1.   The company denied responsibility for the oil spillage.

2.   The companies denied they were avoiding the poor, but conceded that the wealthy would likely be the first to benefit.

3.   The company denied all responsibility for the fraud, insisting that the staff involved had acted without the knowledge of their superiors.

4.   Brand-name pharmaceutical companies denied that this would happen and promised greater investments in research in return for longer patent protection.

5.   The companies deny the charges.

6.   The three remaining companies deny breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.

7.   Three companies had denied breaking safety rules after two workmen were killed after a gantry fixed to the Severn Bridge collapsed.

8.   Although the company denies the accusations, it admits that some women have been harassed.