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National Bus Company: Office of the Finance Director: Unregistered Papers
Catalogue reference: FH 7
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FH 7
This series contains correspondence and papers concerning the financial interests of the National Bus Company, including discussion between the Company and the Department of Transport. These mostly relate to the Company's involvement in bus...
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FH 7
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Bus Company: Office of the Finance Director: Unregistered Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1968-1985
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers concerning the financial interests of the National Bus Company, including discussion between the Company and the Department of Transport. These mostly relate to the Company's involvement in bus manufacturing companies and Bus Manufacturers (Holdings) Ltd, financial matters arising from the sale of the British Electric Traction bus companies to the Transport Holding Company, the adjustment of the NBC's finances following the removal of the cash balances of subsidiary companies and a report on NBC by Binder Hamlyn & Co, chartered accountants.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- National Bus Company, Office of the Finance Director, 1968-1985
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21 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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The NBC inherited a number of bus manufacturing plants (Bristol Commercial Vehicles, Eastern Coachworks and an interest in Park Royal Vehicles Ltd) and subsequently entered into agreements with the Leyland Motor Corporation to construct a new bus plant at Workington to build the Leyland National vehicle. This series contains NBC Finance Department papers relating to these interests and trace NBC involvement until the sale of their shares in all these undertakings in 1982.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7302/
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