National Industrial Organisation

Minutes, 1964-1965; some subject files, 1964-1966.

In 1963 the British Employers' Confederation, the Federation of British Industries and the National Association of British Manufacturers together appointed Sir Sam Brown and Sir Henry Benson as commissioners to propose a constitution for a single new body, at this stage referred to simply as the National Industrial Organisation. The Commissioners' Report on the formation of a national industrial organisation appeared in April 1964 and, following discussion by the constituents, the new body, under the name the Confederation of British Industry, came into existence in July 1965.

Reference: Alan Crookham, Michael Wilcox, Christine Woodland and Richard Storey, 'The Confederation of British Industry and predecessor archives' (Coventry: University of Warwick Library, 1997).

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

This collection was deposited in the Centre by the CBI in 1979.

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/NIO

Any significant work based on the archive must be submitted to the CBI prior to publication.

Material for the archive was selected in conjunction with the CBI's records management service.

Further deposits are not expected.

The Centre holds the following records of the Confederation of British Industry's predecessors: the British Employers' Confederation (MSS.200/B), the Federation of British Industries (MSS.200/F); and the National Association of British Manufacturers (MSS.200/N). It also holds the records of a number of related organisations. These include: the British Dextrine Manufacturers' Association (MSS.200/BDMA), the British Industrial Measuring and Control Apparatus Manufacturers' Association (MSS.200/BIMCAM), the British Towel Manufacturers' Association (MSS.200/BTMA), the Committee of British Employers Operating Abroad (MSS.200/BEOA), the Dollar Exports Council (MSS.200/DEC), the India (Pakistan &) Burma Association (MSS.200/IPBA), the Joint Committee on India (MSS.200/JCI), the Lancashire and District Trade Effluent Committee (MSS.200/LDTE), the National Industrial Organisation (MSS.200/NIO), the NEDC Liaison Group (MSS.200/NEDC), the Trade Board (Employers') Consultative Council (MSS.200/TB); and the Traders' Co-ordinating Committee on Transport (MSS.200/TCC).