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	Brian Souter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Brian Souter (born 1954 in Perth, Scotland), is a businessman, who was the co-founder of the Stagecoach Group, along with his sister, Ann Gloag.
		Souter has achieved notoriety for his views on homosexuality, as well as his controversial business practices (which have been criticised as underhanded though not technically illegal).
		Many groups hostile to Souter's stance had called for a boycott of the poll, and accordingly claimed that as only a minority returned ballot papers this was a defeat for Souter and his supporters.
	www.1bx.com /en/Brian_Souter.htm (570 words)

	Socialist Worker page
		MILLIONAIRE BUS tycoon Brian Souter is following up his campaign to keep the anti-gay Section 28 by organising a "family day" this weekend in Scotland This is the grossest hypocrisy from a man who imposes conditions on his workers that wreck their family life.
		All Souter considers is his shareholders, not the workers and their families at all.
		Souter's Keep the Clause campaign declared that it had won a victory last weekend when the Scottish Executive accepted that marriage would be mentioned in the compulsory guidelines for Scottish schools.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /archive/1702/sw170208.htm (982 words)

	Letter from Europe \| BusRide
		It is remarkable how chief executive Brian Souter and his sister, Ann Gloag, have grown their business from two old coaches into a major international transport group that exceeded $3 billion over the last financial year.
		Brian soon realized that it was a hard way to make money and that real success would come with Stagecoach buying out privatized companies.
		By this time Brian and Ann and their small team of advisors realized that if their company was to grow they had to raise money by floating on the London Stock Exchange - a major decision they did not take lightly.
	www.busride.com /Page.cfm/PageID/2309 (1305 words)

	Money \| Telegraph
		Brian Souter, the Stagecoach chief executive, received a £322,000 bonus last year after 12 months when the bus and rail group crashed to a £500m pre-tax loss.
		Mr Souter, who was made acting chief executive a year ago and took the role on a permanent basis in December, has been responsible for sorting out the disastrous £1.2 billion acquisition of Coach USA.
		Mr Souter's bonus was revealed in the annual report, which also discloses that Keith Cochrane, the former chief executive who departed a year ago, got a £543,000 pay-off.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2003/07/19/cnbigot19.xml (456 words)

	CentrePoint Magazine
		For the most part, Brian souter lives in a £1million mansion in Perth with his wife Betty and their children, or at their weekend retreat at Ochtertyre, Crieff.
		Brian souter was Scotland's richest man and a prominent member of the evangelical Church of Nazarene based in Kansas, USA, which claims to 'cure' homosexuality.
		Brian Souter's business empire, stretches from Scandinavia to Africa, the US and even Hong Kong where he had a 60 percent stake in the biggest commuter travel company, Road King.
	www.glgbt.org.uk /centrepoint/nov/cpoint_main1.html (634 words)

	ePolitix.com - Brian Souter - Stagecoach Group
		Brian Souter: I think they do and I think some of the things we are doing are making a big difference towards helping that.
		Brian Souter: Some of our town centres are in danger of imploding under the weight of car congestion and they will become places that people won’t want to go.
		Brian Souter: For customers that have been traveling with us already, we want to say a big thank you and we are very committed to improving what we are doing for them.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/ForumInterviews/200411/59021543-e5f2-4be3-87cf-993b9a23ac63.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished (1406 words)

	Socialist Worker page
		Souter seized on the Tories' rail privatisation by putting in a bid for every single one of the 25 rail franchises.
		Souter and his sister, a Stagecoach director, share the vast empire which includes mansions in the Scottish Highlands, Perth and Kenya.
		SOUTER HAS used his money and power to try to influence what laws are passed in his native Scotland.
	www.socialistworker.co.uk /archive/1785/sw178502.htm (741 words)

	Features \| Scottish Media Monitor \| Examining the treatment of sexuality in the Scottish media
		Brian Souter's business empire, stretches from Scandinavia to Africa, the US and even Hong Kong where he had a 60 per cent stake in the biggest commuter travel company, Road King.
		Whilst Brian Souter prepared for his new role as chairman, he doodled the faces of two clocks on a pad in front of him.
		Brian Souter once suggested he would give up all his money and go live on a scheme rather than let Clause 28 be repealed in Scotland.
	www.scottishmediamonitor.com /features2.cfm?ID=30 (667 words)

	A Roller Coaster Ride on the Buses - Business - RedOrbit
		BRIAN Souter's business is trains and buses, but he is pretty fast on his feet as well.
		Souter's focus now is on expanding the less regulated bus operations outside London while continuing to grow the US division.
		Souter's combative attitude was nurtured on the council estate in Perth where he grew up, before going on with his sister Ann to amass a fortune of nearly Pounds 400m.
	www.redorbit.com /news/business/640649/a_roller_coaster_ride_on_the_buses/index.html (1056 words)

	The University of Glasgow :: Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The University of Glasgow has received £1 million from Mr Brian Souter towards the purchase of the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner dedicated to heart disease research in Scotland.
		Mr Souter deserves the gratitude not only of everyone associated with setting up the project, but of the countless members of the public and their families who stand to benefit from the outcomes of the research."
		Mr Brian Souter said: " Heart related illnesses are responsible for many early deaths in Scotland.
	www.gla.ac.uk /press/releases/million.html (723 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Brian Souter: Stagecoach's straightman
		In defending his position, Brian Souter once told Scotland on Sunday "ethics are not irrelevant but some are incompatible with what we have to do, because capitalism is based on greed".
		Brian Souter recognises trade unions and was a unionist himself while working on the buses in his student days.
		In the meantime, controversies like the current one over Clause 28 may be short-lived, but with a character as contradictory as Brian Souter, as likely as not, to use the vernacular, there'll be another one behind.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/612409.stm (888 words)

	Spectre magazine online
		Brian Souter is Scotland’s richest man. With his sister, Ann Gloag, Scotland’s richest woman, he started Stagecoach, which is now Europe’s largest transport company.
		The whole fight was about the ‘promotion of homosexuality’, yet Souter and his followers are happy with the new language about ‘marriage’.
		So while Souter the privatised politician, didn’t really show the pro-Clause 28 faction were Scotland’s ‘silent majority’ (as his ally, Cardinal Winning called them), he has shown himself to be a force in Scottish politics.
	home.wirehub.nl /~spectr/europe/souter.html (532 words)

	C4 News - UK - Transport - Bus battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Brian Souter, Founder and CEO, Stagecoach, explained: “We've worked out the economics of the business that with these big vehicles our seat unit cost is very very low indeed.
		Souter's outfit is already operating and already squeezing long-established coach operators such as Citylink, which has dropped some fares in response.
		Souter: “I don't think there are any competitors who will go out of business as a result of Megabus.
	www.channel4.com /news/2003/11/week_3/23_bus.html (860 words)

	Workers Power Global \| Black Liberation
		It cost Souter £1 million to conduct the poll; one million voted in support of his position.
		Certainly Souter's campaign will continue to undermine the myth that in a bourgeois democracy everyone is equal.
		A similar "compromise" was being proposed in Scotland, with an amendment "acceptable to Brian Souter" which guaranteed to put traditional marriage at the heart of any legislation replacing Section 28.
	www.fifthinternational.org /LFIfiles/s28June2k.html (524 words)

	Scotsman.com Living - A modest millionaire and his money
		WHEN Brian Souter rose this morning, in the large sandstone villa he shares with his wife, three sons and a daughter in Perth, he did so with the knowledge that he was £52 million richer than when he got up yesterday - another million for every year of a highly-successful life.
		The story of Brian Souter is not quite rags to riches, though it is a journey from council house to castle.
		Souter's early ambition to be a bus conductor was achieved at the age of 18 and it was a job that helped pay him through Strathclyde University, where he studied accountancy - despite not passing his maths exams at school.
	living.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1813882006 (3292 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Archive Search
		Mr Souter, chairman of bus and train operator Stagecoach, launched the action against the Guardian after Bell had drawn a number of cartoons featuring him at the time of his decision to fund a campaign to keep the controversial Section 28 in Scottish schools.
		Mr Souter initially claimed £200,000 in damages in the action he launched in the Scottish courts.
		Announcing that he was dropping the action, Mr Souter claimed he had received "assurances" from the Guardian to the effect that the newspaper had no intention to suggest he supported or represented extreme views.
	www.guardian.co.uk /Archive/Article/0,4273,4387191,00.html (253 words)

	Letter From Europe \| BusRide
		Brian Souter, chief executive of Stagecoach, is one of the great strategists in the transport industry, always thinking of new ways to grow the Group’s business and introduce services that are attractive to passengers.
		Souter is the first to admit some of his schemes do not always meet with enthusiasm.
		For example, Brian created the idea of “kick-starting” marginal routes that if abandoned otherwise could cause hardship to people who depend on the service, but also lead to further congestion and pollution in urban centers.
	www.busride.com /Page.cfm/PageID/3231 (1080 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Souter, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Evicting David Souter; If the justice is so fond of eminent domain, say protesters, let's seize his ancestral property and develop a charming bed and breakfast on it.
		A TWIST OF FAITH Can tycoon Brian Souter's conversion to a radical new face of Christianity be signs of a midlife crisis?
		Souter Declines Comment on Abortion; Nominee Moves to Dispel Image as Judge Lacking Compassion
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Souter, (804 words)

	New Statesman - Democracy needs defending
		The result of the bus tycoon Brian Souter's privately funded referendum showed 28 per cent of Scots voters were against the repeal of Clause 28.
		Cardinal Winning threw his support behind Souter and, when it was clear that the Scottish Parliament had no intention of acting on the result, His Eminence took an almighty huff.
		If Souter and Winning are allowed their day in the headlines and then ignored, they will eventually find other things to occupy them.
	www.newstatesman.com /200006120024 (939 words)

	Money \| Telegraph
		Brian Souter, chief executive, said he would like a two-year extension but doubted the company would get one.
		Mr Souter said new Desiro trains, a new timetable and fewer hold-ups caused by Network Rail had led to 4pc passenger growth year-on-year on South West Trains.
		Mr Souter said the UK bus division was in line with budget, despite higher fuel costs, while the slimmed-down Coach USA operations were seeing a rise in passenger volumes.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/04/20/cnstage20.xml (464 words)

	The Souter Scandal
		Brian Souter, a prominent member of the evangelical Church of the Nazarene is Scotland’s richest man. Along with his sister Ann Gloag, Scotland’s richest woman, he owns Stagecoach: A public transport firm whose company made £96 million profit last year.
		Souter was appointed a ‘champion of change’ in the Labour government’s drive to modernise local government.
		Brian Dempsey explained it was a law that forbade the promotion of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /garry.otton/souter.htm (14843 words)

	Souter plea to protesters after demo at church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Brian Souter last night condemned protesters who used a demonstration outside the church where the Stagecoach millionaire and his family regularly worship to attack his involvement in the campaign to keep Section 28.
		The protesters had hoped to confront Mr Souter at the Trinity Church of the Nazarene, in Perth, where he is a member of the congregation, but he failed to attend yesterday morning's service.
		Mr Souter's preacher brother, the Rev David Souter, came out of the church to tell the demonstrators that the Stagecoach owner would not be coming to the service.
	www.dusa.dundee.ac.uk /lgb/news20.htm (526 words)

	H Ä L L E K I S K U R I R E N - Lokaltidning för Hällekis och Kinnekullebygden ...
		Syskonen Brian och Ann var uppväxta i bussmiljö, pappan var konduktör och hans avgångsvederlag omvandlades till två bussar som sattes in från Dundee i Skottland till London på expressbussmanér.
		Och det allra senaste är att Brian Souter köpt in sig först i ett italienskt och sedan i ett amerikanskt bussbolag vid namn Coach (passar ju bra rent namnmässigt).
		Och Brian Souter lär fortsätta att kånka plastkassar världen över.
	www.hallekis.com /arkiv/xx040812-appel23.htm (808 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Brian Souter interview: Full transcript
		Brian Souter, Keep the Clause campaign: Well I don't think we need a lecture on new Labour morality from Tony Blair.
		Mr Souter: Well we don't accept that - for instance the homosexual role playing which is in one of the posters.
		But the problem with this is it is local authorities who are left to decide that definition so while we trust our teachers implicitly we have local authorities which are often driven by political correct politicians enforcing on us these rules.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/673478.stm (565 words)

	Brian SOUTER : astrology horoscope planets Map of the Heavens with Astrotheme
		Astrology for "Brian SOUTER", planets and interactive birth charts for thousands of famous people: the French version of the birth chart for "Brian SOUTER" can be found at the address Astrology, Horoscope, Planets and Birth Chart for "Brian SOUTER".
		Brian, the predominance of planets in the Northern hemisphere prompts you to reflect and imagine rather than show your actions whilst you avoid public recognition.
		Brian, the North-eastern quadrant, consisting of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd houses, is the most pronounced in your chart : this sector brings out personal assertion and material security to the detriment of others' perception and the risky adventure of self-transformation.
	www.astrotheme.fr /en/portraits/2HH78pGZW299.htm (8935 words)

	Scotsman.com News - International - It's a busman's holiday for an old Soviet relic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Stagecoach millionaire Brian Souter is examining how to save elaborate Lenin statues and frescoes from destruction as the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan rids itself of the last reminders of its communist past.
		Souter, who is fascinated by communist art and has already collected Soviet-era statues and posters, could face a bill of more than £650,000 to buy and transport the available contents of the Lenin Museum in Bishkek.
		And Stagecoach shareholders needn't worry that their freemarket champion is going a bit "pinko" on them: according to friends, Souter collects communist-era art as a warning to future generations of the evils of totalitarianism.
	news.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=69332007 (1276 words)

	The University of Glasgow :: Newsletter 218 May 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The University has received £1 million from Mr Brian Souter, chairman of Stagecoach, towards the purchase of Scotland's first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner dedicated to heart disease research.
		Professor Dargie's diagnostic technique, in tandem with this piece of new technology, could save many lives and I am delighted to be in a position to help this important project.
		Professor Henry Dargie says that the news of the £1M donation is a tremendous boost to the project: "We are delighted that Mr Souter has decided to contribute as generously to our project as he has to medical research elsewhere in Scotland.
	www.gla.ac.uk:443 /newsdesk/newsletter/218/html/news6.html (432 words)

	ePolitix.com - Press Releases
		Brian Souter, Chief Executive of Stagecoach Group, presented the bold vision at a meeting attended by a range of key stakeholders, including politicians, transport experts, resident groups, business leaders and representatives from other key organisations.
		The action plan outlined by Stagecoach, which has grown the number of full fare paying bus passengers on its services by 25% in the past nine years, is designed to improve bus services, tackle rising car congestion and help boost economic growth in the Manchester city region.
		Brian Souter said: “Manchester is at a crossroads and faces a considerable challenge.
	www.epolitix.com /EN/Forums/Stagecoach+Group/PressReleases/200511/63054575-440f-4fa2-8d03-2681e9b53ab7.htm (444 words)

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