Contracts with a host of foreign vendors such as Bombardier, Alstom, Thales , Mitsubishi and Parson Brinkerhoff must be managed.

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After all, it spawned George and Robert Stephenson's railway engines, Joseph Swan's electric light bulbs, and Sir Charles Parson's steam turbines and electricity generators.

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The parson's notion is a quaint one in the banking world.

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Mohammed Shabere, owner of the Parson Cross Hotel, in Sheffield, handed in his permit a day before he was due to appear before Sheffield City Council.

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The 22-year-old psychology graduate, was killed instantly in February 2011 when 40-year-old Michael Moore, of Murrow Lane, Parson Drove, crashed into him on a pelican crossing.

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Mr Butcher, a psychology graduate, was killed instantly in February 2011 when Michael Moore, 40, of Murrow Lane, Parson Drove crashed into him on a pelican crossing, propelling his body 40m (131ft).

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The Portbury line was reopened in December 2001, when the then Transport Minister John Speller joined 150 people on a steam train journey through the Avon Gorge from Bristol's Parson Street station to Royal Portbury Dock.

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So what are Mr Parson's next targets?

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Not only is Mr. Parson's staging as earthy and right as a 12-bar blues, but Shaun Motley's sad, shabby set and Vincent Olivieri's precisely calculated sound design supply the frame for a winningly fine display of ensemble acting by the entire nine-person cast, led with unimpeachable realism by Mr. Robinson.

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