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University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion

PROFITS (Professional Fashion Industries Technology Service)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2159 PROFITS

Held at: University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion

Title: PROFITS (Professional Fashion Industries Technology Service)

Date(s): 1985-1989

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: Approximately 50 packs containing an audio tape and information booklets

Name of creator(s): London College of Fashion

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

PROFITS, or Professional Fashion Industries Technology Service, was organised by London College of Fashion and funded by the Department of Trade and Industry as an Enterprise Initiative aimed at the clothing industry. The information packs sold to businesses were the result of 9 months research into the clothing industry in London.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of audio tapes and information booklets entitled 'Develop Your Business for the Clothing Industry', 1985-1989, produced by PROFITS, the Professional Fashion Industries Technology Service run by the London College of Fashion. The packs cover topics under the headings such as 'Your Factory', 'Your Money' and 'Your Employees.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records are unsorted.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the collection is by appointment only.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

The records are uncatalogued.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received from PROFITS company when they ceased publication in 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: July 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Clothing | Textiles
Textile industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry
Enterprises

Personal names

Corporate names
London College of Fashion
PROFITS | Professional Fashion Industries Technology Service x Professional Fashion Industries Technology Service

Places
Oxford Street (north side) | St Marylebone | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Westminster | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
City of Westminster