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Department of Trade and Industry and successors: Small Firms Division; Registered...
Catalogue reference: FV 80
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FV 80
This series relates to the action that was taken by the Department in accordance with the recommendations of the Bolton Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms, the findings of which were published in November 1971 (Cmnd. 4811). The records concern...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FV 80
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Trade and Industry and successors: Small Firms Division; Registered Files (SI Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series relates to the action that was taken by the Department in accordance with the recommendations of the Bolton Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms, the findings of which were published in November 1971 (Cmnd. 4811). The records concern small firms and issues of taxation, statistical returns, the training levy, government procurement, late payment by debtors, competition policy, compulsory land purchase, company law reform and entry into the European Economic Community.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is arranged in departmental reference order.
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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)
- SI 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 Industry, Small Firms Division, 1974-1983
- Department of Trade and Industry, Small Firms Division, 1971-1974
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 20 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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
- Taxation
- Trade and commerce
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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)
- The files have been selected to show the formulation of Government policy in the economic and legal sphere towards small firms, in accordance with sections 2.2.1.1 and 2.2.2.1 of the PRO's Acquisition Policy.
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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 Small Firms Division was established in 1971 within the Department of Trade and Industry on the recommendation of the Bolton Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms whose findings were published in November 1971 (Cmnd. 4811). The Committee raised concerns that UK industry was not generating enough small companies or entrepreneurs and as a result the Division oversaw the establishment of Small Firms Information Centres in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Manchester, Cardiff and Glasgow. Originally the service was purely a signposting service, but this was expanded in 1977 to include a counselling service. Subsequently, local authorities, Development Agencies and COSIRA became involved.
In 1985 responsibility for Small Firms, Small Firms Information Centres and Tourism transferred to the Department of Employment.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15691/
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