IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/02-2
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BLUE NILE: FINANCIAL RECORDS
Date(s): 1951-1971
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.72 linear metres (extent of all 4 Blue Nile subfonds combined).
Name of creator(s): Barclay Perkins and Co (Sudan) Ltd | brewers
Blue Nile Brewery Ltd
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Blue Nile Brewery, Khartoum, Sudan, was incorporated on the 24 December 1951 as Barclay Perkins and Company (Sudan) Limited. The name was changed to Blue Nile Brewery Limited in December 1954; production began in 1955. The Brewery made a beer called "Camel Brand" which was to be marketed throughout the Sudan region. The Brewery was nationalised by the Sudanese Revolutionary Council in 1970.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Financial records of the Blue Nile Brewery Limited, including balance sheets; correspondence; budgets; cash forecasts; remuneration file; excise duty files and financial accounts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records of the Blue Nile Brewery are arranged in 4 sub-fonds:
ACC/2305/02-1: Corporate Records;
ACC/2305/02-2: Financial Records;
ACC/2305/02-3: Sales and Production Records;
ACC/2305/02-4: Staff Records.
Conditions governing access:
Restricted access: please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2009 to February 2010