IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2305/48
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COURAGE GROUP AND COURAGE LIMITED
Date(s): 1968-1973
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.16 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Courage and Co Ltd | brewers
Courage Ltd | brewers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited (see ACC/2305/26) name was changed to Courage Limited in 1970. The Company was based at Anchor Terrace, Southwark Bridge Road, London. In 1972 the firm was acquired by Imperial Tobacco Group Limited for £320 million, changed name to Imperial Brewing and Leisure Limited. In 1986 Imperial Group acquired by Hanson Trust plc, which sold Courage Limited as a separate concern to Elders IXL, the Australian conglomerate.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Courage Limited, brewers, including notifications of agreements of various kinds to the EEC and bundle of blank John Smith's agreements; decimalization manual including copy of Decimalization Committee minutes; plans for a proposed office block, Park Street; plans for re-location of staff at Anchor Terrace; and floor plans, Anchor Terrace.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
ACC/2305/48/001-002: Corporate Records; ACC/2305/48/003: Records relating to Anchor Terrace.
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