GBG, one of the world's leading branded clothing companies, with licences for Disney and Star Wars imagery, is understood to be hoping to partner with Beckham to revive a selection of dormant heritage brands.
Carpet-bombing the world with licences for products has the effect of turning the franchise into a cultural phenomenon almost through osmosis; Candy Crush Saga rivals the original Angry Birds when it comes to downloads, but someone who has never played the game may well not recognise the first thing from it.
Saudi Arabia was the biggest beneficiary, with licences approved for more than £20m of military equipment, including hand grenades, sniper rifles, weapon nightsights and components for combat vehicles.
It will have a three-tier system, with separate licences for cultivation, processing and retail.
As with the abortion question, the narrow framing of the immigration issue around driving licences forced the Democrats to choose between saying something that will piss off Latino groups (no licences) and something that polls badly with voters (licences for illegals).
Six companies affiliated with Nusantara held licences for six blocks in the East Kutai district of East Kalimantan province, but did not explore for coal.
The money flows to the capitals, and [impacted] communities say 'what about us?'" In the Colombian Amazon, the floodgates have opened for mining concessions, with licences being given on around 20 million hectares of land, much of it pristine rainforest, says former Colombian environment minister Martin von Hildebrand, who has been working with groups living along the lower Apaporis river.
Wetness-dwelling amoeba do not, even with poetic licence for the choice of verb, "breathe air".
"If they disclosed that the drugs were manufactured by a specific company, in a particular lot, and imported with this licence, for example, we would have some ability to evaluate that," she said.
Sihem Bensedrine, a human rights activist and head of Kalima radio station, has returned from exile but has still not been issued with a licence for her radio station, which broadcasts online.
Eneco, the firm with the licence for it, said no decisions had been made.
