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HBC Schifflange ASBL
HBC or HbC may refer to: Companies and organizations * Halton Borough Council, England * Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, the state-owned radio and television broadcaster for Greece * Hokkaido Broadcasting, Japan * Houston Boychoir, Texas, US * HSBC Bank Canada * Hudson's Bay Company, Canada * Hummelstown Brownstone Company, US Sports * Harvard Boxing Club, a student organization at Harvard University, US * HB Chartres, a French association football club * Hyderabad Bicycling Club, India Science and technology * Hemoglobin C (HbC), an abnormal hemoglobin * Hexabenzocoronene, a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon * Hormonal birth control, a contraceptive * Human-based computation, a computer science technique * High breaking capacity, a type of electrical fuse * HBC, a grade of hexagonal boron nitride Other uses * Haebangchon, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea * Homebrew Channel, application for Nintendo Wii * Harvey's Bristol Cream * Head Ball Coach, nickname of retired colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Borough Council
Halton Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Halton, incorporating the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Moore and Preston Brook. It is a constituent council of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. History Although Halton dates back to the 12th century when land on both sides of the River Mersey belonged to the Barony of Halton, the origin of the district council was the outcome of the Local Government Commission's 1969 Redcliffe-Maud Report. This proposed to create metropolitan counties containing metropolitan district councils in the most urbanised parts of England. The model was that of the London Boroughs and Greater London Council formed in 1965. Southern Lancashire and northern Cheshire were among these urban areas, and two new metropolitan counties were to be formed around Liverpool (as Merseyside) and Manchester (as Greater Manchester). However, the towns of Widnes and Runcorn (and the County Borough of Warrington) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
