Golden Bulls
These awards are given for the year's 'best' examples of gobbledygook.
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The winners for 2007 are
A complete list of winners can be found below, with a link to their winning text. To view all the winners for a particular year, use the 'Winners by year' dropdown box below.
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A 'prestigious golf club' (2000)
AA (1983)
Amadeus International (1997)
Anadrom (2002)
Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts (1995)
Australian Taxations Office (2005)
Automobile Association Insurance Services Limited (1987)
Bank of Scotland (2004)
Bansal Estates (1999)
Barclays Bank plc (1989)
Barclays Unicorn Limited (1988)
Benefits Agency (1992)
Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies (1999)
Bobby Gould (1987)
Bowcock & Pursall (1992)
BP Share Offer Mini Prospectus (1987)
Bristol City Council (1987) (1995)
Britannia Building Society (2000)
British Airways (1984) (2004)
British Forces Cyprus (2001)
British Rail Travellers-Fare (1981)
British Telecom (1987) (1989) (1996)
Bury County Court (2006) Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust (2005)
Centre for Health Economics (1988)
Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman (1982)
Child Support Appeal Tribunal Central Office (1994)
City of Edinburgh District Council (1985) (1988)
City of Liverpool's Director of Housing and Consumer Services (1993)
Clerical Medical Investment Group (1991)
Colin Murphy (1989)
Comet (Radiovision Services Ltd, Hull) (1985)
Community Charges Registration Officer of Aberdeen (1989)
Contributions Agency (1993)
Crafts Council of Ireland (2006)
Creyf's Recruitment Limited (1991)
Cumbria County Council (1991)
Cunninghame District Council (1981)
Daily Telegraph (1989)
David Booth (1998)
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2005)
Department for Health and Social Security's Chief Insurance Officer (1982) (1984)
Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1999)
Department for Trade and Industry (1997) (1998) (1999)
Department of Education and Science (1986)
Department of Energy (1986)
Department of Health and Social Security (1982) (2004)
Department of Health and Social Security, Birkenhead (1984)
Department of Social Security (1988) (2000)
Department of Trade and Industry (1997) (1998)
DfES (2001)
Diocese of Durham (1998)
Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd (1981)
Eastleigh Borough Council (2006)
Edinburgh Council (2001)
Elonex plc (1999)
Equity & Law Life Assurance Society (1984)
European Commission (2004)
Exeter Health Authority (1986)
Extel Statistical Services (1986)
Fife Council (2006) Financial Services Authority (2001)
FNS Ltd (1984)
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (2002)
Frizzell Insurance & Financial Services (1989)
GENIUS project (2004)
Germaine Greer (2006)
Girobank (1991)
Glasgow Royal Infirmary's Centre for Rheumatic Diseases (1999)
Glaxo Laboratories Limited (1989)
Gleeds Group (2002)
Grampian Regional Council (Abderdeen) (1985)
Halifax Building Society (1986)
Halifax General Insurance Services Ltd (2002)
Halton Borough Council (2005)
Haringey Council Community Affairs Service (1987)
Health & Safety Commission (1993)
Hewitt and Co Solicitors (1995)
Home Office (1998)
Inland Revenue (1985)
Inland Revenue (Leigh District) (1998)
Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006)
Internal Revenue Service (1996)
Jacques Delors (1992)
Jewson (1992)
JMC Airlines (2003)
Jungle.com (2003)
Kent County Council (1986)
Kline & Co (2000)
Land Registry, Nottingham (1984)
Leeds City Council (1996)
Leeds Permanent Building Society (1985)
Liverpool Architecture and Design Trust (2000)
Lloyds Bank plc (1988)
Lloyds Pharmacy (2003)
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (1985)
LONRHO Plc (1994)
Luton Education Authority (2000)
Manchester Co-operative Insurance Society (1982)
Manx Airlines (1994)
Marconi (2002)
Marks and Spencer (2003)
Mental Health Review Tribunal (1982)
Ministry of Defence (2000)
Motor Insurers' Bureau (1986) (1996)
National & Provincial Building Society (1992)
National Girobank (1983)
National Westminster Bank (1986)
Nationwide Anglia Building Society (1987)
Nationwide Trust Limited (1995)
NBI Information Systems (1996)
Newark District Council (1983)
NHS Directorate (1993)
North East Lincolnshire Council (1997)
North West Anglia Healthcare Trust (1998)
Northern Regional Health Authority (1989)
Norweb (1985)
NPI Portfolio Managers Limited (2000)
Office of National Statistics (1998)
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (1997)
Open College Network (2002)
Oxford City Council (1997)
Oxford University Press (1997)
Panorama Software (2004)
Personnel Management (1992)
Plymouth City Council (1981)
Poole Lighting Limited (2005)
Potteries Bus Company (1984)
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (1981)
RSA Examinations Board (2001)
Safeway (1998)
Salford City Council (1981)
Salter Rex Commercial Estate Agents (1988)
Scottish Court of Session (1983)
Scottish Executive (2005)
Security Pacific Business Finance (Europe) Ltd (1988)
Sky Sports (1992)
SMEG (2003)
The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (2003)
Sooner Snacks Ltd (1988)
South Bucks District Council (1995)
South Wales Electricity Board (1981)
South West of England Regional Development Agency (2000)
Southwark Council (1993) (1994)
Standard Life (2003)
STC Technology Ltd (1989)
Stiefel Laboratories (1994)
Strathclyde Joint Police Board (1999)
Technomatic (2001)
Thorn EMI (1982)
THORN Security Limited (1993)
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council (2000)
Travellers' Insurance Association (1981)
Trilogy Software (2004)
Trimedia (2004)
uk2net (2005)
UNISON (1993)
United Kingdom Warehousing Association (1997)
University of Dundee (2001)
Waitrose (2002)
Wanadoo UK (2005)
Warburtons Bakers (2003)
Wareham Associates (1997)
Wembley Playcraft (1984)
West Bromwich Building Society (1991)
West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (1982)
Wheale Thomas Hodgins plc (2001)
(2006)
Wrexham County Council (2002) Yahoo (2000)
Yorkshire Electricity (1995)
Yousef El-Dairy (2003) Zanussi (1985)
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