John Thurso

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14 October 2009 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
 
  • Fee of £2,156.25 from IWSC. Hours: 5 hours. (Registered 24 September 2009)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
  • Received three bottles of wine from Marketforce, after addressing a conference. Hours: 3 hours. Estimated value £25.00. (Registered 23 July 2009)
  • Received three bottles of wine from Marketforce, after addressing a conference. Their address: Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0SU. Hours: 3 hours. Estimated value £25.00. (Registered 23 July 2009)

2 September 2009 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
  • Chairman of:
  • International Wine and Spirit Competition Ltd; organisers annual wine and spirit competition.
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd.; manages family estates in Scotland.
  • Thurso Fisheries Ltd; manages family estates in Scotland.
  • Director of three wholly owned subsidiaries of Ulbster Holdings Ltd:
  • Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.
  • Lochdhu Hotels Ltd.
  • Sinclair Family Trust Ltd.
  • Director of International Wine and Spirit Competition Ltd, Building 17, Dunsfold Park, Stovolds Hill, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8TB; organisers annual wine and spirit competition.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
 
  • Received three bottles of wine from Marketforce, after addressing a conference. Hours: 3 hours. Estimated value £25.00. (Registered 23 July 2009)
8. Land and Property
  • Estate in Caithness.
  • Moorland Estate and Hill Farm in Altnabraec, Caithness.
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • (a) Walker Greenbank PLC (2% of share capital is owned by Ulbster Holdings Ltd. which I own 100%).
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which owns 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd., Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd and Sinclair Family Trust Ltd.)
  • (a) Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd, which manages family properties and holds shares in family companies.
  • Walker Greenbank PLC, manufacturers of wallpaper and fabric; (2% of share capital is owned by Ulbster Holdings Ltd).

20 May 2009 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
  • Director of Millennium and Copthorne Hotels PLC; international hotel company.
 

16 June 2008 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
  • Fitness Industry Association Limited; represents fitness industry as trade body
 
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
  • Lecturer at Cranfield University relating to my previous employment.
 

25 July 2006 - View full entry

4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
  • Donation to my constituency party from Mr John Lewis (personal friend and former colleague in hotel industry). (Registered 30 June 2005)
 

12 May 2006 - View full entry

4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
  • Donation to my constituency party from Mr John Lewis (personal friend and former colleague in hotel industry). (Registered 30 June 2005)
  • Donation to my constituency party from Mr John Lewis (personal friend and former colleague in hotel industry). (Registered 30 June 2005)

13 February 2006 - View full entry

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
  • Lecturer at Cranfield University relating to my previous employment.
  • Lecturer at Cranfield University relating to my previous employment.

1 November 2005 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
  • The following companies which manage estate and fisheries in Scotland:
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd.
  • Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
  • Director of Millennium and Copthorne Hotels PLC.
  • Chairman, Fitness Industry Association Limited.
  • Fitness Industry Association Limited; represents fitness industry as trade body
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd.; manages family estates in Scotland.
  • Thurso Fisheries Ltd; manages family estates in Scotland.
  • Director of three wholly owned subsidiaries of Ulbster Holdings Ltd:
  • Director of Millennium and Copthorne Hotels PLC; international hotel company.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
  • Consultant to Wedgewood Travel. This consultancy is mainly associated with my previous commercial background in the hospitality industry, and I occasionally sponsor functions in the House of Commons. (Up to £5,000)
  • Lecturer at Cranfield University relating to my previous employment.
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
 
  • Donation to my constituency party from Mr John Lewis (personal friend and former colleague in hotel industry). (Registered 30 June 2005)
8. Land and Property
  • Estate in Caithness from which rental income is received.
  • Estate in Caithness.
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd..
  • Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which owns 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd., Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd and Sinclair Family Trust Ltd.)
  • (a) Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
6. Overseas visits
  • 27-28 May 2004 and 2-3 December 2004, to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training in the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 10 January 2005)
 

11 April 2005 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits
  • 15-16 May 2003, to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 9 February 2004)
  • 27-28 May 2004 and 2-3 December 2004, to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training in the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 10 January 2005)
  • 27-28 May 2004 and 2-3 December 2004, to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training in the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 10 January 2005)
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd..

28 January 2005 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits
  • 15-16 May 2003, to Zurich, paid for by the Foundation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 9 February 2004)
  • 15-16 May 2003, to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 9 February 2004)
  • 27-28 May 2004 and 2-3 December 2004, to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training in the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 10 January 2005)
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd..
  • (a) Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.
  • Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
  • Three nights' hospitality at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, from the owner of the hotel, a fellow Master Innholder of the Worshipful Company of Innholders. (Registered 19 December 2003)
 

21 May 2004 - View full entry

6. Overseas visits
  • 15-16 May 2003, to Zurich, paid for by the Foundation pour la Formation Hotelie"re, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 9 February 2004)
  • 15-16 May 2003, to Zurich, paid for by the Foundation pour la Formation Hotelière, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 9 February 2004)
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd..

31 January 2004 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
 
  • Chairman, Fitness Industry Association Limited.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
 
  • Consultant to Wedgewood Travel. This consultancy is mainly associated with my previous commercial background in the hospitality industry, and I occasionally sponsor functions in the House of Commons. (Up to £5,000)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
 
  • Three nights' hospitality at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, from the owner of the hotel, a fellow Master Innholder of the Worshipful Company of Innholders. (Registered 19 December 2003)
6. Overseas visits
 
  • 15-16 May 2003, to Zurich, paid for by the Foundation pour la Formation Hotelie"re, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training the hospitality industry of former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 9 February 2004)
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd..
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.

4 December 2003 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
  • International Wine and Spirit Competition Ltd; organisers annual wine and
  • spirit competition.
  • International Wine and Spirit Competition Ltd; organisers annual wine and spirit competition.
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd..
6. Overseas visits
  • 9-10 May 2002 and 29-30 November 2002, two visits to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hoteliere, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training in the hospitality industry for former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 11 May 2002)
 

26 November 2002 - View full entry

1. Remunerated directorships
  • Profile Recruitment and Management Ltd. - hospitality industry recruitment specialists.
  • International Wine and Spirit Competition Ltd; organisers annual wine and spirit competition.
  • Director of:
  • Indoor Golf Clubs PLC; operator of indoor golf facilities.
  • Tourism and Hospitality Trust Ltd; company limited by guarantee to providing training in hospitality industry.
  • International Wine and Spirit Competition Ltd; organisers annual wine and
  • spirit competition.
  • Director of Millennium and Copthorne Hotels PLC.
6. Overseas visits
 
  • 9-10 May 2002 and 29-30 November 2002, two visits to Zurich, paid for by the Fondation pour la Formation Hoteliere, a Swiss charity, of which I am an unremunerated member of the governing council, which specialises in providing training in the hospitality industry for former Eastern Bloc countries. (Registered 11 May 2002)
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • (a) Walker Greenbank PLC (2% of share capital is owned by Ulbstor Holdings Ltd. which I own 100%).
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd.
  • (a) Sinclair Family Trust Ltd.
  • (a) Walker Greenbank PLC (2% of share capital is owned by Ulbster Holdings Ltd. which I own 100%).
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd (which own 100% of Lochdhu Hotels Ltd. and Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
  • Occasional remuneration from consultancy work on hospitality and catering and from lectures on tourism and hospitality.
  • As severance package from previous employer, Fitness and Leisure Holdings Ltd, I have use of BMW motor car for six months to 11 December 2001.
 
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
  • A contribution of more than 25% of my election expenses at the 2001 General Election was made by Lord Kirkham. (Registered 3 July 2001)
 
10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
  • President of:
  • British Tourism Society.
  • Academy of Food and Wine Services.
  • Institute of Management Services.
  • Patron of Hotel and Catering International Management Association.
  • Liveryman, Innholders Company.
 

14 May 2002 (first entry we have)

1. Remunerated directorships
  • Chairman of:
  • Profile Recruitment and Management Ltd. - hospitality industry recruitment specialists.
  • International Wine and Spirit Competition Ltd; organisers annual wine and spirit competition.
  • The following companies which manage estate and fisheries in Scotland:
  • Ulbster Holdings Ltd.
  • Ulbster Estates (Sporting) Ltd.
  • Lochdhu Hotels Ltd.
  • Sinclair Family Trust Ltd.
  • Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
  • Director of:
  • Indoor Golf Clubs PLC; operator of indoor golf facilities.
  • Tourism and Hospitality Trust Ltd; company limited by guarantee to providing training in hospitality industry.
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
  • Occasional remuneration from consultancy work on hospitality and catering and from lectures on tourism and hospitality.
  • As severance package from previous employer, Fitness and Leisure Holdings Ltd, I have use of BMW motor car for six months to 11 December 2001.
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
  • A contribution of more than 25% of my election expenses at the 2001 General Election was made by Lord Kirkham. (Registered 3 July 2001)
8. Land and Property
  • Estate in Caithness from which rental income is received.
9. Registrable shareholdings
  • (a) Walker Greenbank PLC (2% of share capital is owned by Ulbstor Holdings Ltd. which I own 100%).
  • (a) Ulbster Holdings Ltd.
  • (a) Sinclair Family Trust Ltd.
  • (a) Thurso Fisheries Ltd.
10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests
  • President of:
  • British Tourism Society.
  • Academy of Food and Wine Services.
  • Institute of Management Services.
  • Patron of Hotel and Catering International Management Association.
  • Liveryman, Innholders Company.