Series
British Railways Board:British Transport Advertising Ltd: records
Catalogue reference: AN 196
What's it about?
AN 196
The records relate, almost entirely, to the arrangements for privatisation of the company, including records of the privatisation working group. The records also deal with competition policy and the policy implications of privatisation.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AN 196
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Railways Board:British Transport Advertising Ltd: records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1985-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records relate, almost entirely, to the arrangements for privatisation of the company, including records of the privatisation working group. The records also deal with competition policy and the policy implications of privatisation.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arranged chronologically
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- British Railways Board, 1963-2001
- National Bus Company, 1968-1989
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 28 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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In 2002 BRB (Residuary) Ltd
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Records held by British Railways Board until February 2001 when they were passed to British Railways Board (Residuary) Ltd
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1985 to 1987
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Selected to illustrate the economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Most of the surviving records relate to the privatisation of the company.
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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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British Transport Advertising Ltd was formed in November 1961 to take over the remaining activities of the Commercial Advertising Service of the British Transport Commission. It was owned as a joint subsidiary by the British Railways Board and the National Bus Company. Following the Transport Act of 1985 the National Bus Company was required to dispose of its shares in the company. On 21 June 1986 the British Transport Advertising Division was established as a commercial division of the British Railways Board.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15842/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AN
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British Railways Board:British Transport Advertising Ltd: records