APPENDIX D WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS We welcomed written submissions from any organisation or individual. In addition, to ensure a wide cross-section of opinion was considered, some representative organisations were contacted and invited to submit their views by giving written evidence, or oral evidence over two days in February 2007. The following organisations were invited to contribute written evidence. CBI Institute of Directors Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce North-East Chamber of Commerce Wales Chamber of Commerce Scotland Chamber of Commerce Birmingham Chamber of Commerce London Chamber of Commerce Federation of Small Businesses British Retail Consortium Scottish Retail Consortium Association of British Insurers Henderson Global Investors The National Federation of Women's Institutes Ofwat Ofgem ACAS Commission for Racial Equality Stonewall Parcelforce Worldwide Network Rail Advantage West Midlands Scottish Enterprise Department for Enterprise, Innovation and Networks, Welsh Assembly Government Invest Northern Ireland Pensions Investment Research Consultants Ltd The National Business Awards National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship London Stock Exchange Trades Union Congress Unison Amicus T & G GMB USDAW The Work Foundation Investors in People UK Adam Smith Institute Social Market Foundation National Institute of Economic and Social Research Centre for Economic Policy Research Institute of Public Policy Research Centre for Policy Studies Cause and Effect Said Business School Manchester Business School Caledonian Business School London Business School Judge Business School National Consumer Council Consumers Association Citizens Advice Friends of the Earth Traidcraft Institute of Development Studies Greenpeace Black Enterprise The following organisations and individuals contributed to the review either by letter or telephone: Invest Northern Ireland Federation of Small Businesses CBI British Retail Consortium Scottish Retail Consortium Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Centre for Policy Studies John Cole, former BBC Political Editor C John Brady Friends of the Earth Institute of Development Studies The National Business Awards Scottish Enterprise T and G National Institute of Economic and Social Research Henderson Global Investors ACAS Commission for Racial Equality London Business School London Stock Exchange Sir John Sunderland, Non-Executive Chairman, Cadbury Schweppes Val Gooding, Chief Executive, BUPA KPMG Diageo Ofwat Reuters A range of organisations and individuals including some who had featured in recent BBC coverage were invited to attend the oral evidence session held on 7th February: Abi Associates Ltd Amicus Aurora Aviva BP British Bankers’ Association John Cole, former BBC Political Editor Ethical Trading Initiative Friends of the Earth Glaxo Smith Kline Marks and Spencer National Federation of Enterprise Agencies David Pitt-Watson, co-author of The New Capitalists Jeff Randall, Editor at Large, Daily Telegraph Sainsbury Redhotcurry Ltd Thames Water Tesco TUC Centrica Work Foundation Greg Dyke The following people attended an oral evidence session on Wednesday February 7th: John Cole, former BBC Political Editor George Derbyshire, National Federation of Enterprise Agencies Jack Dromey, Andrew Dodgshon, T and G Greg Dyke Linda Holbeche, The Work Foundation Tony Juniper, Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth Angela Knight, British Bankers’ Association Frances O’Grady, TUC David Pitt-Watson, co-author of The New Capitalists Jeff Randall, Editor at Large, Daily Telegraph The BBC made a written submission and the following BBC staff gave evidence to the Panel: Robert Peston, Business Editor Evan Davis, Economics Editor Peter Eustace, Editor, Business Programmes (TV), Economics and Business Centre Julian Bailey, Editor, Business Programmes (Radio), Economics and Business Centre Piers Parry-Crooke, Assignments Editor, Economics and Business Centre Pete Clifton, Head of BBC News Interactive Ceri Thomas, Editor, Today Craig Oliver, Editor, Ten O’Clock News Helen Boaden, Director, BBC News Mark Byford, Deputy Director General Pat Loughrey, Director, Nations and Regions Daniel Dodd, Editor, Economics and Business Centre