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Rising Tide Helps London Bridge with Defense

By Kent Cooper
Posted January 3, 2014 at 4:39pm

A Massachusetts consulting firm has registered to lobby the federal government for a defense manufacturing company.

Rising Tide Associates, a consulting firm in Marblehead, Massachusetts, has registered to lobby on behalf of London Bridge Trading Company, a manufacturing company in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

London Bridge Trading Company specializes in designing and manufacturing high performance tactical nylon gear for the military and law enforcement.

Rising Tide Associates also lobbies for Ads Inc., Bates Footwear, Critical Solutions International, Granite State Manufacturing, International Textile Group, and Outdoor Research.

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