House of Commons
Session 2017-19
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The Register of Members' Financial Interests
As at 21 January 2019
Blackford, Ian (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Blackford, Ian (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
1. Employment and earnings
From 1 December 2015, Chairman of Golden Charter Trust Ltd, Canniesburn Gate, 10 Canniesburn Drive, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BF. From April 2018 until further notice, I will be paid £3,091 per month (previously £3,000). Hours: 8 hrs per quarter. In addition, I will be paid £1,500 per day for any additional work (additional payments will be listed below). (Registered 3 June 2015; updated 14 December 2015, 6 June 2016 and 12 April 2018)
Chairman of Commsworld Plc, Commsworld House, Peffer Place, Edinburgh EH16 4BB. Paid £1,000 a month, from 31 July 2015 until further notice. Hours: 8 hrs per quarter. (Registered 3 June 2015; updated 3 August 2015)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Energy Law Unlimited LLP
Address of donor: 231 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5QY
Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets and hospitality for myself and my wife at the Scotland v England rugby international at Murrayfield, total value £1,360.80
Date received: 24 February 2018
Date accepted: 24 February 2018
Donor status: company, registration SO304467
(Registered 20 March 2018)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
From 4 November 2016, a house on the Isle of Skye: (i). (Registered 08 November 2016)
7. (i) Shareholdings: over 15% of issued share capital
First Seer Ltd (see category 8 below). (Registered 02 December 2016)
7. (ii) Other shareholdings, valued at more than £70,000
Commsworld; telecoms company. (Registered 03 June 2015)
8. Miscellaneous
Director (unpaid) of First Seer Ltd, 12A Chester Street, Edinburgh EH3 7RA. First Seer owns our croft business and ancillary activities. (Registered 3 June 2015; updated 17 November 2015)
Investment portfolio managed on a discretionary basis by Brooks MacDonald Plc. (Registered 03 June 2015)
9. Family members employed and paid from parliamentary expenses
I employ my step-son, John O'Leary, as Senior Caseworker from 1 June 2017. (Registered 3 June 2015; updated 13 June 2017)