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Department of Trade and Industry and Successors: British Overseas Trade Board: Secretariat:...
Catalogue reference: FV 75
What's it about?
FV 75
Records of the Secretariat of the British Overseas Trade Board (BOTB) relating to export promotion, industrial strategy and UK representation abroad.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FV 75
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Trade and Industry and Successors: British Overseas Trade Board: Secretariat: Registered Files (BOTB/SEC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Secretariat of the British Overseas Trade Board (BOTB) relating to export promotion, industrial strategy and UK representation abroad.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged in numerical order by file reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Files of the Finance Committees of the BOTB FV 76
Agendas and minutes of the BOTB FV 78
Files of the Advisory Council of the BOTB FV 77
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- BOTB/SEC file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Trade and Industry, British Overseas Trade Board, 1972-1974
- Department of Trade, British Overseas Trade Board, 1974-1983
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 67 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2002 Department of Trade and Industry
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Trade and commerce
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Department of Trade and Industry in 1988
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Policy files are always selected for permanent preservation
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Overseas Trade Board was formed in 1972 to direct and develop the Government's export promotion services and overseas finance and planning on behalf of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The board consisted of businessmen and representatives from industry, the Department of Trade and Industry, Export Credits Guarantee Department, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Trade Union Congress. Its President was the Secretary of State for Trade.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15434/
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