National Bus Company: Chairman's Office: Registered Files and Unregistered Papers

This series consists of records of the Chairman's Office, largely concerned with the administration of the Company through its principal operating departments - Finance, Engineering, Staff and Property - together with the policy considerations of its board. This includes material relating to the interface between NBC's central HQ, its regional offices and its subsidary companies as well as copies of board minutes of bus manufacturing companies associated with the NBC, primarily Bus Manufacturers (Holdings) Ltd. and some material inherited from the Transport Holding Company arising from the acquisition of transport undertakings.

They demonstrate the way the structure of the National Bus Company changed with its later emphasis on leisure travel with the National Products Division embracing long distance express coaches, coach holidays and travel agencies.

They also detail the relationship of NBC to government, local authority and other transport operators with particular reference to transport and other legislation which had an influence on the road passenger transport industry.

Chronological

Topics

Road Transport

Manufacturing

Transport management

The Chairmen of NBC were: Mr A N Todd 1968-1971 (part time), Mr F A S Wood (later Sir Frederick) 1972-1978 (part time), The Rt Hon Lord Shepherd P C 1979-1984 (part time), Mr Robert Brook CBE 1985-1986 (full time), Mr Rodney Lund 1986-1988 (full time), Sir Peter Harrop KCB from 1988 (part time). The privatisation and dissolution of NBC is covered by the papers of Messrs Brook and Lund, and Sir Peter Harrop.