}}</ref>
{{Src|news|Jan.20.2009|title=Something fishy in the water?|website=NHS|url=https://www.nhs.uk/news/pregnancy-and-child/something-fishy-in-the-water/}}
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<ref name="inverse-2018.03.14">{{Src|ref|date=Mar.14.2018|title=Climate Scientists Reveal Alarming Explanation for Plunging Sperm Counts.|quote=Sperm counts are sinking fast, and scientists don’t really know why. Air pollution is a likely candidate.|website=Inverse|name=Peter Hess|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/38642-sperm-count-air-pollution-pm2-5}}</ref>
{{Src|news|date=[0] Jan.19.2009|title=New study links water pollution with declining male fertility.|quote=|website=Centre for Ecology & Hydrology|url=https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/new-study-links-water-pollution-declining-male-fertility}}
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<ref name="fert-road-2011.12.16">{{Src|ref|date=Dec.16.2011|title=Research Has Found Link Between Air Pollutants and IVF Failures.|quote=|website=Fertility Road|name=Tone Jarvis-Mack|url=https://fertilityroad.com/mind/research-has-found-link-between-air-pollutants-and-ivf-failures-2281/}}</ref>
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<ref name="sikhnet-2014.05.06">{{Src|ref|date=[6] May.06.2014|title=Air Pollution & Infertility.|quote=New information is coming out increasingly, to show the relationship between air pollution and infertility. 6.7m women have impaired ability to get pregnant or to carry a baby to term. In men, air pollution has been linked to DNA damage, abnormal sperm morphology, and reduce sperm performance.|website=SikhNet.com|name=Dr Soram Khalsa M.D.|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/air-pollution-fertility}}</ref>
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'''[[Victoria Atkins]] MP, Drugs Minister, Opposes Drugs Regulation While Her Husband Grows 45 Acres Of Cannabis Under Govt Licence.''' The UK's New Princess Of Prohibition: Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Corruption And Cruelty Behind A Pretty Face.
 
'''[[Victoria Atkins]] MP, Drugs Minister, Opposes Drugs Regulation While Her Husband Grows 45 Acres Of Cannabis Under Govt Licence.''' The UK's New Princess Of Prohibition: Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Corruption And Cruelty Behind A Pretty Face.
  
[[File:Cannabis leaf 2.svg|left|92x100px]] There is no one who plumbs the depths of deception and hypocrisy as deeply as Drugs minister Victoria Atkins. Her recent performance in the Westminster Hall debate on Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) was riddled with inaccuracies, distorted information and downright falsehood about the success of such facilities throughout the world. She simply told brazen untruths in order to support her rejection of the clamour from other MPs to introduce DCRs because they are proven to save lives.  
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{{img|Cannabis-Law-Reform.svg|103|100|border=black}} There is no one who plumbs the depths of deception and hypocrisy as deeply as Drugs minister Victoria Atkins. Her recent performance in the Westminster Hall debate on Drug Consumption Rooms (DCRs) was riddled with inaccuracies, distorted information and downright falsehood about the success of such facilities throughout the world. She simply told brazen untruths in order to support her rejection of the clamour from other MPs to introduce DCRs because they are proven to save lives.  
  
 
Atkins would probably rather people didn't mention her husband's farm, because he has a 45-acre cannabis plantation. Pro-legalisation pressure group [[CLEAR]] revealed that Atkins is married to Paul Kenward, managing director of [[British Sugar]]. British Sugar is growing cannabis to supply to drugs company [[GW Pharmaceuticals]]. British Sugar's annual sales fluctuate with the sugar price, so when wholesale prices of the sweet stuff are low, times can be tough. Speaking about the long-term deal, Kenward said he was "confident of decent yields" and that "the return will be better than on tomatoes".
 
Atkins would probably rather people didn't mention her husband's farm, because he has a 45-acre cannabis plantation. Pro-legalisation pressure group [[CLEAR]] revealed that Atkins is married to Paul Kenward, managing director of [[British Sugar]]. British Sugar is growing cannabis to supply to drugs company [[GW Pharmaceuticals]]. British Sugar's annual sales fluctuate with the sugar price, so when wholesale prices of the sweet stuff are low, times can be tough. Speaking about the long-term deal, Kenward said he was "confident of decent yields" and that "the return will be better than on tomatoes".
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* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/25/british-sugar-to-cultivate-cannabis-plants-in-norfolk-for-gw-pha/ British Sugar to cultivate cannabis plants in Norfolk for GW Pharmaceuticals], The Telegraph, ''Julia Bradshaw'', Oct.25.2016
 
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/25/british-sugar-to-cultivate-cannabis-plants-in-norfolk-for-gw-pha/ British Sugar to cultivate cannabis plants in Norfolk for GW Pharmaceuticals], The Telegraph, ''Julia Bradshaw'', Oct.25.2016
 
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A Guide to Companies, their Owners, and the Politics behind them.

How much do we really know about the brands we buy in the supermarkets? Are we aware that the jar of Patak’s curry sauce, the packet of Jordan’s cereal, the Maille Dijon mustard and the box of Silver Spoon Sugar in our shopping basket are all owned by one company: Associated British Foods plc? Do we know that many of the fashion and cosmetic brands we’ve grown up with and take for granted — Clairol, Max Factor, Rimmel, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Lacoste — belong to one conglomerate, JAB Holding Company Sarl, owned by one family? Would you be surprised to find out that this same company also owns numerous other leisure brands we see every day: Coffee (LavAzza, Van Houtte, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Green Mountain), snacks (Pret a Manger, Krispy Kreme), drinks (7UP, Snapple, Schweppes) and many others?

This website aims to show who really owns the products and services we use every day, and where their profits and taxes really end up. It also reveals the intimate, sometimes incestuous relationships between these companies and the politicians whose decisions shape our lives and society. Our aim is to be the go-to site for citizens, the media, or anyone who wants to shine a spotlight on the way that corporations and governments work together for their mutual benefit.