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- 5 September 1962 - 9 September 1976 (Creation)
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Records relating to the management of African Buyer and Trader Publications Limited under Gemini News Service, 1962-1976. This includes: a photocopy of the memorandum and articles of association, 5 September 1962; Company profile, including details of the allocation of shares in the Company, 1969; financial records, including a list of advertising costs, 1969, four year profit and loss summary, 1970-1974 and a profit and loss statement for 1976; memorandum from Peter Clarke (graphic artist), to the directors of African Buyer and Trader outlining his suggestions for changes to the format of the Company's primary publication 'African Development', 17 May 1971 and draft agreements and correspondence between Derek Ingram (Gemini editor and director of African Buyer and Trader Limited), Alan Rake (editor, African Development), Oliver Carruthers (Gemini co-founder and director of African Buyer and Trader Limited) and Malkin Cullis and Sumption (solicitors), concerning the sale of the Company's assets and shares, 1976.
Creator: African Buyer and Trader Limited; 1962-; Publisher
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Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act.
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- African Buyer and Trader Publications Limited (1962-); publisher (Subject)
- Gemini News Service (1967-2002); news agency (Subject)
- Clarke; Peter (1935-2012); cartoonist and illustrator (Subject)
- Ingram; Derek (1925-2018); founder and editor of Gemini News Service (Subject)
- Carruthers; Oliver; journalist / business owner (Subject)
- African Development (1960s-); African news magazine (Subject)
- Rake; Alan (1933-); journalist and writer (Subject)