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The Macmillan Committee, officially known as the Committee on Finance and Industry, was a committee, composed mostly of economists, formed by the British Labour government after the 1929 stock market crash to determine the root causes of the depressed economy of the United Kingdom. [1]
In November 2019, Macmillan announced that libraries would be able to buy only one copy of e-books for the first eight weeks after publication, in an effort to boost sales by creating long waits for borrowers at large library systems. This prompted complaints and some libraries boycotted the company; the policy was reversed in March 2020. [32]
NHS targets are performance measures used by NHS England, NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and the Health and Social Care service in Northern Ireland.These vary by country but assess the performance of each health service against measures such as 4 hour waiting times in Accident and Emergency departments, weeks to receive an appointment and/or treatment, and performance in specific departments such as ...
The charity was founded 1911 [4] as the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer, by Douglas Macmillan following the death of his father from the disease. In 1924, the name was changed to the National Society for Cancer Relief, which it retained until 1989 when it was changed to Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund, later changed again to Macmillan Cancer Relief.
The Middle Way: A Study of the Problems of Economic and Social Progress in a Free and Democratic Society is a 1938 book on political philosophy written by Harold Macmillan, a British Conservative Party politician and later prime minister of the United Kingdom. It was originally published in 1938 (by Macmillan & Co, Ltd, London).
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) found broad support from organizations that rely on copyright, including the Motion Picture Association of America, [1] the Recording Industry Association of America, [1] Macmillan Publishers, Viacom, and various other companies and unions in the cable, movie, and music industries.
The Macmillan Diaries Vol II: Prime Minister and After 1957–1966 (London: Macmillan, 2011) ISBN 1-405-04721-6; Macmillan burned his diary for the climax of the Suez Affair, supposedly at Eden's request, although in Campbell's view more likely to protect his own reputation. [244]