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- Alternative meaning: Organisation (band).
An organization or organisation (read more about -ize vs -ise) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. The word itself is derived from the Greek word ὄργανον (organon) meaning tool. The term is used in both daily and scientific English in multiple ways.
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Ben murder accused due in court
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:35:55 -0000
Three people are due in court charged with the murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella who was stabbed to death in north London.
Sharia law 'could have UK role'
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:55:42 -0000
The most senior judge in England and Wales has said sharia law could play a role in some parts of the legal system.
Fears over database on criminals
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:56:34 -0000
A probation chief says he doubts the effectiveness of a computer database holding details on high-risk criminals.
Top spy seriously ill in hospital
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:04:24 -0000
Britain's top spy, Alex Allan, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, is seriously ill in hospital.
'Deadliest' malaria rising in UK
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:09:21 -0000
More cases of the most dangerous type of malaria are being brought back to the UK from trips, official figures show.
Call for better 'global literacy'
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:09:29 -0000
Many children in England are being denied a schooling in global events, an educational charity says.
The Economist: Britain
Sharing the wealth
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 -0000
Artists do battle to enrich their heirsON THE very day that a study by Francis Bacon, who died in 1992, sold for GBP17.3m ($34.4m) in Christie's biggest contemporary-art sale, a group of British artists fired the opening salvo in what could prove a drawn-out battle. Should their heirs be entitled to royalties on such sales? Led by Damien Hirst, Britain's most commercially successful artist, more than 500 signed a letter to the Telegraph urging the government to give them that right. "Our loved ones often sacrifice a lot to support an artist in the family," the letter went, and it was only fair that they got a share of the profits.For the past two years 4% of the price of a work by a living artist sold through an auction house or by a dealer has been payable to the artist. Sales of less than EURO1,000 (GBP796) are exempt, and the tax is capped for anything worth EURO500,000 or more. Throughout the European Union the tax is payable on sales of works by living artists or those who have died within 70 years; in Britain it is only works by living artists that qualify. The EU allowed Britain this exemption until 2012. Mr Hirst and his colleagues would like to make sure it is not extended. ...
A hard pounding for Mr Brown?
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 -0000
After Wendy Alexander's ouster, Labour faces a by-election from hellWHEN the 1922 general election swept the Labour Party to dominance in west-central Scotland, a Conservative lamented that it was the worst national disaster since Flodden, a 16th-century battle in which the English crushed the Scots. So recorded the young Gordon Brown in his biography of James Maxton, one of the authors of that Labour victory. Now the prime minister may be facing his own Flodden at a parliamentary by-election in Glasgow East, hitherto one of the safest seats in Labour's Scottish heartlands.At first sight, it looks improbable. David Marshall, the MP whose resignation has precipitated the contest on July 24th, won 60.7% of the vote and a 13,507 majority at the 2005 parliamentary election, leaving the Scottish National Party (SNP) with just 17% of the vote. Yet these are fraught times for Mr Brown. Labour was beaten into fifth place in the Henley by-election on June 26th. And the Scottish Labour Party is in disarray: Wendy Alexander, its leader, resigned on June 28th, brought down by breaching the rules on political donations. ...
Old heads on young shoulders
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 -0000
What do we want? Fiscal prudence, property rights and lower taxesTHE oft-quoted maxim that a man who is not a socialist at 20 has no heart, whereas one who is still a socialist at 40 has no head, has been variously attributed to George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson and Otto von Bismarck, among others. Whatever its origins, the path that leads from the student view of property as theft to an appreciation of low taxes is well-trodden, often suspiciously soon after employment sets in.Now, it appears, many students are starting adulthood differently. A report published on June 26th by Opinionpanel, a research outfit that specialises in polling students, documents a big shift in political allegiances on campus since 2004 (see chart). In those days the Liberal Democrats were the students' favourite; support for the Tories hovered between a fifth and a quarter, and a third supported Labour. Now fewer than a quarter support Labour, and the Conservatives have soared to 45%. ...
Collateral damage
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 -0000
The latest blows to the property market will pound the economy tooAFTER the longest and biggest boom in post-war history, it is payback time for Britain's ever more troubled housing market. As shares in homebuilders wilt following the failure of Taylor Wimpey, the country's largest, to raise urgently needed capital (see article), there are wider worries that Britain may revisit the trauma of the early 1990s, when a housing bust led to a deep recession. With activity in the services sector at its lowest since October 2001, the economy looks perilously vulnerable to falling housing wealth and the collapse in mortgage finance, residential investment and property transactions. The mortgage market has already plumbed unprecedented depths. Figures released this week revealed that a mere 42,000 loans had been approved to buy homes in May, well under half the number a year earlier and below even the trough reached in the early 1990s. New approvals are closely watched because they point the way to house-price changes (see chart). The declines that started late last year are continuing apace, according to Nationwide Building Society. House prices fell by 0.9% in June, leaving them 6.3% lower than they were a year earlier. ...
Keyhole operation
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 -0000
Planned surgery for the NHS turns out to be less radical than billedNO LONG-MARRIED couple could have made more fuss about an approaching diamond anniversary than Britain's government has over the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service on July 5th. The build-up started more than a year ago, when the incoming prime minister, Gordon Brown, decided the electorate could do with a history lesson on this cherished institution (see article). He promised that his Labour Party, which had "created the NHS, that has always invested in the NHS, that has always believed in the NHS", would be the party that renewed it. He commissioned Lord Darzi, a surgeon and health minister, to come up with a new plan in time for the NHS's big day.What with the publication of an interim report last October and multiple leaks since then, Lord Darzi's final report on June 30th felt anticlimactic. A much-heralded new "constitution" turns out to be a flowery restatement of existing rights, such as the entitlement to choose a hospital or receive any treatment approved by the NHS's spending watchdog. Earlier hints that it might detail patients' responsibilities too--to lose weight or give up smoking before surgery, for example--have yielded nothing. And proposals in the interim report to carpet the land with polyclinics--halfway houses between GP surgeries and district hospitals--have, after some critical reviews, been toned down and relegated to a separate report on primary care. ...
Throwing in the keys
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 -0000
When companies need cash and shareholders say noAT THE back of every mortgage lender's mind is the fear that, in a downturn, those whose homes (and other assets) are worth less than their mortgages will simply drop their keys through the letterbox and walk away from their debts. Should banks now start to worry that the companies which built those homes will do likewise? Taylor Wimpey, Britain's biggest homebuilder, went to its shareholders for GBP500m ($1 billion) to shore up its balance-sheet. It returned on July 2nd without an extra penny to its name. A shudder ran round the stockmarket and Taylor Wimpey's share price, already weak at the knees, gave way.With house prices collapsing and sales of new homes grinding to a halt, the firm, with net debts of about GBP1.7 billion and a market value of some GBP370m, needs extra cash because it risks breaching the conditions on some of its bank loans. Yet in a business where timing is at least as important as location, Taylor Wimpey's capital-raising could hardly have come at a worse moment. For on July 1st, just as it tried to get investors to make final commitments, news emerged that in June house prices had fallen by 6.3% from a year earlier, their biggest drop since the previous housing bust in the early 1990s. ...
ACT Association of Consultants and Trainers in the Voluntary Sector - Promoting good practice in management consultancy and training with arts housing and voluntary organizations in the UK.
Action for Market Towns - The national organisation dedicated to promoting the vitality and viability of small towns.
Meta Description: [ AMT - promoting UK market towns - Action for Market Towns ]
Anglia in Bloom - A floral and environmental competition for communities in the East Anglia region, linked to Britain in Bloom
Britain Nigeria Association - For the promotion of friendship between Britain and Nigeria.
Meta Description: [ Make new contacts; keep in touch with friends and colleagues. Meet businessmen, politicians and diplomats from both Britain and Nigeria. ]
British Fellowship Club - An association of current and past scholars who have studied in Britain with the help of the British Council.
Citizens Advice - Helps people resolve their money, legal and other problems by providing information and advice. Profile, services, volunteering information and campaigns.
Common Purpose - A networking, development and training organisation that works with civil society, business and political leaders. Information on vision, history, case studies and areas of operation.
Community Channel - Providing a digital television channel and interactive website for UK-based charities, community groups and voluntary organisations.
Meta Description: [ Community Channel is TV that gives a damn. It makes you think again about the world around you, and inspires you to take action on the causes and issues that matter to you., Community Channel shows Restoration Village films each week for one week after the BBC programme. ]
CSMA - Private home, leisure and motoring organisation for people who have worked for the Civil Service or an organisation with its roots in the Civil Service. Details of membership benefits and other services.
Meta Description: [ csma: over 50 benefits including car, home, caravan and holidays insurance, ferry deals, travel shop, car hire, hotels, breakdown cover and car shop. ]
Cuba Solidarity Campaign, Great Britain - Supporting Cuba - The British campaign to support the Cuban people's right to self-determination.
Meta Description: [ The British campaign to support the Cuban people's right to self-determination. ]
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Dreamscheme - Community youth development based on young people carrying out community based work projects for which they earn points, which can be exchanged for trips and activities. History, description, training and contact details.
Meta Description: [ A dreamscheme is community youth development based on a simple concept of WORK, POINTS and TRIPS. Young people are enabled to carry out community based work projects for which they earn points. These can then be exchanged for trips and activities of their choice. ]
Ethical Exchange - A directory made up of organisations which are managed according to ethical principles.
Home Start International - Voluntary organisation which promotes the welfare of families with at least one child under school age. Includes organisation background, bulletin board, publications and links to country-specific pages.
Merchant Navy Officers - Information about the British Merchant Marine. Includes history, current issues, collections of photographs and personal recollections.
mySociety.org - Builds websites which benefit the civic and community aspects of people's lives. News, FAQs, details of current projects, and how to get involved.
National Appropriate Adult Network - Works to support agencies who provide appropriate adult services which aim to promote and protect the rights and interests of young people and vulnerable adults in police custody.
National Rural Enterprise Centre - Part of the Communications Department of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Aims to help rural communities improve their economies by providing research, consultancy and information transfer. Information about projects and initiatives, performed throughout the UK.
On the Line - United Kingdom Virtual Journey - Aimed at children and young people, provides a guide to the culture, history and daily life of the UK. Includes facts, figures and quotations.
Meta Description: [ On the Line was an educational millennium project involving cultural exchange between United Kingdom and other meridian line countries. A partnership between Oxfam GB, WWF-UK and Channel 4. Pages on Oxfam's Cool Planet website. ]
Open Spaces Society - Organisation that works to protect common land and public rights of way.
People for Action - National UK network of housing organisations, committed to ideas and actions that put influence and power into the hands of local people.
Meta Description: [ People for Action homepage ]
Pro Venezuela Organization - Non-governmental UK organization promoting solutions for the social, educational, financial, political crisis of Venezuela. Information about human rights violations provided.
Meta Description: [ UK based NGO that provides information on the social, educational, financial and political crisis of Venezuela caused by the neo fascist revolution of Hugo Chavez. ]
Royal African Society - Promotes links and good relations with Africa.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) - Information about the organisation, its services and activities promoting accident prevention at work, home, driving, in school, on water and at leisure. Includes downloadable fact sheets.
Meta Description: [ RoSPA is actively involved in the promotion of safety in all areas
of life - at work, in the home, and on the roads, in schools, at leisure and on or near water. ]
RuralNet UK Rural Development Network - A network run by National Rural Enterprise Centre, an offshoot of The Royal Agricultural Society of England. Aims to create suport networks to help rural interests such as businesses. Online discussion conferences, details of training services and other support available as well as contact information.
Standing Council of the Baronetage - Organization maintaining records of baronetages throughout the United Kingdom. Rules, membership information, list of baronetcies to which no succession has been proven.
The Abbeyfield Society - UK organization providing sheltered housing in the voluntary sector.
Meta Description: [ About The Abbeyfield Society, What is Abbeyfield, Values and Beliefs ]
The British Club Worldwide - News, humour and features for homesick British expatriates. Links, newsletters and membership information.
Meta Description: [ british ]
The Guild of Registered Tourist Guides - The professional association of Tourist Board Registered Blue Badge Guides in Britain.
Meta Description: [ The Professional Association of Registered Blue Badge tourist guides in Britain ]
The Oxford Trust Home Page - Encouraging the study and application of science and technology.
Meta Description: [ The Oxford Trust is at the heart of science and enterprise in Oxfordshire. ]
The Royal Agricultural Society of England - Charity devoted to the advancement of British agriculture through good science and stewardship. Organizers of the Royal Show, the Town and Country Festival and The Amateur Gardening Spring Show.
Meta Description: [ the royal agricultural society of england aims to play a leading role in the development of british agriculture and a vibrant rural economy through the uptake of good science, the promotion of best practice and participation in high level debate. the encouragement of education on rural issues and... ]
The Save British Science Society - Pressure group aiming to improve the scientific health of the UK. Includes information on aims, documents, campaigns, and activities.
The Work Foundation - Offer research, practical consultancy and constructive advocacy to make workplaces more effective, more successful and more fulfilling.
Meta Description: [ Sometimes vision gets blocked by the banal, or caught up in triviality. Our aim is to set the vision free at the right time and in the right way. We develop and run a range of highly sought after programmes designed to deliver visionary, ethical and effective leaders ]
UK Metric Association - Campaign group for a single rational system of measurement. Aims and principles, history of UK metrification, metrication mews and links.
UrbanRegeneration - Information-source for social landlords looking to regenerate run-down housing estates, to halt the spiral of decline and unpopular neighbourhoods and to improve the quality of life for residents.
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