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Department of Trade and Industry and successors: British Overseas Trade Board (BOTB):...

Catalogue reference: FV 78

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FV 78

The records concern development of the government's export promotion services; provision of technical help, market information and trade contacts to export associations

Full description and record details

Reference

FV 78

Title
Department of Trade and Industry and successors: British Overseas Trade Board (BOTB): Meetings, Agendas, Minutes and Papers
Date

1972-1982

Description

The records concern development of the government's export promotion services; provision of technical help, market information and trade contacts to export associations

Arrangement

The records are arranged in numerical order within an annual sequence.

Related material

Files of the Finance Committees of the BOTB FV 76

Files of the Secretariat of the BOTB FV 75

Files of the Advisory Council of the BOTB FV 77

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of Trade and Industry, British Overseas Trade Board, 1972-1974
  • Department of Trade and Industry, British Overseas Trade Board, 1983-1988
  • Department of Trade, British Overseas Trade Board, 1974-1983
Physical description

37 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

Department of Trade and Industry

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Accumulation dates

File series ran from 1972 to 1988

Accruals

Series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

This series documents the development of the government's export promotion services; provision of technical help, market information and trade contacts to export associations, and in accordance with the published acquisition policy (paragraphs 2.2.1, 2.2.1.2, 2.2.1.3) all surviving reports have been preserved.

Administrative / biographical background

The British Overseas Trade Board was formed in 1972 to direct and develop the Government's export promotion services on behalf of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The board consisted of business leaders and representatives from the Confederation of British Industry, the Trade Union Congress, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Export Credit Guarantee Department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The work of the British Overseas Trade Board was recorded in minutes and papers relating to the full meetings of the board.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15625/

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