A concession or concession agreement is a grant of rights, land, property, or facility by a government, local authority, corporation, individual or other legal entity.
36-587: Paperchase is an international chain of stationery stores which was established in the United Kingdom but has since expanded into Europe, the USA and United Arab Emirates. As well as stand alone stores, in the UK there were concessions in selected Selfridges , House of Fraser and Next stores. The company went into administration on 30 January 2023 and Tesco purchased the brand and intellectual property, but not
72-544: A Valentine's Day action to combat hatred and extremism, inspired by the founder of the #ExtinguishHate campaign begun by Darryn Frost, the man who fought off a terrorist in the 2019 London Bridge stabbing using a narwhal tusk . In May 2020, Stop Funding Hate urged organisations to withdraw their advertising from OpIndia , an Indian far-right website, after it published an article asserting that businesses should be able to declare that they do not hire Muslims. In February 2021, Stop Funding Hate announced their boycott of
108-605: A management buy-out was completed leaving the company owned by Primary Capital Partners LLP and its board of directors. In September 2010, Paperchase launched an online store, built on the Venda ecommerce platform. Borders Group Inc. closed all of its stores in February 2011, 19 years after the Borders brothers sold the business and 16 years after becoming a public company. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which led to
144-761: A 2017 update by Nick Crofts, President of the National Members' Council, it was stated that after investigation, "Many people buy these papers at the Co-op and some of them will be our members. Advertising in these papers also drives sales which are important to our businesses". Virgin Trains West Coast stopped selling the Daily Mail onboard the trains which it operates in conjunction with Stagecoach Group in November 2017. After criticisms that
180-428: A concession. In the case of a public service concession, a private company enters into an agreement with the government to have the exclusive right to operate, maintain and carry out investment in a public utility (such as a water privatisation ) for a given number of years. Other forms of contracts between public and private entities, namely lease contract and management contract (in the water sector often called by
216-954: A cross-border interest has been subject to the principles of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union . The European Commission had originally included public concession contracts in the Services Directive of 1992, but these were removed from its scope by the European Council. However, the European Parliament and the Council issued a further Directive 2014/23/EU on the award of concession contracts on 26 February 2014, which required EU member states to introduce national legislation covering
252-441: A property by the government may be in return for services or for a particular use, a right to undertake and profit by a specified activity, a lease for a particular purpose. A concession may include the right to use some existing infrastructure required to carry out a business (such as a water supply system in a city); in some cases, such as mining , it may involve merely the transfer of exclusive or non-exclusive easements . In
288-542: A result, the Paperchase company lost a large presence on the British high street as there was a Paperchase concession within every UK Borders. The UK division of Borders separated from its parent and the owner of Paperchase in 2007, and all Borders stores closed on 22 December 2009. To replace these lost UK retail sites, Paperchase concessions were formed in a number of HMV and Waterstones stores during 2010. In 2010,
324-509: The Daily Mail after social media criticism. In November 2017, Paperchase also announced that they would stop advertising in the Daily Mail , saying that they had "listened to customers". A campaign which targeted The Co-operative Group led to their chief executive Richard Pennycook saying in 2016 that they would be "looking at our advertising for next year to see whether we can align it more closely with our natural sources of support rather than more generic media advertising". However, in
360-474: The Sun ' s track record of misleading reporting", and was signed by over 40,000 people. Following their coverage of the high court's November ruling on Brexit , advertisers in the Daily Mail were targeted by the campaign and its supporters using the hashtag #StopFundingHate. In a Christmas campaign by Stop Funding Hate, the group released a mock advert in the style of John Lewis Christmas adverts , calling on
396-742: The White Rose Centre in Leeds in June 2013, and another flagship store was opened in March 2013 at Buchanan Street in Glasgow. In January 2021, Paperchase was on the brink of administration after most of its stores were closed over the Christmas period because of COVID-19. The firm filed a notice to appoint administrators to give them breathing space while it worked out a rescue plan. At that time
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#1732757096631432-597: The "total vacuum of responsibility within the journalism world when it comes to how our content is going to affect our audience". In Spiked , Naomi Firsht described the campaign as "entirely about censorship", arguing that consumers should simply not buy newspapers if they disagree with their content. Writing in The Spectator , Brendan O'Neill described the campaign "elitist, repugnant and illiberal, as are all attempts at press censorship". In an article for UnHerd , conservative author Douglas Murray accused
468-476: The French term affermage ), are closely related but differ from a concession in the rights of the operator and its remuneration. A lease gives a company the right to operate and maintain a public utility, but investment remains the responsibility of the public. Under a management contract the operator will collect the revenue only on behalf of the government and will in turn be paid an agreed fee. A grant of land or
504-493: The agency Gather No Moss eventually admitted tracing the artwork. In November 2017, the company issued an apology for running an advert for free wrapping paper in the Daily Mail on Saturday 18 November, following a campaign by the group Stop Funding Hate . Journalists Julia Hartley-Brewer and Piers Morgan condemned the decision. Concession (contract) Public services such as water supply may be operated as
540-584: The annual accounts showed that the Stop Funding Hate board had been remunerated. Writing for the Press Gazette , Dominic Ponsford criticised Stop Funding Hate and its campaigners for "encouraging people to influence the content of newspapers they do not read themselves", and raised concerns about advertisers influencing the content of newspapers. In a response to Ponsford's article, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff argued that Ponsford did not consider
576-686: The award of concession contracts in excess of EUR 5,186,000 awarded on or after 18 April 2016. In the UK, the equivalent threshold for concession contracts is £4,104,394. Concession contracts granted by public bodies fall within the term "covered procurement" in the Procurement Act 2023 . Stop Funding Hate Stop Funding Hate is a pressure group which asks companies to stop advertising in, and thus stop providing funds for, certain British newspapers that it argues use "fear and division to sell more papers". The Stop Funding Hate campaign
612-488: The campaign and its supporters, Lego announced in November 2016 that it was ending its advertising with the Daily Mail , stating they were "not planning any future promotional activity with the newspaper", making it the first company to end its advertising in one of the targeted newspapers since the campaign's inception. In February 2017, the internet service provider Plusnet withdrew adverts from The Sun and The Body Shop announced they had no future plans to advertise in
648-512: The campaign to boycott GB News fed into the channel's belief that there is a cancel culture . Stop Funding Hate responded to allegations of censorship by saying that they "fully support freedom of choice & are not calling for any publication to be removed from sale". The Daily Mail , responding to Paperchase 's decision to cease advertising with them, described Stop Funding Hate as "a small group of hard left Corbynist individuals seeking to suppress legitimate debate and impose their views on
684-573: The closure of 399 stores and the liquidation of assets. As of January 2013, the company had over 130 retail points of sale, a mix of concessions and standalone stores. These were primarily based in the UK, with several in Dubai and a few in Denmark, The Netherlands, France and Germany. One of their first flagship stores was on Tottenham Court Road and was known as 'Paperchase Heaven' because of its location, size and range of products. A new store opened in
720-523: The company grew internationally within the Borders network. In 2007 Borders sold a majority stake in the UK and Irish division of Borders book stores to Risk Capital for £10 million. In May 2008, the Borders Group announced it was considering selling its 97% share to one of either HgCapital , Isis Equity Partners or Change Capital, with W H Smith interested in putting in a £50 million bid – 12 years after selling it at £1 million. As
756-475: The company had 127 stores and about 1,500 employees. Later that month it was announced that Paperchase would be purchased by Primera Capital through a legal entity, Aspen Phoenix Newco Limited. In August 2022, Paperchase was sold again to a private investment firm led by the retail investor Steve Curtis. The company went into administration on 30 January 2023 and Tesco purchased the brand and intellectual property, but not its 106 stores, on 31 January 2023, leaving
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#1732757096631792-515: The department store to stop advertising in certain newspapers. In August 2017, Stop Funding Hate undertook its first street campaign in conjunction with the social justice charity Citizens UK . The campaign targeted mobile network operators including BT Mobile , EE Limited , O2 , Sky Mobile , Tesco Mobile and Virgin Mobile UK using the slogan "Start Spreading Love". In February 2020, Stop Funding Hate joined I Am Here International in
828-468: The facilities and assets to the concessionaire. Those that were built, acquired and designated by the concessionaire may initially be owned and controlled by the concessionaire and these will be transferred to the authority once its concession duration is ended. Muhammad Ali of Egypt used contracts called concessions to build cheap infrastructure - dams and railroads - whereby foreign European companies would raise capital, build projects, and collect most of
864-402: The facilities. The assets and facilities that were built, designated, and acquired prior to the turnover of operations and maintenance from the authority to the concessionaire and are included on a plan of a project that was planned by an authority are predetermined as owned by the authority and to be operated and maintained by the concessionaire upon the turnover of operations and maintenance of
900-458: The future of 820 staff in doubt. In February 2023, it was announced that no buyer had been found for the rest of the business. As a result, all 106 remaining stores were to close, and 900 staff were to be made redundant. The web store shut down on 17 February, and the last physical shops closed on 3 April 2023. In February 2010, the company was accused of stealing artwork created by an independent British artist, Hidden Eloise. An artist working for
936-416: The group of "using a deliberately vague definition of 'hate'" and only targeting what it perceives to be right-leaning media, claiming "its modus operandi is always the same: it identifies a conservative outlet full of "hate", and then lobbies its advertisers to pull their cash — thus eliminating one of the major revenue streams of the free press." Media columnist Ian Burrell of the i newspaper wrote that
972-538: The media". In August 2021, Stop Funding Hate was accused of breaching company laws by engaging in "political activity" by Members of UK Parliament in a letter to the British Secretary of State for Business Kwasi Kwarteng . In the letter, the Members of Parliament said: "We are concerned that since 2017 the campaign group Stop Funding Hate has been exploiting the prestige that is afforded by CIC status, and
1008-598: The move censored the newspapers that passengers could read, Richard Branson , founder of the Virgin Rail Group , reinstated the paper in January 2018. Speaking in a statement on his own behalf and that of Stagecoach chairman Brian Souter , Branson said: "Brian and I agree that we must not ever be seen to be censoring what our customers read and influencing their freedom of choice. Nor must we be seen to be moralising on behalf of others. Instead we should stand up for
1044-668: The operating revenue but would provide Ali's government with a portion of that revenue. Within the European Union , the granting of concessions by public bodies is subject to regulation. Works concessions have been subject to award rules for some time as Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the EU on public procurement applied to works concessions. The award of services concessions with
1080-509: The private sector, the owner of a concession — the concessionaire — typically pays either a fixed sum or a percentage of revenue to the owner of the entity from which it operates. Examples of concessions within another business are concession stands within sporting venues and movie theaters and concessions in department stores operated by other retailers . Short term concessions may be granted as promotional space for periods as short as one day. Concession agreement may also state
1116-632: The privileged access that CICs have to many grants of taxpayers money, for overtly political means." Stop Funding Hate is registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC), a type of organisation which should not be formed for political purposes. A spokesman for the Department of Business said: "We expect all Community Interest Companies to act in accordance with their legal obligations, and are clear that they should not be formed for political purposes, or have engagement in political activities among their main objectives". Stop Funding Hate did not respond to
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1152-416: The role of an authority and concessionaire and conditions regarding control and ownership of the assets and facilities such as concession can either allow the authority to retain or keep actual ownership of the assets, turning over to the concessionaire and reverting the control and ownership back to an authority once the duration of their concession ended or both the authority and concessionaire control and own
1188-437: The stores, on 31 January 2023. Paperchase was founded by two art students, Judith Cash and Eddie Pond, around 1968. The company went through various owners before receiving investment from W H Smith in 1985; it continued to expand and in 1996 became Paperchase Products Ltd., having been bought by the existing management with investment from a venture capital fund. In 2004 Borders Group Inc. bought out Graphite Capital , and
1224-557: The upcoming television news channel GB News , based on speculation of what the station would represent. In September 2016, Specsavers withdrew an advertisement from the Daily Express after hundreds, including Stop Funding Hate, complained that it was funding "fear and division". Gary Lineker showed support for the campaign, saying that he had spoken to Walkers about their advertisements in The Sun . Following calls from
1260-664: The values we hold dear and defend them publicly, as I have done with the Mail on many issues over the years." In addition to the £102,721 initially raised, a further crowdfunding campaign generated £80,251 from supporters in January 2018. The campaign that finished in March 2019 raised £5,067 against a target of £45,000. Accounts filed at Companies House with a balance sheet date of 30 April 2018 showed that Stop Funding Hate had current assets of £130,549 and owed £130,549 to creditors. It had zero net assets and zero reserves . The Community Interest Company Report (CIC 34) filed with
1296-934: Was established in August 2016 by Richard Wilson, a former Corporate Fundraising Officer at Amnesty International . The campaign gained over 70,000 likes on its Facebook page in the first three days of activity and the campaign's launch video was viewed over 6 million times. In February 2017, Stop Funding Hate launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds, finishing with £102,721 raised. The campaign has called on companies including Aldi , Asda , Barclays , British Airways , Co-op UK , Gillette , Iceland , John Lewis , Lego , Marks & Spencer , Morrisons , Virgin Media and Waitrose to cease advertising in newspapers such as The Sun , Daily Mail and Daily Express . Stop Funding Hate's campaign targeting Virgin Media , claimed that their values were "totally at odds with
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