This file relates to an application made to the Scottish Development Agency (SDA) for long term capital. It includes:
- correspondence regarding Group trading and balance sheet forecasts;
- correspondence regarding Group rationalisation following merger with Guthrie;
- correspondence with SDA regarding submission;
- minutes of meeting with Morgan Grenfell & Co regarding financial situation and advice in pursuing application for financial support from SDA and Finance Corporation for Industry;
- "Report on Forecasts Prepared by Stoddard Holdings PLC, 8 July 1982" prepared by Arthur Young McLelland Moores.