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Department of Trade: Competition Policy Tourism and Other Service Industries Division...

Catalogue reference: PJ 9

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PJ 9

This series consists of files concerning competition policy, monopolies and mergers, restrictive practices, prices, newspaper printing and publishing industries, commercial agency, tourism, the film industry (including distribution), distributive...

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PJ 9

Title
Department of Trade: Competition Policy Tourism and Other Service Industries Division (CTS series)
Date

1980-1987

Description

This series consists of files concerning competition policy, monopolies and mergers, restrictive practices, prices, newspaper printing and publishing industries, commercial agency, tourism, the film industry (including distribution), distributive and personal service trades used in the Department of Trade and subsequently by the Department of Trade and Industry.

Arrangement

By former reference order within each transfer.

Related material

Files of the Publishing, Tourism, Films and Distribution Division FV 81

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

CTS

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Department of Trade, Competition Policy, Tourism and Other Service Industries Division, 1980-1983
Physical description

26 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

from 2008 Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Subjects
Topics
Trade and commerce
Travel and tourism
Custodial history

Transferred from the Department of Trade in 1983 to the Department of Trade and Industry. All files relating to films and some relating to tourism were transferred to the Department of Culture Media and Sport.

Accruals

Series is accruing

Administrative / biographical background

The Competition Policy Division merged with the Publishing Tourism Films and Distribution Division in 1980 to create the Competition Policy Tourism and Other Service Industries division.

The Division was split into three branches. Branch 1 was concerned with monopolies and mergers and review of competition policy, Branch 2 restrictive practices, competition policy and nationalised industries, prices, the newspaper, printing and publishing industries, commercial agency and newspaper mergers. Branch 3 dealt with tourism including the hotel industry, films industry including the Interim Action Committee, distributive trades and personal service trades.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16492/

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