• Direct Line Insurance Group plc is a British insurance company based in the United Kingdom, formed in 2012 by the divestment of The Royal Bank of Scotland...
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  • Direct Line is an insurance company based in Bromley, England. Founded in 1985, as the country's first direct car insurance company, it has since expanded...
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    The Portsmouth Direct line is a railway route between Woking in Surrey and Portsmouth Harbour in Hampshire, England. It forms the principal route for...
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  • circuit breakers as switching elements. A direct on line (DOL) or across the line starter applies the full line voltage to the motor terminals. This is...
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  • Peter Wood (businessman) (category Direct Line Group)
    Surrey) is an English entrepreneur, most notable as the founder of the Direct Line and esure insurance companies. Wood was appointed Commander of the Order...
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    DirecTV (redirect from DirectTV Group)
    agreement with USSB to build and launch the first high-power direct-broadcast satellite system. Direct satellite broadcasters were mandated in 1992 to set aside...
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    Direct fire or line-of-sight fire refers to firing of a ranged weapon whose projectile is launched directly at a target within the line-of-sight of the...
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  • Paul Geddes (businessman) (category Direct Line Group)
    chief executive (CEO) of Direct Line Insurance Group, a FTSE 250 company, until May 2019. He was succeeded as CEO of Direct Line by Penny James. Geddes...
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  • Green Flag (category Direct Line Group)
    roadside assistance and vehicle recovery provider, which is part of the Direct Line Group. Formed in 1971, as the National Breakdown Recovery Club, as an alternative...
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  • Churchill Insurance (category Direct Line Group)
    insurance products. Since February 2012, Churchill is part of the Direct Line Group; policies are underwritten by the parent United Kingdom Insurance...
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    the Motability scheme would be leaving the company and migrating to Direct Line Group with them taking over from 1 September 2023. On 4 April 2022, Tryg...
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    main group to form the Direct Line Group, made up of several well-known brands including Direct Line and Churchill. RBS sold a 30% holding in the group through...
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  • Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats...
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    Partnerships, is a partnership company and underwriters owned by the Direct Line Group. It underwrites and administers policies for several different general...
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  • Penny James (category Direct Line Group)
    September 1969) is a British businesswoman who was the chief executive of Direct Line Group from May 2019 to January 2023. James worked at Omega Insurance and...
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    FTSE 100 Index (category FTSE Group stock market indices)
    Telegraph and Telephone) Direct Line Group Distillers (acquired by Guinness and now part of Diageo) Dixons Carphone Dixons Group (renamed to DSG International...
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    Wi-Fi Direct is a Wi-Fi standard for wireless connections that allows two devices to establish a direct Wi-Fi connection without an intermediary wireless...
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    reason, the direct Euclidean isometries are also called "rigid motions". The Euclidean groups are not only topological groups, they are Lie groups, so that...
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    A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) electric power transmission system uses direct current (DC) for electric power transmission, in contrast with the...
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  • of direct presidential elections stem from the U.S. Constitution (1787) through the Electoral College. The Framers intended for the a small group of electors...
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    station. Churchill Court had been built in 1988 as the headquarters of Direct Line Group. The old Civic Centre will be sold, and the move to Churchill Court...
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    APIs all began with "Direct", such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth. The name DirectX was coined as a shorthand...
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    headquartered in Amsterdam. Its primary businesses are retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, wholesale banking, private...
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  • continued to perform sporadically since. New management of Menudo formed a new line-up in 2007, releasing an EP but disbanding in 2009. Some of the members of...
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  • Privilege (insurance company) (category Direct Line Group)
    Privilege is a division of the Direct Line Group founded in 1994 that specialises in selling insurance over the phone and internet. Privilege insurance...
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  • MyTravel Group plc was a British, global travel group headquartered in Rochdale, England. It was founded in 1972 as Airtours Group. The group included...
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    "Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Line" on June 20, 1963, in Geneva, Switzerland, by representatives...
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    United Kingdom at the end of 2008. In February 2009, Shop Direct Group (later known as The Very Group) purchased the Woolworths trademark and the internet...
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  • Bankstown Line was created as a direct result of the Sydney Metro City & Southwest project with the section of the existing Bankstown Line east of Bankstown...
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    different political groups, especially left-wing political groups. Luplau was a controversial, strict and energetic activist with a direct approach whose activism...
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