File of correspondence relating to the appointment of a new Managing Director for Milbury Holdings.
Includes CVs and correspondence with applicants and recruitment agencies; a job description and terms of employment; correspondence with the appointed Donald Smith, including a discussion of his salary, pension etc. and some papers relating to his dealings with the Crown Square Development (Manchester).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott
File titled 'Milbury/ Magnet House, miscellaneous papers from LP Scott's home files', and containing correspondence with Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance on increasing their shares in Milbury Holdings to 75% (1974); on renaming the company Magnet House Ltd (1975); on the development at Magnet House in Glasgow (1974), and on the assignment of leases (1975); and on selling the remainder of LP Scott's shares in the group to the Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance in 1977.
Also includes notes prepared for the director's meetings held in April 1975, July 1975, January 1976, December 1976, March 1977 and August 1977, and accounts for the years ending March 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977.
Primary correspondent is Donald Smith, Managing Director of Milbury Holdings, and subsequently, Magnet House.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott