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  2. List X site - Wikipedia

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    It is applied to a company's specific site (or facility within that site) and not a company as a whole. The term has been used since the 1930s and is equivalent to facility security clearance (FSC) used in other countries. Locations with this status are those normally involved with defence research and manufacturing that is vital to national ...

  3. Argos (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Argos was launched with thousands of staff, taking £1 million during a week in November. [10] Argos was purchased by BAT Industries in 1979 for £32 million. In 1980, Argos opened its Elizabeth Duke jewellery counter (named after a director's wife) and by 1982, was the United Kingdom's fourth-biggest jewellery retailer.

  4. Home Retail Group - Wikipedia

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    Home Retail Group plc was a British retail company established on 10 October 2006, following the spin-off of Argos Retail Group (ARG) from GUS plc. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The group primarily comprised two retailers: Argos and Homebase, as well as in-house brands such as Chad Valley and Habitat. In April 2007, the ...

  5. Electronic Travel Authorisation (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The Home Office announced that visa-free nationalities outside Europe will be able to apply for UK ETA starting 27 November 2024 and be able to use it to travel to the UK from 8 January 2025. European visa-free nationalities may apply for it from 5 March 2025 and may use it to travel to the UK from 2 April 2025.

  6. Habitat (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Habitat (a trading name of Argos Limited) is a brand of household furnishings in the United Kingdom and the main homewares brand within the Sainsbury's group.. Founded in 1964 by Sir Terence Conran, it merged with a number of other retailers in the 1980s to create Storehouse plc, before the latter sold Habitat to the Ikano Group, owned by the Kamprad family, in 1992.

  7. Security vetting in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Completion of a security clearance questionnaire by the candidate; Checks against UK criminal records covering both spent and unspent convictions; Checks against Security Service (MI5) records; It may also include an interview. A CTC/Level 1B clearance must be formally reviewed after ten years (five years for non-List X Contractors). [1]: Annex B

  8. Security clearance - Wikipedia

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    The term "security clearance" is also sometimes used in private organizations that have a formal process to vet employees for access to sensitive information. A clearance by itself is normally not sufficient to gain access; the organization must also determine that the cleared individual needs to know specific information. No individual is ...

  9. European Union Settlement Scheme - Wikipedia

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    The application process is predominately digital. Applicants are encouraged to apply online, using an NFC-enabled iOS or Android device, and corresponding app, to scan the biometric chip on their EU/EFTA relevant passport or national identity card, where applicable, UK-issued biometric residence permit (BRP) or biometric residence card (BRC), after which they are free to complete the ...